I suffer this form horribly, I constantly had graphic images of Jesus in horrible scenarios, had the fear of burning in hell forever, had the fear that I wasn’t fully believing, had the fear that I was an atheist, had the fear of doing horrible vices to god. These are just a few, they truly tarnished my youth and my mental being to this day
why not try to see islam brother, islam means surrender to the creator, (One God) to the diety that created the universe.. that started from Adam tell moses, jesus and the last one prohet. mohammad and a lots in between them, see it and see what it tell about jesus.. mayGod giude you to the truth. best wishes in you journey into finding the truth 🌹
@sleekz Squeeze as you want dude, if you dont want to read and discover by yourself if these statements and more others are true or not, thats your choice at the end,, really best wishes :)
@sleekz Squeeze yeah your right. My mom told me that and I do trust her because I'm getting so close to god that the enemy is just trying to separate me from god.
I think that God loves us all as we are. And he understands our anxiety. Even though I get afraid about some religious stuff, I keep telling myself that I know God loves me and he doesn’t want me to suffer. And he doesn’t blame me. He doesn’t want you all to fear him, and he wants to help you through your problems.
Yes we will never be alone in this battle right now because HE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US BECAUSE HE IS LIVING IN US and I know that he will help us GOD AND LORD JESUS CHRIST IS GOOD ALL THE TIME❤️🙏
Stephanie, I believe in "God" when I am not in my one of existential OCD/depression abysses. My OCD was actually born from Catholicism. I would like you to check put my short video where I talk about how my OCD was born. Please leave a comment/feedback: ua-cam.com/video/7_zFlUn2iWo/v-deo.html
My Grandmother gave me some wonderful advice a long time ago when I suffered from this of course back then we just said it was the devil she told me you can't prevent birds from flying over your head but you can prevent them from making a nest in your hair I've always remembered that.....GOD BLESS YOU
Thank you so much I'm so amzed I have been suffering from this kind anxious tought your grandma really gaved some good advice bless you and her where ever you are
@@V99-n4c I guess I've been dealing with it better. I always just tell myself that God would be all knowing, so he KNOWS that I don't mean the things I think. It also helps to know other people are going through the same exact thing.
@@MichaelOfficial_ Sins are WILLFULLY saying no to God. If you have some random thought pop up in your head, that's not a sin. Thinking random thoughts or accidents are a sin is a result of not knowing your faith very well. That's the difference between temptation and sin. You could have a random reoccurring thought of a naked woman in your mind... That's not your fault. As long as you don't wilfully start thinking about naked women, you'll be okay. There's a huge difference.
Been there myself and still am unfortunately, but glad to hear this video. When I think about the random thoughts and my other thoughts I find them to contradict each other like being anxious over some really bad thought and that I'm already condemned at the same time, if I'm already condemned why be anxious about the bad thought. Thanks for your comment.
"I confessed this to them, but did I really say it in a way that they understood?" Wow. That is my fear every single time. I'm glad to see that it's OCD.
I didnt even know this was what I was suffering from until i looked up why i could be thinking random inappropriate disrespectful things that Id never ever imagine would come in my head bc ik i dont like those things in my head, and when i finally am not thunking about it, all of a sudden my mind reminds me " oh hey i havent been thinking about that thing for awhile!" Then it floods my mind again bc i just reminded myself what im trying to forget....its a whole cycle im trying to move on from...
@@beingquin3353 i repented everyday from cussing, smoking, the thoughts didnt leave until a whole month...i was suffering and i litterally am not tempted to think those things at all now. I read my bible to get to know Jesus and when a weird thought popped up from like a trigger word ( for example if I heard someone say the word "Come" I thought about the sexual "coming" so when I would read my bible i came acrosss like these words that would trigger immature thought but like I didnt force the thought tho it was just put in my mind every time ) I would just say " Nope, father please forgive me these thoughts arent lining up with how I really feel. Please rebuke the enemy for trying to make me feel like Im an ugly, disgusting thinker...
@@j.nicole8864 your literally not alone I use to think the same thing with come and I had such a horrible thought about the Holy Spirit I thought the Holy Spirit left me tbh but I overthink so much and yes I feel like somewhere I’m still kinda struggling bad with a religious spirit like it’s not as bad as it was when I first came to God I thought I had to be perfect but then I got freed from it a little biy the thoughts went away then boom I got them back again buttt this time notttt as bad as it was the first time thank you I needed this.
It's hard but I try to remind myself; God is love. Love is God. God loves you, you love God. Doing things out of love, is doing good in the eyes of God, even if we don't always get it right sometimes. Anxiety is not of God. God loves you and wants you to be happy. It's okay that you don't understand everything in the bible, or sometimes that you don't necessarily agree with some stuff in the bible. God still loves you and God will never stop loving you.
@@jesusp4620 I've had this issue for about 4 or 5 years now. its actually a mental illness that can be categorized under OCD. It's extremely painful to go through and it's very scary. But I think one thing that may help is looking in he mirror and when you feel the thoughts come say, "stop!" and hug yourself. then do something that makes you laugh. I'm not sure if it'll work for you, but I hope you find ways to cope with it and change that state of that we share. Love yourself and take care of yourself.
@@jesusp4620 I see. hmm. well its good that you're willing to do that. I'm gonna tell you something very unconventional that you'll find hard to believe at first. Imagine the best type of parent you wish you had. Now imagine the best friend who's always there for you and knows how to cheer you up in healthy ways.
God does not love us if we sin. In fact, he turns us away if we continue to choose sin! Only if you obey him will you seek salvation. Yes, we all experience temptation but you should FEAR god’s wrath. Don’t mince words with the Bible. It’s nothing to joke about.
I’m Muslim and I have this, when I’m doing my daily prayers I often find myself breaking my prayer and restarting again and again. Or, once I finish my prayer I think it wasn’t good enough and god didn’t accept it so I redo it. I also get blasphemous thoughts about god and religion and I beg god to forgive me I almost start panicking, I’m afraid that these thoughts may be coming from me. This is ruining my life 😞
I'm so sorry for what you're going through. What you describe is actually very common with scrupulosity. Treatment can really help with this my friend. I hope you can find someone near you to help.
The more you try to repel the thoughts the more you put importance on them. Remember everyone can get these thoughts and you cannot control what comes into your mind but you can control how you react to it. I try to think of the thing that is really scaring me and never get rid of the thought and my brain will try really hard to stop thinking about it but if you persevere the thought will loose its power. Good luck hope this helps
I'm Jewish and also have this experience. I used to pray for over four hours every night because I felt that I was praying wrong and had to start over every time. Also if I would sneeze or my stomach would grumble, I feel that that's disrespectful to G-d - so I would have to start over from the beginning and I'd be so exhausted.
@Gregory L Medley Jr. Please pray for me as well I suffer from intrusive thoughts. They say "I love satan" or "satan is God" but I don't believe these AT ALL and I'm so confused as to where they came from. They came out of nowhere I don't even know how my brain thought of these things. I'm so scared I know I don't mean it I don't know why I have them and I hate them so so much. I want them to go away. You aren't alone don't worry.
@@bxmbi3828 the devil deceives. Stay strong in your faith. God is always with you, he overseed your life and is in your yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He knows what is truly in your heart! No matter what Satan throws at you. Rebuke it and stay strong in your walk.
I have intrusive blasphemous thoughts that disturb me deeply causing me to pray repeatedly. Fighting them off and the stress cause me to get migraines at this point.
Guys please always remember that no one can separate us from the Love of GOD I did overcome this because I always remember that no one can separate us from the Love of GOD which is in CHRIST JESUS our LORD For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39
@Fixated On Christ Hello i hope you'd read my reply here counter argument of Allah in (Holy Quran which is his last book) for people who think Jesus is son of God "If Allah had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is Allah, the One, the Prevailing." (QS. Az-Zumar 39: Verse 4) "And say, Praise to Allah, who has not taken a son and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no [need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him with [great] glorification." (QS. Al-Israa 17: Verse 111) "They have said, Allah has taken a son. Exalted is He; He is the [one] Free of need. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. You have no authority for this [claim]. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?" (QS. Yunus 10: Verse 68) "The Jews say, Ezra is the son of Allah ; and the Christians say, The Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved [before them]. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?" (QS. At-Tawba 9: Verse 30) "[He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing." (QS. Al-An'aam 6: Verse 101) "The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger; [other] messengers have passed on before him. And his mother was a supporter of truth. They both used to eat food. Look
I’ve had OCD since I was 12 but I never had this kind of OCD. I’ve made so many pacts with god after a health scare because I thought god was punishing me for being a bad person because that’s what my abusive ex told me god was going to do. I now stay home and avoid alcohol, dating, friends and doing anything that isn’t considered “good.” It’s been hard for me to accept that it’s religious OCD because I’m afraid of being punished if I do outside and do anything that’s not “good” sigh. I’m trying though.
