Can this be forever

[raven1]

Can OCD God exists last forever. Like the OCD made you think so much about whether or not God existed that you just really don't know anymore and your basically stuck like that. This seems to be the case with me. Like your OCD makes you agnostic but you still hold on because u have like .0002 percent faith left. Anybody had this type OCD all there life? Well I mean most of it.

Anonymous user u still out there?

 

[flower123]

Hey, I have OCD and in the past I have had doubts about God and whether He exists or not, and I still do and my OCD just clings on to that and makes it worse! Keep reading your Bible, and praying. Hope that helps

 

[flower123]

Also, doubting is perfectly normal, and you just have to keep clinging on to God, He will never let you go Don't stop praying or reading your Bible as this may just keep you feeling further and further away from God.

 

[hollyda]

OCD lasts as long as you allow it to last. Continuing a cycle of reassurance seeking without facing your fears will enable it to feed off those fears indefinitely.

 

[cmsracing]

OCD lasts as long as you allow it to last. Continuing a cycle of reassurance seeking without facing your fears will enable it to feed off those fears indefinitely.

X2 what she said. I all boils down to this, there has to be a time when YOU say ENOUGH!! I'm not doing this anymore. It's up to you if that time is today or 30 years from now. I know it's not as easy as I make it sound, but it's true. Yes meds and therapy can help, ALOT, but in the end it has to be you. You need to put it down before God can pick it up.
God never expects more from us than we are capable to give. You need to tell God, " this is where I'm at right now and this is all I have to offer. Please take this mustard seed of faith that I have right now, and make it grow in your time. Then let it go. In time you will start to see your faith increase.
I think you'll have to agree that what your doing now isn't working.
I'm sorry if I sound too hardnosed about this, it's just that I've been where you are and know what it takes to recover.

 

[raven1]

I feel like I don't even want God anymore. I don't try to get close to him. I feel like he is irrational to believe in yet I fear hell but not as much as I used to.

 

[hollyda]

I think you'll have to agree that what your doing now isn't working.

This. Raven, sweetie, you've been posting on these forums about the same thing ever since I got my account. Reassurance is a drug, and it will trap you into an unending web of need, fear, and doubt. We can't fix this for you. NO ONE can fix it for you. You will NOT magically wake up one day and stop fearing the things you fear. In order to get better, you MUST take control and stop asking people questions that have NO ANSWERS. You MUST face your fear, accept your thoughts, and learn to live with doubt. No matter what is said, your OCD will never accept a reassuring response as "proof" that the thing you fear is not real. NEVER.

This is not easy. Nothing worth having ever comes easy. It will take work, time, and patience. The only thing I can guarantee is doing what you're doing right now will never make you better.

You're the only one who can change the way you think. Coming back here is letting it defeat you over and over and over again.

 

[raven1]

The thing I fear is not real?

 

[gracealone]

Maybe it is... maybe it isn't. Just let it go, let it be. Endure the feelings of uncertainty. That's how to treat OCD.
Love you, Mitzi

The thing I fear is not real?

 

[gracealone]

Super Mega Dittos!!
Mitzi

This. Raven, sweetie, you've been posting on these forums about the same thing ever since I got my account. Reassurance is a drug, and it will trap you into an unending web of need, fear, and doubt. We can't fix this for you. NO ONE can fix it for you. You will NOT magically wake up one day and stop fearing the things you fear. In order to get better, you MUST take control and stop asking people questions that have NO ANSWERS. You MUST face your fear, accept your thoughts, and learn to live with doubt. No matter what is said, your OCD will never accept a reassuring response as "proof" that the thing you fear is not real. NEVER.

This is not easy. Nothing worth having ever comes easy. It will take work, time, and patience. The only thing I can guarantee is doing what you're doing right now will never make you better.

You're the only one who can change the way you think. Coming back here is letting it defeat you over and over and over again.

 

[raven1]

what fear? the fear i am going to hell? so i just say oh well and hope i don't croak and go there.

 

[hollyda]

what fear? the fear i am going to hell? so i just say oh well and hope i don't croak and go there.

This applies to any of your fears. Like this:

Fear: "God doesn't exist."
Response: "Okay. I accept that."
Fear: "God DOES exist and he's going to send me to Hell for believing he doesn't exist."
Response: "Okay. I accept that."
Fear: "The world is going to end."
Response. "Okay. I accept that."

You see how this works?

 

[raven1]

i just want to know y if this is agnostism why would he make my brain that way and then throw me in hell.

 

[hollyda]

i just want to know y if this is agnostism why would he make my brain that way and then throw me in hell.

There is no answer your OCD will find satisfactory. Life is uncertain. Doubt will always exist. Learn to live with not knowing, and accepting that you don't and will never have absolute assurance.

 

[raven1]

So I get to live in fear the rest of my life.

 

[gracealone]

No sweetie but you do have to let the fear do it's worst for awhile while refusing to give into the rumination. Only then will it begin to let up.
Mitzi

So I get to live in fear the rest of my life.

 

[hollyda]

No sweetie but you do have to let the fear do it's worst for awhile while refusing to give into the rumination. Only then will it begin to let up.
Mitzi

Exactly