How do you know if you have OCD? I am beginning to think that is why I struggle so much with assurance of my salvation.
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HI RC,
Only a Dr. can truly diagnose OCD but here are a few things that are typical of OCD thinking.
You say you struggle with doubts about assurance of salvation.
If you have OCD, which by the way is often referred to as "the doubting disease", these thoughts will haunt your every waking minute.
In a person who doesn't have OCD and who is also a Chrisitian the occasional thought might creep into their mind that they might not really be saved. This is a common thing. But they will be able to just shake it off and get on with life.
But for the person with OCD such a thought becomes an obsession. If you are a person with the type of OCD called pure "O". You will ruminate endlessly about that thought. You will spend hours and hours trying to reassure yourself that you are saved. Things in the Bible will jump out at you which will make you wonder all the more if you are really saved. Statements made by Pastors toward the unsaved will seem to apply to you. As you fight these thoughts extreme anxiety will begin to take over your life. The thought or thoughts on the same theme will haunt you. When you wake up they will greet you first thing in the morning. As you go deeper into this cycle of having the thoughts, which are called spikes, then fighting them, debating with them, looking for reassurance about them, etc. the thoughts become more firmly imbedded into your brain. Then the very fact that you can't get rid of the thoughts convinces you that the thoughts must really be true. Then the anxiety becomes even more overwhelming, then you begin to fight it all the more which only seems to make it all the more believable and valid when it is actually not valid at all. But you won't be able to shake the fear and anxiety that it causes so you end up obsessing endlessly. It's a vicious cycle and very hard to break without the proper understanding of the biology of why OCD occurs and without the proper therapy and often medication which enables the sufferer to do the therapy which is called exposure/response.
I hope I've been able to shed a little light on what living with religious OCD can be like. It's not a complete description by any means because many sufferers also have compulsions that they do to try and undo the thoughts, but maybe it will give you a clue as to whether or not OCD applies to your patterns of thought.
I have the pure "O" type of OCD with obsessional thoughts without compulsions.
Blessings to you,
Mitzi
Only a Dr. can truly diagnose OCD but here are a few things that are typical of OCD thinking.
You say you struggle with doubts about assurance of salvation.
If you have OCD, which by the way is often referred to as "the doubting disease", these thoughts will haunt your every waking minute.
In a person who doesn't have OCD and who is also a Chrisitian the occasional thought might creep into their mind that they might not really be saved. This is a common thing. But they will be able to just shake it off and get on with life.
But for the person with OCD such a thought becomes an obsession. If you are a person with the type of OCD called pure "O". You will ruminate endlessly about that thought. You will spend hours and hours trying to reassure yourself that you are saved. Things in the Bible will jump out at you which will make you wonder all the more if you are really saved. Statements made by Pastors toward the unsaved will seem to apply to you. As you fight these thoughts extreme anxiety will begin to take over your life. The thought or thoughts on the same theme will haunt you. When you wake up they will greet you first thing in the morning. As you go deeper into this cycle of having the thoughts, which are called spikes, then fighting them, debating with them, looking for reassurance about them, etc. the thoughts become more firmly imbedded into your brain. Then the very fact that you can't get rid of the thoughts convinces you that the thoughts must really be true. Then the anxiety becomes even more overwhelming, then you begin to fight it all the more which only seems to make it all the more believable and valid when it is actually not valid at all. But you won't be able to shake the fear and anxiety that it causes so you end up obsessing endlessly. It's a vicious cycle and very hard to break without the proper understanding of the biology of why OCD occurs and without the proper therapy and often medication which enables the sufferer to do the therapy which is called exposure/response.
I hope I've been able to shed a little light on what living with religious OCD can be like. It's not a complete description by any means because many sufferers also have compulsions that they do to try and undo the thoughts, but maybe it will give you a clue as to whether or not OCD applies to your patterns of thought.
I have the pure "O" type of OCD with obsessional thoughts without compulsions.
Blessings to you,
Mitzi
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That describes exactly what I have been dealing with for the past four years. I think I will check with a doctor. Thank you for your help!
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aight listen a while back a was doing acid and I had the worst expierence ever I was in hell*not really just hallucinating* several times that night it was horrible and as a result I devoluped ocd and I knew I was saved but at the same time I was so sure I was going to hell i was completly misreble for months nothing could help me...well my dear brothers I prayed everyday and I searched and searched the bible and finally I am sure of my salvation pray about and the part of th ebible you doubt well search into it or ask someone who has grown in faith alot that has a good knowledge of the bible.I can assure you though that if you asked the Lord Jesus Christ into your heart then you are saved
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