Thanks for sharing your experience. It sounds so painful. God is not a vengeful person. OCD wants people to believe they will be punished for doing treatment when in reality it's just scared because it means symptoms of OCD has to go away. Check out my other video on how to do the treatment for Scrupulosity. I hope it can help you. 😃
OCD and Anxiety you’re so helpful, thank you! I watched the treatment video and it was probably the best explanation I’ve heard so far. I made plans to grab a drink with a friend today and I almost cancelled about an hour ago because of my fear of being punished if I break the “pact” I did with god but after seeing your treatment video I decided to still go, even if it’s for 2 drinks. I also decided to keep a journal to help log my experience and what I learn. Just subscribed to your channel. I’m looking forward to watching more of your videos!
@@violetlockhart7705 Oh wow! Way to go pushing yourself. I find if we do these things with a purpose and meaning then it has more of an impact. You're awesome! 😃
@@violetlockhart7705 I am a bit late😅 but I have exactly the same condition. It seems like you described my life. If you want we could exchange emails I would be interested in knowing your advice how to cope woth the whole thing.👍
I am suffering from the same thing. I am facing health issues and I feel Allah is punishing me. I want to be healed mentally, physically and spiritually
i have this. i love God and really want to go to heaven. its so sad and annoying im having suicidal thoughts just to end it. how do i overcome it it feels impossible please help me im begging you
With all respect to religion, doubting your faith doesn't diminish your religious status. OCD is a mental health condition and any intrusive OCD thoughts about sinning, doing harm to others, etc. do not reflect on your character; your actions reflect on your character.
it feels impossible but it isn’t, take it day by day and hang on to that “ocd attaches to what you care about the most” part. it does. don’t end your life, it’s so hard and i’ve personally struggled with those thoughts for years but it’s gotten so much better. you have to continuously seek God through it. i’d recommend reading both different chapters in psalms and the story of gideon. i hope you’re doing alright now~
My friend, I hope your better now 🙏, the Holy Spirit helped me to help a friend with OCD and now she's way better than before, I can share my WhatsApp with you if you want to talk to anyone 🙏
"I confessed this to them, but did I really say it in a way that they understood?" I always think this, but when I'm praying, I think I haven't prayed for it properly, or I got distracted in thoughts, or someone walked in and interrupted, and then I feel like I need to pray again, and lately it's been worse and I haven't been able to feel good about the prayer I've prayed. It's so difficult because I know God hears and accepts my prayers but I still feel like I need to redo it, and I know that's not what prayer's about. It's so difficult. Does anyone have any motivational thoughts or tips on how I can improve?
This sound so difficult. I do have a video on reassurance and accommodation that may help. Treatment really does help if used well. Hopefully you can find someone near you. iocdf.org
@@San-yu9ft thank u, it really is good to know ur not going thru it alone, I am actually doing so much better with this, and go to counseling as well. But sadly my OCD has shifted to contamination related issues. I'm hoping i'll overcome this too though, stay strong guys
Doing therapy really helps. To have someone go through with you how to do the treatment and build your relationship back. Each person may have different ways they were able to build on this relationship.
Because of this ocd I seek LORD JESUS CHRIST to build more and to know HIM MORE but I'm struggling because this ocd is getting the way and every morning Im scared If LORD JESUS CHRIST will forgive me because of this and I watch the unforgiveable sin and it get worst but I know for sure that MY LORD JESUS CHRIST will know everything and HE KNOWS that I will never do this TO HIM and I pray always that HE will help me through this and help me to overcome this situation because IN HIM EVERYTHING IS POSIBLE❤️🙏
Aw me too. This is not what Jesus wants for us. Download the nocd app and watch Ali Greymond and this guys videos. He’s awesome. God bless and help us in Jesus’s name 🙏
Please pray for me as well I suffer from intrusive thoughts. They say "I love satan" or "satan is God" but I don't believe these AT ALL and I'm so confused as to where they came from. They came out of nowhere I don't even know how my brain thought of these things. I'm so scared I know I don't mean it I don't know why I have them and I hate them so so much. I want them to go away.
Your not alone I have a bad scenarios of god and sometimes the thought of *God is not real* comes in my head but I don't mean it! It just comes in my head and I cry and feel like god isn't going to forgive me. But I do believe in god he is my savior.
oh man i had similar thoughts (sometimes i still do) when i was young, it just came out of nowhere at some point of my life I'll pray for you ^^ But if this really bothering you then maybe just find some christian psychologist ;)
I struggled with this silently throughout my childhood. Fortunately, I think I grew out of it. I left the faith I was raised in, and focused on developing my own relationship with god as love and god as connectedness. I still deal with anxiety, but discovering my own spiritual path has helped a lot. Thanks for this video, it really helped me understand myself ❤️
me too, I've too developed my own relationship with God, by the grace of God I don't react to my intrusive thoughts no more, God loves us, it's just our anxiety that makes us feel we did something wrong
Yess it scares me and it just doesn’t just happen when I pray it’s when I read my bible and listen to Christian music or when I think of something good
Felt like I dealt with this. I’ve engaged in premarital sex, but for some reason this specific situation caused me anxiety and was totally convinced God would punish me with an std to teach me a lesson. I’ve been tested and NEVER had one. Though the thought would reappear and say “well God let this one go, but next time you’re gonna get something.” Still never have. Brains are tricky.
@@iinferuslunitaa3169 In June 2020 I saw my doctor and he prescribed me 20 mg of Citalopram (Celexa), which I’m still on. It’s helped so much and I’ve said a million times to friends and family that I wish I had started taking this back in high school (I’m 36 now). It’s slowed my brain down from overthinking and intrusive thoughts are minimal. And even if I do have intrusive thoughts, I’m aware of what they are and know that they’re not realistic. I was always concerned about my health and so I guess the thought of an std or unwanted pregnancy was enough for ocd to take that thought and run with it for years blahhh. I am a Christian but have fallen into fornication since taking the medication. Even though I have done that I try better not to do that and ask for forgiveness, but I don’t feel that God is out to punish me with a disease. I also cut back a lot on alcohol and started eating much healthier! Sorry for long response. Hope that helped ! :)
That sounds so painful. Thanks for sharing your experiences. You may be surprised how many people struggle with the same thing. Be friends with anyone you want! 😃
@Marvin HernandezGOD LORD JESUS CHRIST IS GOOD ALL THE TIME TRUST IN HIM im struggling with ocd now and I know that PRAYING CAN HELP me through this and because of this I became more religious but this is blocking the way but I PRAY A LOT because HE KNOWS EVRYTHING about me I TRUST IN HIM BECAUSE HE CAN ONLY HELP ME AND HEAL ME BECAUSE HE IS LIGHT HE IS EVERYTHING AND HE IS MY LIFE BECAUSE HE IS LIVING IN ME ALL OF US
@Gregory L Medley Jr. Please pray for me as well I suffer from intrusive thoughts. They say "I love satan" or "satan is God" but I don't believe these AT ALL and I'm so confused as to where they came from. They came out of nowhere I don't even know how my brain thought of these things. I'm so scared I know I don't mean it I don't know why I have them and I hate them so so much. I want them to go away. You're not alone.
Christ have mercy on anyone carrying this burden. I do not deal with this particular theme (my theme is primarily existential), but I know that we are all loved of Him. Be well, guys.
