The Ultimate OCD Thread

[Scrupulous Bill]

EDIT: Lot longer read than I thought, sorry guys.

Hello fellow forumers.

I noticed there are multiple threads that people have made asking for help with their OCD... mainly intrusive thoughts, doubts, etc. I am making this thread with the hope of helping people who are experiencing the cruel effects of OCD, and also to seek help for myself, as I am a sufferer of it. We just might possibly be able to help one another.

First off, I want to give a little background of my OCD problem, as most of you are not familiar with me, because I haven't posted or visited this site as much as I should.

I'm nineteen years old, and I live in a rural Southeastern county in Kentucky. I have two wonderful Christian-based parents. I grew up with a normal, happy life around my family and friends. As far as I can remember, my compulsions started around my eighth grade year. This sounds so incredibly ridiculous, but I remember my first one was because of a video game. I had a friend who would come over to my house almost all the time in the summer after my eighth grade year, and we would play video games... constantly. Long story short, I became obsessed with the idea that if I touched something after he did, or thought about him while I turned off a light switch or something... I would end up having his skill at the video game we were playing (which I did not want, because I thought I was better). Therefore this would cause me to try to avoid things that he had touched, and go back and turn the light switch on and off repeatedly until I done it without thinking about him. I'm sure I performed more compulsions, but these are the main two that I can remember. Once again, trust me, I KNOW how ridiculous this sounds... but at the time it really concerned me. It wasn't a major issue back then, but little did I know that I was on a path to a whole world of anxieties and fears. They've developed over the years, and caused me a whole lot of stress that wasn't needed, but hey... that's life, and that's what I got dealt with. The fears that they transformed into are what is really, really bothering me today... God. When I started having obsessions that involved religion, they only grew worse over the years. For example (please bear with me, I am trying to keep it as short as I can), I had/have a really bad fear of selling my soul to Satan. So everything I do (literally everything), I get an intrusive thought along the lines of this: "This is a contract to Satan." Anything I enjoy doing, from playing basketball to chatting on Facebook with my friends to playing video games... has these thoughts along with them. If I am about to go shoot some hoops, when I first make contact with the ball, I usually get a bad thought about contracts to Satan. I try my best to think of other things while I am about to make contact with the ball, but this only enforces the bad thoughts even more... and when I get that horrible thought, my anxiety rises, and I have doubt and worry in my mind when I go play. It's really scary for me to try to have fun, and have hobbies... because when I get these thoughts, I feel as if I continue that hobby that I will be doomed to Hell. It drives me insane, and makes my head feel completely full and my stomach anxious.

Trust me, I have more fears, obsessions, and intrusive thoughts... but I am going to stop writing now. I will go into further detail after I hear some of your guys' input, help strategies, and stories of your own. Anyone struggling with OCD or just someone who wants to put their input in, c'mon... let's help each other out.

 

[Hermit7]

One note about the contract with Satan thing....God is higher than Satan, in fact, before Satan is allowed to do anything, he must get some degree of "permission" from God (see the book of Job).

So even if you did make a "contract" with Satan, God can simply over-rule it.

 

[Scrupulous Bill]

Wow. Thank you Hermit. I'm not up to where I should be with knowing The Bible and such, which I plan on working on that area of my life... but once again, thank you so much. That relieved me a great deal.

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

God understands what your going through Bill, remember He looks at the heart above all and He knows that you do not want these thoughts. These thoughts are nothing but something your OCD has latched on to and nothing more. They are meaningless and neither good nor evil, they are just there because OCD has trained you to think about this particular thought at the worst of times (this is because you are trying your very best not to do it at that time). It is a proven fact that the more we try to reject a thought the more we will think about it. What you and me both need to do is just ignore these thoughts and they will go away, do not let them get to you, they are nothing and they do not represent anything but our compulsive thinking. I know there is always a small doubt in your mind that says a part of you wants them but this is a lie from satan (yes he uses OCD), just realize your position in Christ, study His word and receive His love and reject these thoughts. Blessings brother.

 

[Scrupulous Bill]

God understands what your going through Bill, remember He looks at the heart above all and He knows that you do not want these thoughts. These thoughts are nothing but something your OCD has latched on to and nothing more. They are meaningless and neither good nor evil, they are just there because OCD has trained you to think about this particular thought at the worst of times (this is because you are trying your very best not to do it at that time). It is a proven fact that the more we try to reject a thought the more we will think about it. What you and me both need to do is just ignore these thoughts and they will go away, do not let them get to you, they are nothing and they do not represent anything but our compulsive thinking. I know there is always a small doubt in your mind that says a part of you wants them but this is a lie from satan (yes he uses OCD), just realize your position in Christ, study His word and receive His love and reject these thoughts. Blessings brother.

