How do you get over OCD?

[Aaliyah]

I was just wondering how you get over OCD?

 

[Sasha37]

OCD is a mental disorder that you may never 'get over'. But the effects of it in your life will rely solely on the choices you make. Medication may help you on a physical level, which may be necessary for you to sort of clear your thinking and take the edge off of the anxiety. But it is also a spiritual battle that needs to be fought on that level because the enemy will use this weakness to get a grip on your life. He'll sneak in subtly and build a stronghold there, so you have to be very aware of the way he works. Get into the Word, pray, and involve and open yourself up to other believers you trust. Don't let the enemy shame you into believing that you need to keep silent about this problem in your life. Keeping you in the darkness is how he works his greatest deception. Make yourself transparent so that the light of God's truth shines through that darkness. That really messes with the enemy's plans. His goal is to keep you emotionally isolated so that his voice is what you are hearing the most. So get involved with other believers, open up to those of them who you know you can trust, and pray for others who are going through the same struggles that you are. Reach out to them and let them reach out to you. God bless you.

 

[Danny34]

the road towards full healing is different for many to several people, some people's roads are wide and ranging of different sizes, some people's roads are narrow and lead to different other roads. What do I mean by this? Not all people are the same in healing, you choose to be healed and that is the first step into being healed of OCD.
Discipline and willpower, and the power of God. Take those words into consideration, what they mean, and apply them to your life. Not everybody is perfectly disciplined, but they come close to it. Power, you have the spirit of Power that God has given you (2 Timothy 1:7), and the spirit of self-discipline. I tell you this because in order for you to get better, you'll need to have these, or else you'll be slipping and falling through your road towards healing.
Look at what you're eating, are you eating alot of junk food, outside food(restaurant/fast food), foods with colorants and preservatives, cheese/milk? All these types of foods can cause depression and anxiety due to their unhealthy properties that do nothing to the body. I did a self experiment on myself and did not eat any of the following that I mentioned, and I feld amazing, but then on purpose I began eating fast food and milk again slowly and I got depression and anxiety back. (I'm not gonna do that again).
Positive thinking, give it a try. Stop with the "what ifs" and the "I can't" and the "why...". Negative thinking is another position of the enemy that tries to break from your happiness, in order for you to break free is to stop believing in his LIES and start believing in what your God has told you. See tomorrow as what it is, a new day, the past does not exist and the future neither(literally). Think about that!
Read about what OCD really is, STUDY IT. Study it as though you were a psychologist, learn what causes it, where it comes from, how it can be treated, EVERYTHING.
Instead of helping yourself(beat OCD), help others. Not specifically with OCD, but whatever it is. Talk to people, help them and tell them about God.
The most important thing you will want to do is praise God everyday, through maybe putting his worship songs on Youtube and singing along, reading a section of the bible, praying to him every morning when you wake up. It feels wonderful reaching out towards Him, because when we do He sees us trying and amazing things will happen when you do this.
Faith, faith that you ARE being healed by Jesus Christ as we speak, be stubborn towards the enemy, the doctors, the WORLD and say outloud: "I know the Lord God is with me through these tough times, and I know He is healing me of this disorder as I speak, and I declare these things in His name, Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven, amen."
Stop looking through the internet for answers, just stop. Seriously, I know ALL OF YOU do this, look through the internet about OCD and all that, just do this ONCE to study OCD, but please don't do it everyday.
Ah, I know this list is getting LONG but its worth the read, so keep on reading. Drink Omega 3s Fish Oil and Magnasium. Both these do RIDICULOUS changes to your body, I mean they will not cure you but will help ALOT. They'll help with depression, anxiety, OCD, ALL OF THESE. Do research on these because I'm running out of space to type.
STOP looking at disgusting things on the computer, tv, and also violent things. These types of things will cause spiritual oppression.
Dispatch evil things from your home, I don't know what it might be but if you look through your home and you see something that doesn't go according to God, then throw it away no matter how pricey it is.
Another thing I learnd is to dispatch evil spirits from your home, just go to Youtube and put on a praise song LOUD that can be heard through the whole house, and pray. After you pray, tell the evil spirits OUTLOUD "Out of my home in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen."
*gasping for breathe* I think I need a book to write all these things, because I'm not half way done.... hmm.... just one more thing because this is getting long: Read James 1:2-8.

 

[MissJenn23]

My husband deals with it and sometimes it can get preety heated in our house hold due to this and i get blamed because im not a better attentive wife....