@@slade8863 hi. I'm no longer practicing Christianity. I had many breakdowns after making my previous comment. Taking a step back ad deconstructioning my faith was the best thing to do for the sake of my mental health. Religion is beautiful... don't get me wrong. But it can take a toll on one's mental health. Much love.
hey nathan, i have previously suffered from rocd, and you were one of those who guided me out of it, along with faith on God. when i started having very vicious impulsive thoughts, i understood its ocd attacking my faith now, i immediately came to your channel to know more about it, and as always, u had my back. thank you nathan
Hello! I’m weeping… I didn’t know there was a ‘Name’ for this! And Thank GOD there is!!! I’m glad to know I live in a LOVE/HATE relationship with, well, myself…. I ask for validation to the point of isolation KNOWING others Do NOT see my point of view. Honestly, Iv been quite Sure they would agree with this ‘ unnecessary validation’ Iv accumulated in my head. I’m soooooooooooo glad to know that “this” (Scrupulosity) is even a thing in Existence!!! This gives me hope and I want to RUN WITH IT! 🥰😇🥰😇
Same happened to me so I understand your situation. Don't worry at all. I also did not know that this has a name. After knowing about it, I got some relief from this. I also cried when I first learned that I wasn't thinking these things on purpose. For 10 years I thought I was bad person 😔
i have a concern how to overcome intrussive thoughts about satan like accidentally selling the soul, or in some people like ocd will make them think like they gave there children to devil, but in reality they won't do it, and panic ,how to overcome this ocd thoughts? please do reply thank you
@Gregory L Medley Jr. Please pray for me as well I suffer from intrusive thoughts. They say "I love satan" or "satan is God" but I don't believe these AT ALL and I'm so confused as to where they came from. They came out of nowhere I don't even know how my brain thought of these things. I'm so scared I know I don't mean it I don't know why I have them and I hate them so so much. I want them to go away.
i think i have this, either this or i’m battling a spirit of condemnation. i already am diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, OCD and major depressive disorder. i am such a loving and empathetic person, but lately i am becoming so so paranoid within my religious beliefs. i have been sinning, and i ask for forgiveness and then worry i didn’t sound genuine enough when asking for forgiveness and repenting, or maybe God thinks i am manipulating him. so then i start over my prayer, then my brain will tell me i am so so so sinful and dirty and then i start stuttering and shaking as i’m praying and say “i’m so so sorry,” and start my prayer over again. then i’ll start to have intrusive thoughts of God hates you or you hate God and then i say out loud no i dont, or, please stop shut up, or, i rebuke that, or, i didn’t mean that God that wasnt me!!! then i repent for saying that and when i’m done praying instead of feeling peace i feel worried and so sosos guilty. i feel like i’m no longer saved. i’m so so worried. i feel like such a bad person. i pray several times a day now. also you seem like such a nice nice very kind man, i wish you were my therapist or i could see you!
Going through the same. I make promises to god that i can't keep. But actually i don't make promises. It just happens. My mind always make promises of not doing something that i like to do so much. Or it makes promises that can't be kept. Sometimes i doubt that did i do it intensionally? Or that just happened? Am i trying to fool god on the name of ocd? And the worst part is that the punishment i m scared of getting is already decided in my head. I mean i feel this thing is going to happen to me. I m scared of making prayers because i want to pray something else and my mind end up praying something else (that i don't want)but at the same time i couldn't stop myself from praying also because i think that how things would be fixed if i won't pray?
I have this but it only bothers me when I’m off my anxiety medication and can’t be comforted by a scriptural explanation for why I shouldn’t worry. I was reassured by our elders that Christians have anxiety and need medicine sometimes. I feel god should always be first and that’s ok. The Bible says pray continually and it helps me know that Jehovah hears me talking to him. Trust me god is loving and understands and cares about our problems.
This video helped us OCD Community.Thank you man.I know God loves me and he won't let me suffer from this OCD,it's just a mental illness and it won't change how God loves me and how I love him.We all OCD people can get through this through Jesus Christ our Lord❤️
Thank you so much for this. I used to have scrupulosity pretty bad and I felt like I had to lay face down on the floor sometimes when I prayed because I needed to sacrifice my comfort to show my dedication to God. I thought I was pretty much over it because I don't do that anymore but I think it's switched more to mental compulsions now. Sometimes if I'm reading and there's a bad word in the book I'll switch it in my mind and say the ok substitute, but if I don't immediately think of the substitute my mind tells me I wanted to say that bad word and I must've sinned so I need to ask for forgiveness. Then I have to ask for forgiveness several times because I wonder if I meant it or if asking more than once will make me more pure.
I do have Scrupulosity, I would always think if I had a thought out of no where, an intrusive thought, that I had blasphemed and I was not worthy of going into heaven. Guys God is not bad.
I believe I answered this on another question. I feel hesitant answering these type of questions because I do not want them to become a compulsion of reassurance. Regardless, in my opinion, OCD is fueled by anxiety and urgency. The holy spirit is quiet, soft, and allows the person to feel good.
I’ve been getting obsessions lately of questioning if I really believe in Jesus. Then I would look for that reassurance and at times feel better for a bit but then the obsession would come back. It is rather frustrating. My faith in Jesus is important to me.
@Mia Cook It really feels like there isn't an answer to the questioning. I have found often enough times where I was encouraged by Scripture and yet the obsessions would rear their ugly head again. It's the nature of OCD to go around and around and keep spinning relentlessly. I am practicing trusting in God and his love. Jesus love is enough. I thought to myself if Jesus loved me enough to die for me, then he also loves me enough to teach me what I need to know( concerning salvation) too. It isn't easy but I think it is best to lay these questioning and obsessions on Jesus. I think he is wiser than I am and can handle it and I believe Jesus loves me too. Jesus loves you Mia Cook. I would encourage you to trust in him even though you may still have the fear.
I want to say I have this but at the same time I think I’m being dramatic and failing god. I have nasty intrusive thoughts about got almost everyday and they just won’t go away. They have even taken away motivation to do any study and the smallest amount drains me. Sometimes I really think if I’m going to live forever
I know someone that suffers horribly from this. Its almost constant from the time they wake up until the time they fall asleep. The issue is intrusive thoughts about the Holy Spirit. The person believes the opposite, can't stand the thoughts! Like you say the most important thing to them. I reassure daily. Any advice to make this stop would be so much appreciated! 🥰🙏
It won’t stop but it takes time to get over it. I’ve had this for about a year it doesn’t go away but u have to keep fighting. Also I would pick u some hobbies maybe Like working out or a job it keeps the mind busy have nice day ✝️
Being indoctrinated to Christians is one of my biggest traumas I’ve been dealing with scrupulosity thinking it was right and correct now I am more agnostic, but my triggers is religious people.
My mom suffers from extreme religious OCD and has always forced her religion on me my entire life causing me to have religious trauma and has made me hate anything that's related to Christianity or anything Catholic. I want to support every religion but because of her and what she's done I just can't get myself to be ok with anything that's related to Christianity. Sometimes I feel extremely alone and misunderstood because I can never seem to find anyone with the same problem as me. I want her to see a therapist and hopefully she can open her eyes and see for once what she has done to her daughter but of course she doesn't believe in doctors. even when my own doctors, school counselors and teachers asked my mom to get me a therapist/psychologist cause i seriously need one, she automatically said no because she believes that praying to God will heal me. I can't even have a simple conversation without her mentioning something about God, Jesus, holy Mary or anything of the sort. Now every time I hear someone is Catholic i physically cringe and have a strong opinion on them automatically. I really hate it because i know that not everyone thats catholic is as crazy as my mom is but I can't seem to control it. Now that I think about it I don't think I've ever had a conversation with her without her mentioning God. i hate talking to my mom now and avoid her at all cost because of this. It's really upsetting that I can't have a normal relationship with my mother because of this. i just hope i'm not alone in this and that someone can help me. thank you
You’ll be amazed how much I can relate, I’ve had to deal with that as well, not from a parent but friends and people around me, at first it made me think my faith was strengthened but when I am faced with challenges especially these mental ones, a lot of the things they said actually make these stresses and fears worse. Making me think that every has some sign of scary meaning and it made my anxiety and ocd sky rocket, I still believe in god but I’m definitely more careful about who I look to for advise
You’ll be amazed how much I can relate, I’ve had to deal with that as well, not from a parent but friends and people around me, at first it made me think my faith was strengthened but when I am faced with challenges especially these mental ones, a lot of the things they said actually make these stresses and fears worse. Making me think that every has some sign of scary meaning and it made my anxiety and ocd sky rocket, I still believe in god but I’m definitely more careful about who I look to for advise
You’ll be amazed how much I can relate, I’ve had to deal with that as well, not from a parent but friends and people around me, at first it made me think my faith was strengthened but when I am faced with challenges especially these mental ones, a lot of the things they said actually make these stresses and fears worse. Making me think that every has some sign of scary meaning and it made my anxiety and ocd sky rocket, I still believe in god but I’m definitely more careful about who I look to for advise
If you are still struggling with this, I can help if you want. I have went through similar thing but now I suffer alot because I feel like I neglected my mom alot because my own mental health was in ruins so I wasn't coping well then she passed away. It is been 8 months but the guilt kills me. Now often I believe Allah will punish me severely with extreme health problems. So, you need help, let me know because I know how it feels and I don't want you to repeat my mistakes and then face the consequences like am doing
My son has an addiction problem. He is convinced that he is going to hell. He has OCD ADHD, depression and anxiety. He has been through a lot of pain and I think that the addiction opened a door for a stronghold on him. I believe that for the past 10 years demons have been whispering lies to him and now he can't distinguish what he believes or if it's not from him. He has lost all hope, faith, and the will to live because this OCD is about him going to hell and he is obsessing on it which gives him the compulsion to do his addiction. I know he was saved when he was about 13/14. But his addiction started around that time too. He has lost the will to live , can't feel anything no love from or for people. He needs prayers. I hope God shows him that he's been there and that he loves him. Every day he want to talk about his obsession. I don't know how to help him. He says he wants to die.