Heard that man. They really get to me sometimes. I have struggled with it for years. I just keep telling myself that Christ understands what's going on with me better than I do, you know?

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

Heard that man. They really get to me sometimes. I have struggled with it for years. I just keep telling myself that Christ understands what's going on with me better than I do, you know?

Yeah I know brother, sometimes when the compulsions get real bad I just have to say "God understands, He heard me and I'm just going to let it be". Sometimes anxiety is too much, but God is always faithful no matter what.

 

[Scrupulous Bill]

Very true. Thank you so much. I just need to get past the fear and trust in Him. How often do you usually have intrusive thoughts, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

Very true. Thank you so much. I just need to get past the fear and trust in Him. How often do you usually have intrusive thoughts, if you don't mind me asking?

Everyday, all the time and I fight them (through OCD ritual) with something I call compulsive prayer, the Lord has helped me get over many obsessions though and I am slowly coming to terms with the absurdity of my current ones, the anxeity though as I said is sometimes too hard to fight and I give into the ritualistic compulsion, but by the grace of God I (and you) will be free one day. No matter what, we cannot lose faith, we may lose faith in our current circumstances but we know that Jesus died for us and this is enough for all things we may go through in the world.

 

[Scrupulous Bill]

Everyday, all the time and I fight them (through OCD ritual) with something I call compulsive prayer, the Lord has helped me get over many obsessions though and I am slowly coming to terms with the absurdity of my current ones, the anxeity though as I said is sometimes too hard to fight and I give into the ritualistic compulsion, but by the grace of God I (and you) will be free one day. No matter what, we cannot lose faith, we may lose faith in our current circumstances but we know that Jesus died for us and this is enough for all things we may go through in the world.

I read on a website once that "God has a special place for the scrupulous." That's us bro'. We just need to strengthen ourselves through his word. None of our thoughts can harm us... and he has forgiven us for them.

I also take it you've done like me, and researched many, many websites on how to stop all of this?

 

[Tonyy2]

Enjoying everyones posts. Yea lets keep faith and lets try to meditate on the good things not always OCD. Philipians 4:8 read it believe it!!

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

I read on a website once that "God has a special place for the scrupulous." That's us bro'. We just need to strengthen ourselves through his word. None of our thoughts can harm us... and he has forgiven us for them.

Amen brother, it's hard sometimes to have the faith to believe that those thoughts aren't ours, but we must remember that they are just OCD and not apart of our true heart or self.

I also take it you've done like me, and researched many, many websites on how to stop all of this?

Yeah, I have done my research over the past few years, by the way I own a book that has some very helpful information on OCD written from a Christian (Catholic) perspective called "The Doubting Disease" by Joseph W. Ciarrocchi, check it out if you get a chance.

 

[Scrupulous Bill]

Amen brother, it's hard sometimes to have the faith to believe that those thoughts aren't ours, but we must remember that they are just OCD and not apart of our true heart or self.


Yeah, I have done my research over the past few years, by the way I own a book that has some very helpful information on OCD written from a Christian (Catholic) perspective called "The Doubting Disease" by Joseph W. Ciarrocchi, check it out if you get a chance.

True that. It sometimes feels impossible to understand that those thoughts aren't ours. Maybe they can help us to grow in faith?

Oh, and want to know something awesome? I already own that book, haha. Many of the websites that I have visited over the years recommended it, so I figured I'd give it a shot and order it. I haven't really read it yet, but I am about to start.

 

[Scrupulous Bill]

Enjoying everyones posts. Yea lets keep faith and lets try to meditate on the good things not always OCD. Philipians 4:8 read it believe it!!

Thanks Tony. That was such a good verse. That's great for people who are suffering from OCD.

 

[Jesusisgood]

Hi there! I had that same fear about givng my soul to you know who. I was wondering if you were still struggling with that particular thought. If you are I want you to know that you belong to God

 

[VZ2011]

Extreme spiritual fearfulness (over blasphemy & going to hell) & doubting (even while you are pursing God, reading his word, and in prayer)are forms of spiritual OCD. They and other racing negative fearful thoughts are the result of a vitamin deficiency which causes a chemical imbalance in the brain and is treatable with extreme daily doses of vitamines. If you or a loved one experience extreme spiritual fearfulness, OCD or schizophrenia tendancies (paranoia, visual hallucinations, hearing voices), depression, insomnia, racing thoughts, panic attacks, anxiety, other mental distresses, do yourself a favor and reasearch depression, schizophrenia, OCD vitamin and orthomolecular therapy and the work of a canadian doctor named Abram Hoffer. Basically he developed a treatment (that truly WORKS) with Vitamines. It's a minimal cost to incur to invest in your physical and mental AND SPIRITUAL wellness. I am not peddling anyone's vitamines. You can get any brand at Walmart or a grocery store or a vitamine store on line. These Vitamin supplements have been a tremendous help to my relative and myself who continue to experience greater and greater healing each day that we continue with this vitamine therapy. Relief comes within the first couple of days and continues as you continue to take the vitamine supplements. You must take them for the rest of your life or risk a relapse. [/font]

