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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

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OCD is a mental illness that causes repeated unwanted thoughts or sensations (obsessions) or the urge to do something over and over again (compulsions). Cognitive-behavioral therapy can help.

Scrupulosity is a form of OCD involving religious or moral obsessions. Scrupulous individuals are overly concerned that something they thought or did might be a sin or a religious or moral doctrine violation.

God knows your anxiety and your suffering.

Romans 7:

15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
That is the compulsion.

16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.
That's your conscience agreeing with God's law.

17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
I.e., Sinful thoughts in your brain mess up your thinking.

Is OCD intrusive thought a sin?

It is a sinful thought that sticks to your brain. Don't look to yourself but look to God. 1 John 3:

21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
Trust in God that he knows you and does not condemn you. Jesus died for all our sins. This is the truth and the truth sets us free.

How can one overcome OCD?

It will take time and practice. You have been born of the Spirit. Look to the Paraclete who dwells in your spirit. Focus on Him and not on the erroneous thoughts in your brain. Seeking a Christian therapist may help.

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