Hello! Dont worry i completly understand, every day i suffer all these thoughts about of if i blasphemed , i thought the same thing, ive thought that i was going to hell for all eternety, but god loves all of us, tell your son that it's ok and that god loves him and that he can talk to me and i can give My number, so tell him that he is not the only one
I faced the same problems, tell your son that addictions pollute his spirit. I had a dream where i saw how my spirit was polluted because of my addictions and how they block prayers. Tell your son to start thinking about positive things(things he wants to achieve, not worldly things) type of business,career,friends ect the more he thinks about positive things he will start to dream them and he start believing those dreams and they will build his faith. Read how God helped people in the bible to prosper
This guy explained almost everything that I'm going through I've been going to my mom asking if If I did something wrong I would ask her about it and its really embarrassing stuff and it's hard to explain it a way to my mom and I explain it in a different way and it still makes me fills guilty and I made a promise to God and what its about I can't explain to you but I felt like I've broken it alot and I have had a lot of bad thoughts on jesus and its really making me anxious and when something religious comes up I don't want to hear it and I don't go to church anymore I'm just going through a tough time any pointers on fixing it
Ive been there. Please relax, but this mental disease attacks people that are very kind. Don’t let go of church, I did that once. But it was just the ocd accusing me
@@khushalk5210 brother what kind of thoughts you are having. Because I am having intrusive and negative thoughts not particularly about Allah but about islam. I am very stressed with it. Sometime when I am listening a ayyah of Quran, i start to doubt it. Although i really believe that islam is the true religion and Allah is the only god but these intrusive thoughts keep messing with my mind and faith. Do you also have same thoughts? And lastly please do dua for me.
@@hammadafsarvines586 same my brother I have bad thoughts about Islam and about prophet Isa but I always fight the thoughts because it’s the devil may Allah guide us and help us ameen I will do duaa for you when I pray zuhr pls brother keep me in your duaa
I have a dear friend who has OCD and is obsessed with God and wants to make sure I get into heaven. Every conversation always ends up on religion to the point our relationship has suffered. He pushes me to believe as he does and gets angry when I don't. Any suggestions?
If you believe in God (Jesus specifically) asked God to help your friend find balance so they can be a better friend to you. I use to go off the deep end in my friendships too. I would suggest asking God to help your friend find a way to be balanced as your friend. It's awesome he went wants you to go to Heaven. He just wants to make sure you don't go to hell (that's why he might talk to you about God so much). He means well, but he just needs balance. Hopes this helps.
i have internalised homophobia and am constantly looking to religious guidance but and developing this crazy ocd of nonstop searching but it’s all linked to me not accepting myself
I do not know if I have this. I keep having very bad, unwanted thoughts about God and Jesus. I gives me panic attacks. Can someone pray for me, or help me indeed this?
You’re not alone. I’m Buddhist and I have intrusive thoughts, disrespectful thoughts about Buddha and urges to destroy the shrine . It makes me feel like I’m a horrible person. I avoid going to the temple because I’m afraid I might lose control and do something terrible at the temple. I will keep you and everyone else who is suffering from this OCD in my prayers. Don’t give up, just ignore those thoughts. Don’t label it as a bad thoughts and don’t be afraid of it , think of it as just a thought like every other thoughts. Let it go.
i have been suffering from different kind of OCD all my life im scared anxious and hope GOD listens to my prayers...your not alone, better days are coming love from Ethiopia
I had a boy tell me he was prompted to say that we could make things work and stuff together but I didn’t want to and I had these thoughts that God was mad at me and I was doing wrong! I thought I’d go to hell and I was punished and God wouldn’t give me another opportunity to marry someone else! I knew Logically have to make it work if I didn’t want too through prayers and such, and it caused a lot of distress and anxiety! I went to the ocd and anxiety treatment center! And it’s helped I’m doin great and dating other guys now :)
My God, Jehovah is good, Jesus Christ redeemed us by his blood! Endure this until the end, I've suffered from this for years now, my God even tho I have thought the worst thing imaginable about him has never left me! I ask him for help and strength to keep going all the time, he gives me strength he shows me his love and forgiveness all the time! We have to endure until the end, to this course we been called, Jesus suffered for me so I am willing to suffer for my King! The Bible promises that we won't suffer no more in his New Earth. Isaiah 65:15 says "The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind" That's our hope and our future!
I have a variation of this, I think. I have OCD tendencies. My obsessive thoughts involve things I did in the past. It’s almost like a scrupulosity variant with regret. I obsessively think about things I did wrong 25 or 30 years ago and wonder if I should confess those things to people from that time, who probably don’t even remember the event. These are not criminal acts but rather silly things teenagers do. What’s interesting is that the events I obsess over are sometimes the most trivial things versus other things I did wrong that you would think I would be more likely to obsess over. Very frustrating
This results primarily from our worth being based upon what we do. We're raised to think that way, some more harshly than others. Jesus is the only one who tells you that you can't do anything, that HE DID IT ALL. So don't try, just believe in Him. Christians go through this because they have lost the gospel message. The message is "by grace through faith". You can't be saved by your works, you can only be condemned by them. But if you trust in Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection, then you're saved. Say it with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord! Not me! I can't put myself back in Hell because HE BOUGHT ME." You will suffer in this life, but it's not going to send you to Hell. Your heart is in His hands and He doesn't let go.
My partner is just like this and I believe she needs some kind of help, she goes to 2 masses a week one is 2 hours and the other is 3 hours and she reads the Bible everyday and highlights stuff and even writes it on a notebook and she really wants to convert me but I think she needs help
I broke a Jesus statuette. Because it represented negative magical thinking, something that I am SO DONE with, but it really triggered my demon fear, my fear of attracting demons, by sinning and heresy. And I am told that Jesus should be able to stand some critique, that IF he exist he can take it, (I dont want to call myself a believer or not right now, deeply questioning and dating an ateist, which feels very refreshing) but there is this thought that what IF, there is demons or negative eneregy and I just broke my protection against it and now my relationships Will go to hell and I will be back in The street again (recently been homeless).
I believe that God would never punish someone with OCD, he knows the mistakes you make before you make them and he'll never leave nor forsake you, I bet he knew the day you'd find out your diagnosed with Religious OCD which means he knew beforehand. He Loves you anyway and understands your situation and sees your still want to be loyal to him and return to him. And its not like you "meant" anything unwanted in the brain. He love is everlasting ❤ Hope this helps 😁
I've been struggling with this for 5 years. My household thought I was crazy and it was just nothing. Now is the only time I knew about this. Please pray for me and help me!
I'm a Muslim, and OCD has made my life so hard. I have this fear of losing God, I just hate being further away from God, I want Him to keep me close to Him, but sometimes I just start randomly fearing that I'll lose Him, it's so hard. I don't want to, I really don't want to. :"( I say my five daily prayers, I make sure that I try to stay close to Him, and I would never miss any of my prayer. It's so embarrassing to me, yet still I have these thoughts often. Anyways, I just wanna tell others, especially Muslims, that if you go through this, it's always shaytan (devil) trying to mess with your head. He wants to take your faith away and wants to take you away from God, that's his tactic, so don't fall for it ! You have to stay strong, and I will too In Shā Allāh ! 🌷
@@winstonchurchill9217 I pray that Allāh عَزَّ وَجَلَّ helps us both out of this, Ameen, for He is the Most Knowledgeable and He تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَىٰ knows what's inside our hearts. Maybe He ease our suffering. Patiently bearing all the sufferings in this world is better for our afterlife. ^__^ وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ.
