Ocd related accidental vows

[Mari17]

I know it can be frustrating. But please keep trying to recognize the voice of OCD for what it is!

 

[Kywy]

I talked to my Pastor again and he clarified what he meant about doubts that it means anything that cause me to doubt my faith in God. This helped a little. He also said not to worry about it too much (My situation). I just cant get over the imaginary vow though. Can you answer this one question I have? Like what do you do when you imagine a vow, like imagining youself making a vow, and then afterwards worry that you were making a vow. Its like you are fake praying in your head. But its so easy to get fake thoughts about prayer and real prayers mixed up. How do I know I wasnt really making a vow?

 

[Mari17]

What you're doing (asking for reassurance) is actually a compulsion. In the interest of helping you fight your obsession, I'm choosing not to answer your question specifically, even though I want to help you feel better. What you have to do is start living with the uncertainty of not knowing for sure. If you get this question answered, your OCD will pop right up with another one. It all feels confusing to you because you are in the midst of an obsession. It will look much clearer when you are out of it, but you have to get out of it first, and the only way to do that is to live through the pain of not knowing for awhile. You can't know for sure that you didn't make a vow. Let your brain accept that. Of course, you know deep down that you didn't make one, but in order to get your OCD brain on the same track as your real brain, you have to pretend with it for awhile. Go along with it, and pretend to work with it by actually TRYING to get your brain to scare you. Here's a great article that explains the process much better than I could: Managing the Haunting Thoughts of Pure O – OCD. I know how tricky this is, because I'm grappling with an obsession myself. But keep fighting!!

 

[A313931]

Kywy - the above post is solid advice.

Please know - I'm continuing to learn (with you) about my own OCD through the posts of others.

God bless, praying for you

John

 

[Chang]

Yes many times.

Can I send private message to you to talk with u? About ocd

 

[A313931]

Yes - but I'm not sure how to relay descrete contact info? Any ideas?

 

[Chang]

Yes - but I'm not sure how to relay descrete contact info? Any ideas?

Guowife2012@gmail.com is my email. Can u send to here?