• The General Mental Health Forum is now a Read Only Forum. As we had two large areas making it difficult for many to find, we decided to combine the Mental Health & the Recovery sections of the forum into Mental Health & Recovery as a whole. Physical Health still remains as it's own area within the entire Recovery area.

    If you are having struggles, need support in a particular area that you aren't finding a specific recovery area forum, you may find the General Struggles forum a great place to post. Any any that is related to emotions, self-esteem, insomnia, anger, relationship dynamics due to mental health and recovery and other issues that don't fit better in another forum would be examples of topics that might go there.

    If you have spiritual issues related to a mental health and recovery issue, please use the Recovery Related Spiritual Advice forum. This forum is designed to be like Christian Advice, only for recovery type of issues. Recovery being like a family in many ways, allows us to support one another together. May you be blessed today and each day.

    Kristen.NewCreation and FreeinChrist

  • Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
  • We hope the site problems here are now solved, however, if you still have any issues, please start a ticket in Contact Us

  • The rule regarding AI content has been updated. The rule now rules as follows:

    Be sure to credit AI when copying and pasting AI sources. Link to the site of the AI search, just like linking to an article.

'my' thought or ocd? warning-may trigger

OCD Worrier

Newbie
May 6, 2012
16
1
✟22,641.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
I have been spending alot of time reading older posts. For the most
part it has really helped. I came across alot of posts that said OCD
stems from or effects what you fear most. In other words, if you obsess
over the unpardonable sin then you are worried about salvation....
My question then is, if that is true, aren't these 'your' thoughts from
your subconscience? The thoughts are manifesting themselves from
your own fear? So does that mean I really think that way? I hate
these thoughts and never had them at clear thinking and ' normal'
quiet moments. In other words, it is not the way I think or believe.
This terrifies me that it could be from me. That at my core, this is
who I am. It's one thought that i lingered on, thought on instead of
pushing it away and trying to fight it. I am at a loss. The thought is
horrible. I can find no peace about it. In fact I feel like giving up and
thinking , well, it's done, the unpardonable sin. And fighting feelings
of anger and feeling what's the difference, i'll go my own way.
I'm just here trying to figure out a way to keep from going to hell.
I am exhausted. Cannot get away from this. Feel like i am barely
hanging on and almost dont care. Feel like God has turned me over.
Can anyone help? Feel like giving up because been given over.
My feelings are really up and down. I am so tired. I want to follow
Jesus. I have alway's believed and want to still believe, I think I
just feel like giving up. Even when writting this just now, I felt that
the Lord has left me and I am not sincere. For one split second on a
thought that I never would have had. A thought that came from my
own heart and desperation. I am at a loss. Sorry for this being so
long. I want so much to find something to hold onto. This thought
was really bad. Cannot have a defense for it.
 

babegirl111

Member
Jan 17, 2008
261
16
✟22,967.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Single
YOU HAVE OCD!!! Sorry for all caps but I kind of have to let you guys know that. God would never do that to you. He loves you and he sees your pain. He has not left you and He never will. You have to be strong and accept that you have an illness and get the needed help for it. I was so down and depressed about my OCD about 4 years ago. I didnt even want to live anymore. But you know what, I got off the floor and realized that giving up was out of the question! I went to therapy and I had an AMAZING psychologist. He was a christian as well and could understand and sympathize to why I was so tormented by the unpardonable sin. I ended up getting on meds and along with the therapy I literally felt free from my OCD. I felt like a totally new person. What I am trying to tell you is please dont give up. You are stronger than you think and God has not left you nor will He ever. Stay strong, help is out there.....you just have to go find it :)
 
Upvote 0