@@alandscape9783 when you get the thought you have to acknowledge you have the thought and it is shaytan’s waswas and you have to ignore it. Soon it will go away on its own. The more you freak out over it the more it will pop up.
Listening to these thoughts and worries and hearing someone else verbalize them makes them seem less scary and almost funny! I have dealt with this and its getting better, but sometimes when the thought comes it feels threatening and your thrust into your fight or flight response but all you have to do is turn on the light! There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…where are your accusers now?
Maybe someone can help me with this: I am Jewish and I find that everywhere I go day-to-day, people are always using the Lord's name in vain. It's so deeply-ingrained in society that I think most people don't even think there's anything wrong with it. I can't watch TV shows or movies, read the comment section on youtube, read a book, or chat with friends without people constantly using the Lord's name in vain. I feel like if I do nothing then it's like I'm complicit in this, and as though I'm acting like it's okay by me. So therefore every time I come across someone saying or writing the Lord's name in vain I have to go to another room to pray. I end up having to avoid practically any interaction with anyone or anything in an attempt not to come across people saying or writing the Lord's name in vain. If there are other devout people here I was wondering what they do in such a scenario?
I struggled with this too. I’ve heard that “oh my blank” isn’t actually what the 10 commandments were talking about when they said don’t say the Lords name in vain. It meant saying God told you something when he didn’t. It doesn’t mean that the first thing is good but it could help with the anxiety. I still refrain from saying it. I’m not sure completely so I suggest you do some research on your own. Hope this helps though.
Brother really i had this problem from childhood since my mom worked in missionary...iam so much suffering bfrim this problem..some time iam going to stage of suicide ..really it life saving..but I want to solve my problem by fully sharing with u
I'm not even Christian or really big into religion but I still have constant thoughts about my higher self do to my OCD. I always have these thoughts of wanting to achieve my best self but I feel like it's also preventing me
I am really confused I was really tensed and frustrated so I went online and I saw it was actually a thing and I think that made me calm down a little but then the thoughts didn't stop .and now it feels like I am the one wanting to think this way and keep asking myself each day.. what is wrong with me Now I just know I don't feel right
I get this but I have never been to Church or assign with a religion, but I now have thoughts that I shouldn’t listen to rock or have these thoughts that I’m being sinful but I don’t even fully believe in god?
I've been struggling a lot questioning my religious belief if GOD is real or not, images making me think bad of GOD I don't want these thoughts and then when I have these thoughts a lot and I feel like GOD is mad at me and I worry if sometimes if I'm going to make it to heaven whenever I have these negative thoughts I feel like GOD is mad at me
My wife has the same exact thoughts and she is wondering if she is the only one having these thoughts. She wouldn't believe me that this is OCD that she is suffering from. She gets very high anxiety thinking that she would go to hell because she can't believe in God and doesn't believe that God exists. You see she is very religious and just all of a sudden, she lost belief on God for no reason at all.
@@johnjohnbabes2 that’s all a lieeeeee, of course she believes in God! Her thoughts are trying so hard to convince her and her feelings she’s having of “non belief” they are fake trust me, her heart is most likely burdened and weak from all the terrorizingthoughts and anxiety that she thinks she can’t have faith. I ITS A LIE FROM THE ENEMY SO SHE DOESNT PRAY TO GOD!! Tell your wife to pray to God and that faith is not a feeling, faith is knowing apor having confidence that God is real(don’t mistaken that with a feeling, the heart decieves with feelings that come from thoughts) if she didn’t believe then she wouldn’t be worried about this in the first place and feel proud and confident with her belief, but she’s not and she’s troubled. So tell her and show her this reply for her sake plz. Becuase I’ve been through this too...
This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to live with, I love god with all of my heart and don’t ever want to give up on our relationship. The hardest part of living with it is the fact that I’m an openly gay man as well. In my heart god tells me that he loves and accepts me and he knit me together in my mother’s woumb. He made no mistakes creating me. But my head tells me I’m all wrong and that I’m a horrible person, and the hard thing about it is that I can’t turn to the church either because they will tell me the same thing. Idk what to do but to just pray and hope that god will guide me.
I was raised in a christian family, and i think the indoctrination about the hell, about all the doctrines, threatens, feeling of guilt and the thought of being disrepectful to god, and many others stuff related to this religion, caused me great anxiety and ocd about this topic for many years when i was young; i'm an atheist now but i think that religious indoctrination was what triggered my pre-disposal to have ocd in others aspect and about others things. Child indoctrination is as bad as child abuse.
Wow, I've had an almost opposite experience. I was raised in a non-religious family so all my ocd was based around dying, my family dying, natural disasters etc. My compulsions were making a pact with a mystery force that would protect me if I did certain things right. It was only when I became a Christian that I was able to overcome this anxiety because I could put trust in God's plan. It really goes to show ocd doesn't discriminate :( I hope you're doing better now
@@Liana-vf3bd I'm sorry to hear that, it must has been awful, ocd is a bitch and you're right, it doesn't discriminate; When i was a believer 3 years ago, it latched on my religious belief which was something important to me at that moment, and i really had a very bad moment. When i became an atheist i could be in peace in that regard, but quickly my ocd latched on other themes which are really important to me and it got worse. It really doesn't matter the subject, ocd will attack anything that has value and importance in someone's life.
@@eliassandoval9530 So true so true. Ocd really is a b*ch. Sometimes I see people saying religion is the cause of ocd, and I'd want to bang my head on something. If that were true, anything that anybody values would be the "cause of ocd". Ocd is so often misunderstood, even with the rise of mental health awareness :( Having the internet and resources like this really helps me not feel so alone though. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences, and I hope ocd f*s off out of your life
This is a horrible tormenting ailment that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. You can't get treatment for it either because you'll always think that the devil is working through the doctors to try to get you to say stuff that will condemn you. And then you feel even worse because you know that Jesus sacrifice was all powerful, but at the same time you think "well clearly I don't have enough true faith, because if i did I wouldn't be having these blasphemous thoughts. And then on top of that you KNOW this is a chemical imbalance in your brain but theres STILL that hint of doubt that I'm not doing enough and that the devil is trying to trick you by making you think that it's just a biological imbalance and that it's "not my fault" which would imply that I'm not sinning or something, which I definitely am. I sin everyday. Please pray for me and others with this condition. I'm very tired
First step to recovery from ocd is to stop watching these kind of videos they make everything worse you’ll feel good for a few minutes but they’ll make everything worse later on Second is OCD is crazy,to free myself from it I chose to be a monster.I tried reading the Bible it just made things worse so I decided to be a monster this rubbish ocd had literally took away my confidence and shred my life into pieces but now I don’t care anymore I’m a monster a demon the devil himself therefore I feel nothing anymore I’m proud to be a monster it has saved me .Everyday I wake up happy living life to the fullest no regrets!Any time a crazy though came I just kept on reminding myself I’m the biggest sinner on the planet I’m the devil now I hardly even have evil thoughts or ocd thoughts.Im so at peace because the true me knows he ain’t no monster🤣but to save yourself out of this horror ocd shid .Is by accepting all and being a monster.Monster are immune or you can just tell your thoughts” we’ll figure it out tomorrow evertime you have a bad thought”it’ll go away for a whole day
I grew up in a fundamentalist/Southern Baptist household as an only child, and it felt like I was being constantly monitored for sinful behavior by my parents and God himself! I constantly felt like I had to tread carefully, dotting every "i" and crossing every "t" with zealous precision. I think religious OCD exposes everything wrong with fundamentalism, and I wish it was talked about more!
