Getting words switched up

[Novis]

I’m probably not surprising anyone when I say that another symptom ( botherance should be a word) is getting words mixed up in a prayer. At the very least it seems to have gone down to just an annoyance rather that horrific, so that’s one small victory I guess. I know that God knows what I meant and did so before I even started the prayer, but I still really don’t like this.

 

[Brightmoon]

Don’t let it bother you . Most people my age tend to do that . It’s annoying more than anything . I used to tell people that I had 60 years of Rock n roll stuffed in my head and I had to look thru that to get the right word

 

[Dendy]

Hey. I know exactly what you're going thru. This is one of the most difficult things OCD does. Bad words that I would never mean come into my prayers. God knows you don't mean them. He knows your heart. It's the fear of it that's causing it. God is love. Love would never hurt you because words you would never mean came into your prayers because of a tormenting illness.

 

[Junia]

I get this too. am only 38.

It is distressing. I was in a prayer ministry.session wasn't going well and I was v agitated and anxious. I was told to ask Satan to get out. I ended up saying get out Lord! The people prayi mg for me.though it was some kind of evil spirit. But I get it quite often when I pray on my own too

 

[Junia]

I often find prYing in tongues is only.way I can pray aloud. When I try pray in English I get it wrong or don't know what to say

 

[Mari17]

I’m probably not surprising anyone when I say that another symptom ( botherance should be a word) is getting words mixed up in a prayer. At the very least it seems to have gone down to just an annoyance rather that horrific, so that’s one small victory I guess. I know that God knows what I meant and did so before I even started the prayer, but I still really don’t like this.

Are your words ACTUALLY getting mixed up, or do you just "feel" like they're getting mixed up? (I'm asking because with OCD, we often over-analyze our thoughts/words/feelings, and feel like we've said or meant something that we actually haven't.)

 

[Novis]

Are your words ACTUALLY getting mixed up, or do you just "feel" like they're getting mixed up? (I'm asking because with OCD, we often over-analyze our thoughts/words/feelings, and feel like we've said or meant something that we actually haven't.)

Actually mixed up, though I’m sure there are cases where I just feel it too. Like sometimes a “no” comes out as a “yes” or visa-versa.

 

[Mari17]

A chalky mixed up, though I’m sure there are cases where I just feel it too. Like sometimes a “no” comes out as a “yes” or visa-versa.

I've felt this kind of thing before too - "feeling" like I mean something that I don't actually mean. It sounds like maybe you're at the point where you are responding in a healthy (non-obsessive) way, though? I mean, by recognizing that God knows what you mean even if you mess up (or feel like you mess up), and you're still able to move on and keep praying without engaging in a bunch of compulsions?

 

[Novis]

I've felt this kind of thing before too - "feeling" like I mean something that I don't actually mean. It sounds like maybe you're at the point where you are responding in a healthy (non-obsessive) way, though? I mean, by recognizing that God knows what you mean even if you mess up (or feel like you mess up), and you're still able to move on and keep praying without engaging in a bunch of compulsions?

Sometimes I feel the need to repeat the prayer correctly a few times, but that’s it initially. Sometimes the wrong sequence of words sticks in my head, though.

 

[Mari17]

Sometimes I feel the need to repeat the prayer correctly a few times, but that’s it initially. Sometimes the wrong sequence of words sticks in my head, though.

Yes, that is annoying. Maybe it's the old green (or pink/red/really any color) elephant analogy...the more you don't want to think of something, the more it sticks around?