Pathway to freedom from OCD! (Not for everyone/all levels of OCD)

[gloriousday2006]

I understood you now, you have a continuous numbness, you don't even experience your normal self anymore... cannot anything move you? What if something you always hoped for happened now wouldn't you be happy? Do you practice the Holy Eucharist at least once every 40 days? Because this is the moment where i reach my uttermost control on my mind and happiness (Do it please if you don't). I'm not sure if this is related to OCD, yes i had numbness sometimes but only when i stop praying for long durations or do something hurtful to my soul, i think what i can offer to you is my prayers and i will do that wholeheartedly.

No, I do not experience my normal self right now. I can feel emotions but they are greatly muted. Things that would produce feelings of love or sadness are greatly muted. Even fear and happiness are greatly muted. Sometimes I feel numb like my arms are almost numb, like I am not even myself. This all happened recently. I want to follow God. Please pray for me. I feel like my thoughts aren't attached to my emotions. Like they have numbing cream over them.

 

[LoveHisPresence]

It depends on your faith in God, i'm not going to tell you that you are right or wrong but i know that Jesus broke the Sabbath to help the needy, he wants mercy not offerings "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." Matthew 9:13

But if you have enough faith in God that if you say the truth to those authorities God will take care of the rest then do it, because he is merciful and he exists, if you believe that wholeheartedly you won't fear anyone, i was put into situations where i had to lie for everything to be fine but i didn't and everything turned out for good later even if not instantly (sometimes instantly), again it is all about faith and how you strive to be loyal to God, also pray to God that he will help you obey his commandments and he will prevent/decrease those situations, maybe you won't need to be put into that situation in the future God willing, anyway i will pray for you.

thanks for responding. I have tried to keep that verse, mercy and not sacrifice, close. thanks for your prayers I need it.

 

[Yennora]

Really hope that you can help me, I have ocd ,struggle with unwanted vows and dunno should I follow the vows.

After i read your post and was thinking about that sort of OCD that deals with unwanted vows, i checked my email and i found this:

"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
Psalms 139:23-24

Also it reminded me of another verse "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart." Proverbs 21:2

So it is a clear message to you from God that you should neglect those vows if you know in your heart that "It is not you who done them", God won't punish you if you don't keep them but if you do a vow with all your mind and heart then keep it, i believe you will know the difference between a wanted vow and an unwanted vow.

 

[Mari17]

No, I do not experience my normal self right now. I can feel emotions but they are greatly muted. Things that would produce feelings of love or sadness are greatly muted. Even fear and happiness are greatly muted. Sometimes I feel numb like my arms are almost numb, like I am not even myself. This all happened recently. I want to follow God. Please pray for me. I feel like my thoughts aren't attached to my emotions. Like they have numbing cream over them.

Depersonalization is a new term for me (I hadn't heard much about it before reading about it on here). It does sound frightening, but from what I've read about it, there is hope for getting better. I recently discovered a link to the website below on another anxiety forum, and I'm not really sure who the author is or what he's about, but this page on depersonalization seemed like it could be helpful, so I thought I'd pass it along:
Depersonalisation and Derealisation Help and Advice

 

[gloriousday2006]

Depersonalization is a new term for me (I hadn't heard much about it before reading about it on here). It does sound frightening, but from what I've read about it, there is hope for getting better. I recently discovered a link to the website below on another anxiety forum, and I'm not really sure who the author is or what he's about, but this page on depersonalization seemed like it could be helpful, so I thought I'd pass it along:
Depersonalisation and Derealisation Help and Advice

Thank you so much. You have been very helpful to me. I truly, truly appreciate it. I am sitting here tonight, I wake up, and instantly I wonder if I can feel emotion. Unfortunately, I am not feeling any. It scares me. I feel just like a collection of detached thoughts. I even look at people that I know I love and usually get a surge of emotion, but it is so muted. Please pray that Jesus holds onto me. I want to know Him and have a close personal relationship with Him above all. Please pray He keeps me in His will. Please pray that I make it through this and He turns it into something that will Help others turn to Him. I want to do the will of my father in heaven. I am so detached from my emotions and myself it is scary. Please pray I am given eyes to see and ears to hear. Please pray I am filled with the Holy Spirit to live by His strength and not my own.