Help me sir please I am an Indian and I am suffering from religious ocd for the past 10 years My parents are very religious too but i dont think they have ocd. I have done infinite compulsions and obsessions. But now in my graduation time my ocd has become very very severe. Almost every second i have obsessions. Mu exams are just 2 months away and I have not studied anything because of my ocd. My ocd has become so severe that in the 24 hours of my day whatever i do i feel like iam offending god. So once i assumed that god doesn't exist and then i thought that now i am gonna be okay, but few days back my did a fast for my career and long life. And due to my ocd a thought came in my mind that now if my heal, that means god healed me. This was a trigger for my obsessive thoughts. So now i think that god is healing me and i am just offending god as before. So indirectly i 'm not healing and i have lost all hope of healing. I know that due to my ocd i gonna ruin my career or end my life. Iam a very poor person and i cannot afford to see a psychiatrist and even if i arrange money and go to a psychiatrist people will think that he is mad and boycott me and my life will ruin anyway. I think my case of religious ocd is more complicated than anyone else in the whole world. Sir please help me. Please sir please. So overall my main problem is i think that if i heal it will be done by god due to that fast and i feel guilty that god healed me and i am still offending god as before. So i lost all hope of ever healing truly.
Oh sure a fist bump..im so sure thats the kind of image we get that makes us so nervous...🤦🏻♀️ And, if they are inappropriate to be entering our thoughts (super unwanted), we for sure shouldnt be sketching them out as art projects! They get real bad, guy. Real bad. And now, not only do i have no solutions, you have me now worrying: so i dont REALLY care the either, thats just another part of my ocd? Telling me i pray to apologize isnt because i genuinely feel horrible about it,but its just a compulsion?!... Nope sorry, not buying that part at all! Also now stuck feeling like im only so giving to others out of compulsion...which just makes me feel like a worse human being than i already did for not being helpful enough 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ I really feel like there has to be a better way. That may work for other things but when its bad you certainly arent going to fix it by actually acting or drawing it out! Then youre just doing the thing you know is bad i stead of fighting the thought that jumps in
I’m not sure you realize just how serious a lot of religious people are. At least the evangelical circles I grew up in. There was no “maybe it’s true maybe it’s not, we’ll find out after death”. No, the religion is treated as absolute certainty. God IS real. Those feelings you’re having are the Holy Spirit convicting you. If you don’t repent you ARE going to hell. And if you don’t have these feelings of certainty for the truth of the religion then you’re just not spiritually mature enough so you need to seek god more and listen to your spiritual authorities. And so if you feel like something might be a sin before God, doing it more doesn’t reduce anxiety. In fact it creates more. I used to suffer terribly from these feelings. I solved it by deconstructing my religious beliefs and realizing that there is insufficient evidence to warrant belief in a god. I can’t see any other way working unless your religious beliefs are not that serious or you believe everyone goes to Heaven regardless.
Struggling with scrupulosity for so long I think priests started to run from me when they sam me 🤣🤣 (ha now my scrupulosity wants to tell me I shouldn't have written that, they surely did not really run from me, i am not allowed to even joke about it and now I have to figure out was it a joke or a half joke??) ha. I am better now. I'll leave it like this. (hm, will I leave it like this? if I come back later and change the comment, have I lied?) 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Actually I wanted to say something else. (not re-reading the above). 🤭🤭🤩. So, some of the things that have bothered me a lot in this kind of OCD and to some extent still sometimes (often? sometimes? haha.) now. (what is REALLY good is that I can get over them faster now as I have some tools. Yes, from priests.) Ok so some o the things that spontaneously come to mind: Afraid that I "promised" something to God just by having a quick thought of making a promise without really wanting it (usually involving life affecting things, like giving up what I enjoy most). (got pretty much over that one with a priest helping me!!!). Or: Afraid of being responsible for somebody else's soul: Do I have to tell that person this or that? Or: Haha jsut the things you talked about, made me laugh: Stuff like pens from work, or... finding old cassette tapes where I as a child/teen recorded songs ILLEGALLY (destroyed them. was it necessary? could I just have thrown them out?) Or, oh, for a while I couldn't look at the floor of a church because I always thought I saw something white lying there and it might be a part of the Host and how can I make sure? do I bring it to a priest?... or.... yes, doubts attacking what I love most, always finding reasons that I am "not allowed to do them". Or.... suddenly not being sure is today some kind of Holy Day I didn't know of and am I allowed to work. Etc etc. Ok the one thing that I have read works and has really helped me is to find a religious leader who knows what scrupulositiy is and TOTALLY trust him. That is good in the Cathloic faith (not very sure about others?) becuase our faith actually tells us that if we follow the instrucions of our spiritual guide priest/confessor we are ok!!!!! (careful to not get into the opposite: doubts have I followed him well?) For me this helped a great deal. Also what helps in any kind of OCD is: NOT THINK ABOUT IT. Think about something else. Just for a bit. Later the thought comes back and you laugh at it. Haha I thought THIS was a mortal sin? Also agree with the priest what to do when you are in doubt (like if you are not sure it's a sin, in your case with your OCD, consider it not to be). p.s. love your videos you get so much right. Especially the fear (maybe biggest fear?) of "this will haunt me my whole life if I don't solve it now. Going to great lengths to get rid of one obsession (like I was worried about a woman's gas stove that might have been leaking years before, she even knowing it) and then uuu relief, never again!!!!! same day I walk home see ice on a roof start worrying do >I have to tell them???? stuff like that.
Hey, just wanted to open up about my experiences over the past 2 months or so. So, I am in college and I was currently experiecing OCD about the Old Testament and whether or not God simply allowed incest for a certain period of time or if he ordained it, and I still don't have an answer to that, but it's okay. In order to stop myself from going down that road anymore, I heard about this whole Travis Scott incident and ended up getting sucked into conspiracy theories that cause me so much panic and anxiety that I've shut out all mainstream music altogether and I'm only listening to Christian music and lofi beats. I'm ashamed that I've done this to myself and my only wish is that I could enjoy music again without worrying about the "symbols" or "signs" in music videos or being afraid every time I look at the dollar bill.
Ive had rocd and tbh i actually overcame it..i was having doubts about my own religion like a year ago and ever since ive overcame it i was so normal and happy by having my belief system in line but now since months i got shifted to another ocd which is hocd fear of being gay ..and all i wish is the rocd was much better than this hocd ..may god listen to my prayers ameen
I had a terrible experience trying to grow into Christ to the point where I’m terrified to go back. I would have anxiety attacks trying to read the Bible, fearing that I was not trusting enough or that God wasn’t real. I want to go back, but I’m so terrified and paralyzed because of my last experience. This video described my thoughts surrounding my life perfectly, religiously or not. I have ADD, so I always thought it was a part of that, but maybe it could be OCD.
Hi I used to have aniexty about reading the Bible but I prayed about it and went away. Just stay strong and go back to loving presence of Jesus God bless.
I feel like I have to pray absolutely right and make sure I get everything that I need to cover cause if I don’t something bad will happen or , anything that I didn’t cover will go wrong. Sometimes it takes me 45 minutes to say a prayer that should take 5 minutes. I’ll also pray upwards of 50 times a day. It’s exhausting and I feel so guilty for feeling like this.
I have something like this but im not sure its quite ocd. I have this belief that i lost my connection to God and that im a bad person. No matter how much i try, i cant fix it and this brings a lot of depression. When i pray i feel fake and dishonest. Then i feel desperate because i find no way to change myself. Also, when i interact with others, i have the sense that theres something very wrong with me, to the point where i feel like im evil or something so i hide and isolate. Although others tell me its not true, its hard to stop believing these thoughts when it feels so real.
I finally believe I have scrupilosity. Im a muslim, and the ocd constantly stops from seeing my religion as a source of peace instead makes me see it as a hindrance in my life. Its really really hard, since us scrupilosiry suffererers see religion as a big deal in our lives, we wanna perfect it in an unnatural way. The thoughts we get in my humble opinion and I could be wrong on this are far worse than the common form of ocd. Reason is that the thoughts and urges are to deal with god, higher power, going to hell etc which in my opinion are far scarier, but like I said I could be very wrong on this. It stops us from doing what we love because it could be forbidden even when it's not. I hate it soooo much but I'm getting help with it. Just thought I just share from our point of view
I suffer this form horribly, I constantly had graphic images of Jesus in horrible scenarios, had the fear of burning in hell forever, had the fear that I wasn’t fully believing, had the fear that I was an atheist, had the fear of doing horrible vices to god. These are just a few, they truly tarnished my youth and my mental being to this day
Would end up confessing to my mom, who didn’t understand and started crying which only worsened my ocd
why not try to see islam brother, islam means surrender to the creator, (One God) to the diety that created the universe.. that started from Adam tell moses, jesus and the last one prohet. mohammad and a lots in between them, see it and see what it tell about jesus.. mayGod giude you to the truth. best wishes in you journey into finding the truth 🌹
@sleekz Squeeze as you want dude, if you dont want to read and discover by yourself if these statements and more others are true or not, thats your choice at the end,, really best wishes :)
Something similar happens to me too I have thoughts that I don't even mean to think they just come out of nowhere. I don't know what to do
@sleekz Squeeze yeah your right. My mom told me that and I do trust her because I'm getting so close to god that the enemy is just trying to separate me from god.
