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Are these intrusive thoughts?

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chrisbritain

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Hello Im chris
Last year I was diognosed with ocd
Lately I,ve become obsessesed with promises to God.
If you go into ask a fundamentalist you can see for yourself' I started a thread in there called Biblical oaths.
I don't meen vows I meen that I have told God in my mind that I will do something.
Unlike some people with ocd I may be possible for me to forget about certain worries if I,m very shore(how shore I don't know yet)
Anyway I keep worrying that I,ve made a promise to God that I will do something or go to Hell.
Sometimes the words I vow to do something or I,ll go to Hell come into my head' what I meen is say I think about doing or about to do something the words sometimes come into my head that I vow to do that or go to Hell' sometimes it will be the opposite of what I want to do or sometimes it may be to do something a certain way ect.
Or sometimes its the words i,ll do that or I'll go to Hell without the I vow part or sometimes its just a feeling that I get' like I think about a promise and then I worry I,ve made a promise.
Now first of all I worried about if I said it without the I vow part' some people have told me it doesn't matter if you don't meen them its just words that come into your head.
But then I started to worry more if I thought the words I vow' kind of like they were the magic words wich if you said it made it official.

Also sometimes I worry if have made a desision to think the words' like I try to work out whether I made a decision to think the words or if I didn't really have time to stop myself because I thought it was more likely to be a promise if I thought the words.
I meen when I think them I am concience I,m doing it but I don't know if I have time to stop thinking them in time' sometimes I react faster than others.
So does this seem like intrusive thoughts?
It does appear as if my ocd may be getting worse and it does change from time to time into different obsessions.
Also I worry sometimes that sub-conciencely I want to make a promise so I think well if you don't really meen it when you think about promises or if you think the words by mistake as long as you don't meen them it will be ok but then I worry that I meen them sub-conciencly.
 

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Yes, those are intrusive ocd thoughts. You can't help having thoughts. But your reaction to them is important. Try no reaction....just the "ok, whatever" thing when you have them. It worked for me through a wonderful doctor that God led me to. Talk to your doctor about it. Also remember it doesn't matter what the thoughts are, just know they are ocd related.

God bless.
 
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