I still have intrusive thoughts. I am so detached from everything though. I just want to be back to normal. I want to follow God.

 

[lamb7]

"I accepted Christ in 2013, and in 2017 I found out I have OCD and ADHD alongside SAD, the fights that I always had with OCD were about worry that my prayers are not going to be heard (lack of faith), my fears would come true (lack of faith), I would fail God and hence he would abandon me. (He never did.)"

I too have the ADHD, SAD and OCD mix quite a cocktail ......yikes! Hang in there!

 

[Chang]

"I accepted Christ in 2013, and in 2017 I found out I have OCD and ADHD alongside SAD, the fights that I always had with OCD were about worry that my prayers are not going to be heard (lack of faith), my fears would come true (lack of faith), I would fail God and hence he would abandon me. (He never did.)"

I too have the ADHD, SAD and OCD mix quite a cocktail ......yikes! Hang in there!

Let's Pray together!!

 

[Chang]

Actually I think why we have ocd, probably because we need to experience something as to grow up and help others.

 

[lamb7]

Actually I think why we have ocd, probably because we need to experience something as to grow up and help others.

Funny you say that I wondered that myself, I am finally able to function and I did not want to come on here for fears of triggering myself, but we are to bear each other's burdens so I felt compelled to come on and check on everyone ♥

 

[lamb7]

I have posted this before, I am trying to eat better(besides the meds I am on) I feel this has helped esp with serotonin ♥ Got OCD? Changing Your Diet Might Help God Bless

 

[Yennora]

Let's Pray together!!

Yes.. Let's pray together.

 

[Yennora]

Funny you say that I wondered that myself, I am finally able to function and I did not want to come on here for fears of triggering myself, but we are to bear each other's burdens so I felt compelled to come on and check on everyone ♥

Exactly, i didn't come here to trigger my OCD more but to do the same, specially that my OCD reaches its worst states when i see someone i love in pain, that is why i always try to keep Romans 8:28 in heart, thank you for your kindness and may God bless and protect you forever.

 

[lamb7]

Exactly, i didn't come here to trigger my OCD more but to do the same, specially that my OCD reaches its worst states when i see someone i love in pain, that is why i always try to keep Romans 8:28 in heart, thank you for your kindness and may God bless and protect you forever.

Absolutely I am not sure what triggers mine, this last hit came out of no where! But sometimes being on here can be an obsession in itself so I have to be balanced. If you have any questions or help you can inbox me.

 

[gerbilwoman]

Thank you for sharing and I'm glad you found something that worked for you. But for me a mix of exposure therapy and medication was much more helpful. (No offense to God or anyone). I view OCD as a clinical issue and not a spiritual one, not to say spiritual things can't help some people, they just didn't help me.

 

[Yennora]

Thank you for sharing and I'm glad you found something that worked for you. But for me a mix of exposure therapy and medication was much more helpful. (No offense to God or anyone). I view OCD as a clinical issue and not a spiritual one, not to say spiritual things can't help some people, they just didn't help me.

I agree with you a lot, it discouraged me how my post didn't help some people because i knew recently that there are different intensities of OCD, mine can be controlled through continuous reassurance that God is good through observing my past experience with him, it looks like my OCD was a mix of religious OCD and fear of thoughts turning into reality, and God was my help there, but i see that a lot of people saw my post and didn't interact, maybe they were helped too? I hope so, anyway you are absolutely right! I think i should change the title of the thread to "Pathway to freedom from OCD (Not for everyone)", thank you for pointing that out too, God bless!

 

[gerbilwoman]

Thank you to whoever changed the title.