You have a heart of gold. You can see it in your eyes. God bless you.
I think that God loves us all as we are. And he understands our anxiety. Even though I get afraid about some religious stuff, I keep telling myself that I know God loves me and he doesn’t want me to suffer. And he doesn’t blame me. He doesn’t want you all to fear him, and he wants to help you through your problems.
Yes we will never be alone in this battle right now because HE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US BECAUSE HE IS LIVING IN US and I know that he will help us GOD AND LORD JESUS CHRIST IS GOOD ALL THE TIME❤️🙏
Stephanie, I believe in "God" when I am not in my one of existential OCD/depression abysses. My OCD was actually born from Catholicism. I would like you to check put my short video where I talk about how my OCD was born. Please leave a comment/feedback: ua-cam.com/video/7_zFlUn2iWo/v-deo.html
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Yes that true
My Grandmother gave me some wonderful advice a long time ago when I suffered from this of course back then we just said it was the devil she told me you can't prevent birds from flying over your head but you can prevent them from making a nest in your hair I've always remembered that.....GOD BLESS YOU
My Pastor used to say this
Thank you so much I'm so amzed I have been suffering from this kind anxious tought your grandma really gaved some good advice bless you and her where ever you are
Man it feels good to hear someone talk about it. I am plagued by intrusive thoughts.
I'm sorry for what you're going through. I wish you the best!
Me too, did you overcome it? And if you did could you give me advice on how I can overcome these intrusive thoughts?
@@V99-n4c I guess I've been dealing with it better. I always just tell myself that God would be all knowing, so he KNOWS that I don't mean the things I think. It also helps to know other people are going through the same exact thing.
@@MichaelOfficial_ Sins are WILLFULLY saying no to God. If you have some random thought pop up in your head, that's not a sin. Thinking random thoughts or accidents are a sin is a result of not knowing your faith very well.
That's the difference between temptation and sin.
You could have a random reoccurring thought of a naked woman in your mind... That's not your fault. As long as you don't wilfully start thinking about naked women, you'll be okay.
There's a huge difference.
Been there myself and still am unfortunately, but glad to hear this video. When I think about the random thoughts and my other thoughts I find them to contradict each other like being anxious over some really bad thought and that I'm already condemned at the same time, if I'm already condemned why be anxious about the bad thought. Thanks for your comment.
"I confessed this to them, but did I really say it in a way that they understood?"
Wow. That is my fear every single time. I'm glad to see that it's OCD.
I didnt even know this was what I was suffering from until i looked up why i could be thinking random inappropriate disrespectful things that Id never ever imagine would come in my head bc ik i dont like those things in my head, and when i finally am not thunking about it, all of a sudden my mind reminds me " oh hey i havent been thinking about that thing for awhile!" Then it floods my mind again bc i just reminded myself what im trying to forget....its a whole cycle im trying to move on from...
Yessssssss! My brain exactly
@@o0xXKilahKandyXx0o update: it got soooo much better tho
@@j.nicole8864 what did u so for it to get better
@@beingquin3353 i repented everyday from cussing, smoking, the thoughts didnt leave until a whole month...i was suffering and i litterally am not tempted to think those things at all now. I read my bible to get to know Jesus and when a weird thought popped up from like a trigger word ( for example if I heard someone say the word "Come" I thought about the sexual "coming" so when I would read my bible i came acrosss like these words that would trigger immature thought but like I didnt force the thought tho it was just put in my mind every time ) I would just say " Nope, father please forgive me these thoughts arent lining up with how I really feel. Please rebuke the enemy for trying to make me feel like Im an ugly, disgusting thinker...
@@j.nicole8864 your literally not alone I use to think the same thing with come and I had such a horrible thought about the Holy Spirit I thought the Holy Spirit left me tbh but I overthink so much and yes I feel like somewhere I’m still kinda struggling bad with a religious spirit like it’s not as bad as it was when I first came to God I thought I had to be perfect but then I got freed from it a little biy the thoughts went away then boom I got them back again buttt this time notttt as bad as it was the first time thank you I needed this.
It's hard but I try to remind myself; God is love. Love is God. God loves you, you love God. Doing things out of love, is doing good in the eyes of God, even if we don't always get it right sometimes. Anxiety is not of God. God loves you and wants you to be happy. It's okay that you don't understand everything in the bible, or sometimes that you don't necessarily agree with some stuff in the bible. God still loves you and God will never stop loving you.
@@jesusp4620 I've had this issue for about 4 or 5 years now. its actually a mental illness that can be categorized under OCD. It's extremely painful to go through and it's very scary. But I think one thing that may help is looking in he mirror and when you feel the thoughts come say, "stop!" and hug yourself. then do something that makes you laugh. I'm not sure if it'll work for you, but I hope you find ways to cope with it and change that state of that we share. Love yourself and take care of yourself.
@@jesusp4620 what do you think you need to be forgiven for? if I may ask.
@@jesusp4620 I see. hmm. well its good that you're willing to do that. I'm gonna tell you something very unconventional that you'll find hard to believe at first. Imagine the best type of parent you wish you had. Now imagine the best friend who's always there for you and knows how to cheer you up in healthy ways.
As long as you worship lord Cheeses, you are not safe. The true lord is the flying teapot. Repent, heathens !
God does not love us if we sin. In fact, he turns us away if we continue to choose sin! Only if you obey him will you seek salvation. Yes, we all experience temptation but you should FEAR god’s wrath. Don’t mince words with the Bible. It’s nothing to joke about.
I’m Muslim and I have this, when I’m doing my daily prayers I often find myself breaking my prayer and restarting again and again. Or, once I finish my prayer I think it wasn’t good enough and god didn’t accept it so I redo it. I also get blasphemous thoughts about god and religion and I beg god to forgive me I almost start panicking, I’m afraid that these thoughts may be coming from me. This is ruining my life 😞
I'm so sorry for what you're going through. What you describe is actually very common with scrupulosity. Treatment can really help with this my friend. I hope you can find someone near you to help.
The more you try to repel the thoughts the more you put importance on them. Remember everyone can get these thoughts and you cannot control what comes into your mind but you can control how you react to it. I try to think of the thing that is really scaring me and never get rid of the thought and my brain will try really hard to stop thinking about it but if you persevere the thought will loose its power. Good luck hope this helps
I'm Jewish and also have this experience. I used to pray for over four hours every night because I felt that I was praying wrong and had to start over every time. Also if I would sneeze or my stomach would grumble, I feel that that's disrespectful to G-d - so I would have to start over from the beginning and I'd be so exhausted.
I’m also Muslim and I get similar thoughts to you and also restart my prayers
"Allah has forgiven my Ummah for whatever crosses their mind so long as they do not speak of it or act upon it."
- Prophet Muhammad PBUH
The fact that I watched this yesterday and was fine afterwards, but now I’m back because I need reassurance again.
@Gregory L Medley Jr. Please pray for me as well I suffer from intrusive thoughts. They say "I love satan" or "satan is God" but I don't believe these AT ALL and I'm so confused as to where they came from. They came out of nowhere I don't even know how my brain thought of these things. I'm so scared I know I don't mean it I don't know why I have them and I hate them so so much. I want them to go away. You aren't alone don't worry.
@@bxmbi3828 the devil deceives. Stay strong in your faith. God is always with you, he overseed your life and is in your yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He knows what is truly in your heart! No matter what Satan throws at you. Rebuke it and stay strong in your walk.
@@bxmbi3828 I relate sadly
I have intrusive blasphemous thoughts that disturb me deeply causing me to pray repeatedly. Fighting them off and the stress cause me to get migraines at this point.
We have victory in Christ, I wrestle with Ocd, God is in control, even though we may feel hurt and anguish
@@gregorylmedleyjr.1705may allah guide you
Guys please always remember that no one can separate us from the Love of GOD I did overcome this because I always remember that no one can separate us from the Love of GOD which is in CHRIST JESUS our LORD
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39
Lau Re when i go to heaven will my religious ocd and tourettes stop?
