More Ocd struggles

[kittyio]

I thank you all for helping me over the past few months. My therapist is on vacation and I am very worried. I keep worrying about worshiping or serving the devil or the beast and never being to get forgiven. I keep feeling like I want to do these things and distant from God and I don't know how to work through these things. I get thoughts that say "if you do x OR Y you will be worshipping something evil" and I impulsively agree to these thoughts and I don't know how to get rid of them. They can be literally anything, I often end up paralyzed and unable to move or function. I do not know how to handle these thoughts. I have asked people to ask God to ignore them forever but then I keep thinking about the Israelites and how they tested God and he forbid them from entering the promise land and I worry that He will stop ignoring these things if I doubt too much or something.

 

[Tolworth John]

I keep feeling like I want to do these things and distant from God and I don't know how to work through these things. I get thoughts that say "if you do x OR Y you will be worshipping something evil" and I impulsively agree to these thoughts and I don't know how to get rid of them.

Please look uo 25 tips for successfully treating your OCD in particular point 4 dealing with intrusive thoughts.

To be blunt feeling are not a valid method of determining your status before God. Think about it, do your feelings determine your ctyzenship here on earth?

God knows your illness and will not judge you because of what your illness causes you to think.
Learn to reconise intrisive thoughts and how to deal with them.

 

[Mari17]

I thank you all for helping me over the past few months. My therapist is on vacation and I am very worried. I keep worrying about worshiping or serving the devil or the beast and never being to get forgiven. I keep feeling like I want to do these things and distant from God and I don't know how to work through these things. I get thoughts that say "if you do x OR Y you will be worshipping something evil" and I impulsively agree to these thoughts and I don't know how to get rid of them. They can be literally anything, I often end up paralyzed and unable to move or function. I do not know how to handle these thoughts. I have asked people to ask God to ignore them forever but then I keep thinking about the Israelites and how they tested God and he forbid them from entering the promise land and I worry that He will stop ignoring these things if I doubt too much or something.

How long is your therapist on vacation for? Also, (I'm sorry if I've asked this already), is he/she using ERP therapy or ACT therapy, or what kind of therapy strategies is he/she teaching you? I understand how difficult this obsession is - I've had something similar, and it's a very common obsession among Christians with OCD! Thankfully, there is so much hope for treating OCD and experiencing relief from it. I can share some of the strategies/resources I've used, if that would be helpful!

 

[kittyio]

How long is your therapist on vacation for? Also, (I'm sorry if I've asked this already), is he/she using ERP therapy or ACT therapy, or what kind of therapy strategies is he/she teaching you? I understand how difficult this obsession is - I've had something similar, and it's a very common obsession among Christians with OCD! Thankfully, there is so much hope for treating OCD and experiencing relief from it. I can share some of the strategies/resources I've used, if that would be helpful!

Thank you that would be helpful. I am supposed to see my therapist on the 31st. It will have been two weeks then.

 

[Mari17]

Thank you that would be helpful. I am supposed to see my therapist on the 31st. It will have been two weeks then.

Oh my, I'm so sorry for my late reply! I will plan on sharing some resources with you, as I offered before! But I'd also like to know, how did your therapy appointment go?