1000 mg niacian daily (get a combination of flush-free and regular niacin) the regular will cause you to flush--(you will get red and hot but this means it is working--the longer it takes you to flush the more you needed it. the redness goes away in about 15 minutes. The flush-free niacin will not make you flush. If you start to feel nauceaous, lower the dosage or skip a day altogether with it, then take a "normal" dosage, like 100-500 mg. An extremely high dose like 1000-2000 is for when things get extremely uncontrollable and it should only be temporary. It's too much to take regularly. After a day or two you could start to feel naucious from that much, but it will jumpstart the seratonin in your brain to help you relax and control your thoughts, then you can lower it to 500.

2000-3000 mg Vitamine C take 1000 mg 3x a day[/font]
HTP5 - At least 100 mg daily
Vitamine B 8 - (inisitol) - 10-18g per day depending on severity of your OCD (it's alot but take it)
Vitamine B combo vitamine 2 or 3 per day (with B1, B6, B12)[/font]

Essential Omega Fats (with fish oil and flax) take 2-3 per day.[/font]

Results will be notable within a day or two, with the greatest results starting at around 6 weeks of taking these.

Swear off all junk food, all artificial sweetners, all refined white sugar products, all alcohol, eat GOOD NUTRITIOUS FOOD, fresh and frozen vegetables, fruits, unsweetned fruit juice, filtered water or spring water, cut down on caffeine. Going gluetin free is also good but it's not necessary for ever

Please research these things on line yourself as I am not allowed to post URLs on this site. I would have

Please, also understand that you must honor Jesus Christ and trust his shed blood and ressurection fully for salvation. Read the word daily and pray, and live according to biblical principals and this along with proper nutrition, will eliminate spiritual OCD and extreme spiritual fearfulness

EDIT: Lot longer read than I thought, sorry guys.

Hello fellow forumers.

I noticed there are multiple threads that people have made asking for help with their OCD... mainly intrusive thoughts, doubts, etc. I am making this thread with the hope of helping people who are experiencing the cruel effects of OCD, and also to seek help for myself, as I am a sufferer of it. We just might possibly be able to help one another.

First off, I want to give a little background of my OCD problem, as most of you are not familiar with me, because I haven't posted or visited this site as much as I should.

I'm nineteen years old, and I live in a rural Southeastern county in Kentucky. I have two wonderful Christian-based parents. I grew up with a normal, happy life around my family and friends. As far as I can remember, my compulsions started around my eighth grade year. This sounds so incredibly ridiculous, but I remember my first one was because of a video game. I had a friend who would come over to my house almost all the time in the summer after my eighth grade year, and we would play video games... constantly. Long story short, I became obsessed with the idea that if I touched something after he did, or thought about him while I turned off a light switch or something... I would end up having his skill at the video game we were playing (which I did not want, because I thought I was better). Therefore this would cause me to try to avoid things that he had touched, and go back and turn the light switch on and off repeatedly until I done it without thinking about him. I'm sure I performed more compulsions, but these are the main two that I can remember. Once again, trust me, I KNOW how ridiculous this sounds... but at the time it really concerned me. It wasn't a major issue back then, but little did I know that I was on a path to a whole world of anxieties and fears. They've developed over the years, and caused me a whole lot of stress that wasn't needed, but hey... that's life, and that's what I got dealt with. The fears that they transformed into are what is really, really bothering me today... God. When I started having obsessions that involved religion, they only grew worse over the years. For example (please bear with me, I am trying to keep it as short as I can), I had/have a really bad fear of selling my soul to Satan. So everything I do (literally everything), I get an intrusive thought along the lines of this: "This is a contract to Satan." Anything I enjoy doing, from playing basketball to chatting on Facebook with my friends to playing video games... has these thoughts along with them. If I am about to go shoot some hoops, when I first make contact with the ball, I usually get a bad thought about contracts to Satan. I try my best to think of other things while I am about to make contact with the ball, but this only enforces the bad thoughts even more... and when I get that horrible thought, my anxiety rises, and I have doubt and worry in my mind when I go play. It's really scary for me to try to have fun, and have hobbies... because when I get these thoughts, I feel as if I continue that hobby that I will be doomed to Hell. It drives me insane, and makes my head feel completely full and my stomach anxious.

Trust me, I have more fears, obsessions, and intrusive thoughts... but I am going to stop writing now. I will go into further detail after I hear some of your guys' input, help strategies, and stories of your own. Anyone struggling with OCD or just someone who wants to put their input in, c'mon... let's help each other out.