 

[VZ2011]

Extreme spiritual fearfulness (over blasphemy & going to hell) & doubting (even while you are pursing God, reading his word, and in prayer)are forms of spiritual OCD. They and other racing negative fearful thoughts are the result of a vitamin deficiency which causes a chemical imbalance in the brain and is treatable with extreme daily doses of vitamines. If you or a loved one experience extreme spiritual fearfulness, Bi-Polar, manic depression, OCD or schizophrenia tendancies (paranoia, visual hallucinations, hearing voices), depression, insomnia, racing thoughts, panic attacks, anxiety, other mental distresses, do yourself a favor and reasearch depression, schizophrenia, OCD vitamin and orthomolecular therapy and the work of a canadian doctor named Abram Hoffer. Basically he developed a treatment (that truly WORKS) with Vitamines. It's a minimal cost to incur to invest in your physical and mental AND SPIRITUAL wellness. I am not peddling anyone's vitamines. You can get any brand at Walmart or a grocery store or a vitamine store on line. These Vitamin supplements have been a tremendous help to my relative and myself who continue to experience greater and greater healing each day that we continue with this vitamine therapy. Relief comes within the first couple of days and continues as you continue to take the vitamine supplements. You must take them for the rest of your life or risk a relapse.

1000 mg niacian daily (get a combination of flush-free and regular niacin) the regular will cause you to flush--(you will get red and hot but this means it is working--the longer it takes you to flush the more you needed it. the redness goes away in about 15 minutes. The flush-free niacin will not make you flush. If you start to feel nauceaous, lower the dosage or skip a day altogether with it, then take a "normal" dosage, like 100-500 mg. An extremely high dose like 1000-2000 is for when things get extremely uncontrollable and it should only be temporary. It's too much to take regularly. After a day or two you could start to feel naucious from that much, but it will jumpstart the seratonin in your brain to help you relax and control your thoughts, then you can lower it to 500.

2000-3000 mg Vitamine C take 1000 mg 3x a day

HTP5 - At least 100 mg daily

Vitamine B 8 - (inisitol) - 10-18g per day depending on severity of your OCD (it's alot but take it)

Vitamine B combo vitamine 2 or 3 per day (with B1, B6, B12)

Essential Omega Fats (with fish oil and flax) take 2-3 per day.

Results will be notable within a day or two, with the greatest results starting at around 6 weeks of taking these.

Swear off all junk food, all artificial sweetners, all refined white sugar products, all alcohol, eat GOOD NUTRITIOUS FOOD, fresh and frozen vegetables, fruits, unsweetned fruit juice, filtered water or spring water, cut down on caffeine. Going gluetin free is also good but it's not necessary for everyone.

Please research these things on line yourself as I am not allowed to post URLs on this site. I would have posted them if I could have.

Please, also understand that you must honor Jesus Christ and trust his shed blood and ressurection fully for salvation. Read the word daily and pray, and live according to biblical principals and this along with proper nutrition, will eliminate spiritual OCD and extreme spiritual fearfulness.

 

[VZ2011]

Father, i pray for this child of yours in Jesus name, I pray you give the revelation of the love and the sound mind that Jesus provides, and the wisdom and discernment from the Holy Spirit if we but ask. I pray a willingness for this child to receive wisdom from you for this situation, to forgive all who have hurt or wronged him or her, I pray a willingness to come before you humbly in prayer and spending time in your word to receive the blessings, the help and encouragement you said you would give to those who seek you diligently and with all their heart. I come against the schemes of the devil, i come against all false doctrines, i come against all evil, wicked spirits of deception, confusion and fear, and I also come against spiritual and physical nutritional deficiency ignorance. Please open the eyes and ears of this child, and give them the desire to want the good and hate the evil and want will help them and disdain that which harms them in the forms of food, drugs, thoughts, deeds, and imaginations. I come against all wicked spirits in high places that have come against this child of yours, I come against all confusion, all fear, i come against any spiritual apathy, hopelessness, lack of faith, I speak healing and health to this child of yours, spirit, mind, and body, in Jesus name, because of what Jesus has done for us with his suffering and dying and being raised from the dead. By his stripes we WERE healed. It's already finished. I pray this child of yours receives that revelation today and enters into the fullness of wellness and spiritual healing you have for him or her. In Jesus name, I thank and praise You Lord, for you are good and You yourself have said, "IT IS FINISHED" you overcame the devil and made us more than conquerors, and I pray this child receives the revelation of that, receives courage from you and help from Your precious Holy Spirit and good angels from above. Thank you Lord. You are good and you keep your promises. Reveal yourself as the bread of life to this child and increase their appetite for You and all your peace, truth and love, for he who you set free is free indeed, set this child free now and forevermore.

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

I was just wondering how you get over OCD?

The simple answer would be: Don't do the rituals and ignore the obsessions and eventually the intensity and anxiety will fade.

Easier said than done...

 

[OCD=Owie]

No kidding. But if you try to condition yourself to do so over time, then it will get better.

 

[tripletiger1200]

Prayer. Just come to God and tell Him the truth that you've been having these thoughts, that you're scared, and that you're a broken human being who needs His love and grace to piece you back together and make you whole again, because you're not capable on your own.

 

[supyo2]

Embrace it.