Things that we care about

[startrekfan1]

Here is my take on what OCD does to us.

I think that OCD attacks what we care about.

If something is minor in your life or doesn't affect you much, you don't obsess over it. Your OCD doesn't latch on to it and your just like "meh". You can care about something, but if it doesn't phase you to a certain extent, you can be neutral about it. This can also apply if you think that you have mastered something to the extent that you don't need to obsess about it anymore.

Perfection also has to be "our perfection". It may not seem like perfection to an outsider. WIth OCD, it has to be our indescribable type of perfection.

But if you care about something, the inherent need of perfectionism of OCD kicks in and you run into problems.

So remember, when you start to obsess, just remember that it is something that you REALLY care about.

Am I making any sense here?

 

[kaykay9.0]

Yep, I have found exactly what you said to be the case.

 

[startrekfan1]

Yep, I have found exactly what you said to be the case.

Thanks.

Tell me, do you somehow make plan after plan after plan after plan???

Even if you are not fully aware of it, do you have plans or routines that are just like instinct?

 

[HopingForJesus]

I find this to be true too at times for me, but then I question myself about it anyways and wonder if I really care about it. Talk about doubting oneself.

 

[kaykay9.0]

Thanks.

Tell me, do you somehow make plan after plan after plan after plan???

Even if you are not fully aware of it, do you have plans or routines that are just like instinct?

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

 

[frogtgif]

I think the OCD latches on to what we care about.....and I am struggling soooooo bad right now. I need to get counseling but I'm scared because I want to find a psycologist who is also a pastor to help me to separate the ocd from the truth. I had a christian therapist before but I don't know if she can help me that same way a pastor could. There are times when I wish the ocd could have manifested itself in cleaning or something else, not my faith.

 

[shelovesChrist]

I know . It's like the one we love the most and it truly sucks . But keep on walking toward Him, He is going to bless you beyond what you can imagine. I don't struggle with the obsession part anymore, just learning to deal with the guilt that comes with the thoughts. Like I'll have one, and I won't replay it over, but it just takes my joy for that moment and it's really irritating because I feel up and down up and down daily. But everytime I'm down He picks me right back up. We are all going to be alright. The Lord is with us.

John 14: 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

 

[michael714]

Yes, for me, OCD seems to hit what I care about the most (like my relationship with the Lord) with fearful thoughts. It's so critical to look up, focus on God's truth, and not let the whirlwind spin me into the blues.