why does ocd make you feel lukewarm or that your heart is hardening, or that you don't want god anymore does anyone else feel this way or am i the only one?
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Hey daphney, you hit the nail on the head with what you said. That's what I'm dealing with so there's at least two of us that fit your description. I wish I knew why God would let us have something that seems to work against what he wants for us. Hang in there daphney. Praying for ya.
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Because your feelings get twisted around. You cant trust your feelings. Do not trust your mind or your thoughts.
Look whats in your heart instead.
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Your feelings will work against you, so will your mind and thoughts. and im speaking outside of your illness. some people you can say would call this the "devils playground" and its true. Sick or not you cant always trust it.
God taught me to stop trusting my feelings, my thoughts. and look whats inside my heart. and above all trust Him.
God allowed this to happen for a reason. You can persevere out of this.
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Jay i dont wish to spike anyone or be argumentative i just want to say that is one of the major problems we can't know our hearts really so there leaves a big frightening question mark sometimes as to the true origin of all of this .. this is one of the struggles ...i think we all have who have ever considered it that is ..and i know you have im not saying you have n,t ..
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I know what your saying, it takes a bit to tell whats is what. But if you notice when people write posts, it reveals allot.
Writing in a journal about what is going on and what is bothering you. is a good way of showing things. at least it has been for people.
Alot of people come here and say "I dont feel forgiven" "I dont feel saved" I feel condemned"
Things like that are easy to tell, because that is obviously how you feel at that given time. I was trying to explain that, that is what we need to discard. All of it.
"God4ever feels like these are her thoughts." Hi OCD
Discard it. feelings are deceiving. and not what we should always base reality on.Let Ocd fall onto something else. In time you will be able to discern. I had a habit of over-analyzing things so I guess that helped a bit.
Id give writing a try, you would be suprised on what it will bring out of yur head
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Hi God4ever,
I think, (and this is just my opinion), it's because the fear/anxiety emotion shoves all our other normal emotions aside so that we don't experience them like we normally would.
I found this to be true in so many instances with my own OCD not just the numbness or lack of feelings I had for my Savior.
I had a hard time enjoying being around my grandchildren and this worried me that I wasn't loving them as I should. I couldn't even enjoy the antics of or the affection I had for my two cats. One of my cats was having a health problem and I couldn't even muster up any concern about her. My neighbor died. She was only 43. I sang at her funeral and I couldn't even cry when every one else was crying while I sang - "Amazing Grace." It made me feel like a horrible person when that happened. I felt dead inside -except for the presence of intense fear and anxiety.
This was my experience. But as I began to climb out of that nightmare through ERP and medication those wonderfully normal emotions gradually, very gradually, returned.
Tonight I watched a touching and sad movie on TV. I bawled my eyes out and it felt good because it felt right and normal. OCD robbed me of all that when it was at it's worst.
The emotions are still there - but the anxiety has taken over the wheel for now. Once balance returns they will come back.
I know it's very hard and very painful. I want you to know that I care very deeply for everyone who is going through this tremendous trial and I pray often for all of you.
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