Yes it will because there is no sin there but don’t give up bc of the ocd keep reading ur bible and praying and always follow God
@@s2k-r7o yes it will ❤️
How did you overcome ?
@Fixated On Christ
Hello i hope you'd read my reply here counter argument of Allah in (Holy Quran which is his last book) for people who think Jesus is son of God
"If Allah had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is Allah, the One, the Prevailing."
(QS. Az-Zumar 39: Verse 4)
"And say, Praise to Allah, who has not taken a son and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no [need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him with [great] glorification."
(QS. Al-Israa 17: Verse 111)
"They have said, Allah has taken a son. Exalted is He; He is the [one] Free of need. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. You have no authority for this [claim]. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"
(QS. Yunus 10: Verse 68)
"The Jews say, Ezra is the son of Allah ; and the Christians say, The Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved [before them]. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?"
(QS. At-Tawba 9: Verse 30)
"[He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing."
(QS. Al-An'aam 6: Verse 101)
"The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger; [other] messengers have passed on before him. And his mother was a supporter of truth. They both used to eat food. Look
I’ve had OCD since I was 12 but I never had this kind of OCD. I’ve made so many pacts with god after a health scare because I thought god was punishing me for being a bad person because that’s what my abusive ex told me god was going to do. I now stay home and avoid alcohol, dating, friends and doing anything that isn’t considered “good.” It’s been hard for me to accept that it’s religious OCD because I’m afraid of being punished if I do outside and do anything that’s not “good” sigh. I’m trying though.
Thanks for sharing your experience. It sounds so painful. God is not a vengeful person. OCD wants people to believe they will be punished for doing treatment when in reality it's just scared because it means symptoms of OCD has to go away.
Check out my other video on how to do the treatment for Scrupulosity. I hope it can help you. 😃
OCD and Anxiety you’re so helpful, thank you! I watched the treatment video and it was probably the best explanation I’ve heard so far. I made plans to grab a drink with a friend today and I almost cancelled about an hour ago because of my fear of being punished if I break the “pact” I did with god but after seeing your treatment video I decided to still go, even if it’s for 2 drinks. I also decided to keep a journal to help log my experience and what I learn. Just subscribed to your channel. I’m looking forward to watching more of your videos!
@@violetlockhart7705 Oh wow! Way to go pushing yourself. I find if we do these things with a purpose and meaning then it has more of an impact. You're awesome! 😃
@@violetlockhart7705 I am a bit late😅 but I have exactly the same condition. It seems like you described my life. If you want we could exchange emails I would be interested in knowing your advice how to cope woth the whole thing.👍
I am suffering from the same thing. I am facing health issues and I feel Allah is punishing me. I want to be healed mentally, physically and spiritually
i have this. i love God and really want to go to heaven. its so sad and annoying im having suicidal thoughts just to end it. how do i overcome it it feels impossible please help me im begging you
With all respect to religion, doubting your faith doesn't diminish your religious status. OCD is a mental health condition and any intrusive OCD thoughts about sinning, doing harm to others, etc. do not reflect on your character; your actions reflect on your character.
it feels impossible but it isn’t, take it day by day and hang on to that “ocd attaches to what you care about the most” part. it does.
don’t end your life, it’s so hard and i’ve personally struggled with those thoughts for years but it’s gotten so much better. you have to continuously seek God through it. i’d recommend reading both different chapters in psalms and the story of gideon.
i hope you’re doing alright now~
I’m suffering from intrusive thoughts too! When the thoughts come, the anxiety followed. 😭
I know this is an old comment, but I found Kathleen Kaczmarek’s videos on the religious roots of scrupulosity to be very helpful.
My friend, I hope your better now 🙏, the Holy Spirit helped me to help a friend with OCD and now she's way better than before, I can share my WhatsApp with you if you want to talk to anyone 🙏
"I confessed this to them, but did I really say it in a way that they understood?" I always think this, but when I'm praying, I think I haven't prayed for it properly, or I got distracted in thoughts, or someone walked in and interrupted, and then I feel like I need to pray again, and lately it's been worse and I haven't been able to feel good about the prayer I've prayed. It's so difficult because I know God hears and accepts my prayers but I still feel like I need to redo it, and I know that's not what prayer's about. It's so difficult. Does anyone have any motivational thoughts or tips on how I can improve?
This sound so difficult. I do have a video on reassurance and accommodation that may help. Treatment really does help if used well. Hopefully you can find someone near you. iocdf.org
@@ocdandanxiety Okay, I'll check that video out, I'm definitely thinking about seeking some help, thank you for replying :)
Alyssa I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE STRUGGLING WITH THIS!!! Trust me you'll be okay! ❤️
This is the same thing i have pls help 😢
@@San-yu9ft thank u, it really is good to know ur not going thru it alone, I am actually doing so much better with this, and go to counseling as well. But sadly my OCD has shifted to contamination related issues. I'm hoping i'll overcome this too though, stay strong guys
Hi ! I know that I have this. I want to build a stronger relationship with Christ but it gets in the way....what can I do?
Doing therapy really helps. To have someone go through with you how to do the treatment and build your relationship back. Each person may have different ways they were able to build on this relationship.
Because of this ocd I seek LORD JESUS CHRIST to build more and to know HIM MORE but I'm struggling because this ocd is getting the way and every morning Im scared If LORD JESUS CHRIST will forgive me because of this and I watch the unforgiveable sin and it get worst but I know for sure that MY LORD JESUS CHRIST will know everything and HE KNOWS that I will never do this TO HIM and I pray always that HE will help me through this and help me to overcome this situation because IN HIM EVERYTHING IS POSIBLE❤️🙏
Read Romans 4:1-22 that REALLY HELPS
Aw me too. This is not what Jesus wants for us. Download the nocd app and watch Ali Greymond and this guys videos. He’s awesome. God bless and help us in Jesus’s name 🙏
Can you read my mind? I have these exact thoughts!😱
Omg yes, I have this and it's so exhausting. Great video. Feels so good to know I'm not alone. ☺️ We will all get through this!
Please pray for me as well I suffer from intrusive thoughts. They say "I love satan" or "satan is God" but I don't believe these AT ALL and I'm so confused as to where they came from. They came out of nowhere I don't even know how my brain thought of these things. I'm so scared I know I don't mean it I don't know why I have them and I hate them so so much. I want them to go away.
Please reply what's wrong with me
Your not alone I have a bad scenarios of god and sometimes the thought of *God is not real* comes in my head but I don't mean it! It just comes in my head and I cry and feel like god isn't going to forgive me. But I do believe in god he is my savior.
oh man i had similar thoughts (sometimes i still do) when i was young, it just came out of nowhere at some point of my life
I'll pray for you ^^ But if this really bothering you then maybe just find some christian psychologist ;)
Marta okay!
• galassia x celeste • me to I suffer from that too,I don’t mean it at all and I don’t believe it my mind keeps doing theses things I don’t like them
I struggled with this silently throughout my childhood. Fortunately, I think I grew out of it. I left the faith I was raised in, and focused on developing my own relationship with god as love and god as connectedness. I still deal with anxiety, but discovering my own spiritual path has helped a lot. Thanks for this video, it really helped me understand myself ❤️
It looks like we are on similar path
me too, I've too developed my own relationship with God, by the grace of God I don't react to my intrusive thoughts no more, God loves us, it's just our anxiety that makes us feel we did something wrong
So universalism?
@@Person-dq3dk salvation by Christ alone
@@anthonyzestley3980 amen
Does anyone get where they pray and pray and think they say the wrong thing while praying? Then you think something horrible will happen to you?
Yess it scares me and it just doesn’t just happen when I pray it’s when I read my bible and listen to Christian music or when I think of something good
It’s happening to me
Felt like I dealt with this. I’ve engaged in premarital sex, but for some reason this specific situation caused me anxiety and was totally convinced God would punish me with an std to teach me a lesson. I’ve been tested and NEVER had one. Though the thought would reappear and say “well God let this one go, but next time you’re gonna get something.” Still never have. Brains are tricky.
You probably felt that because you knew what you were doing was wrong according to your faith. That’s not the case with everything of course
How did you cope with it
@@iinferuslunitaa3169 In June 2020 I saw my doctor and he prescribed me 20 mg of Citalopram (Celexa), which I’m still on. It’s helped so much and I’ve said a million times to friends and family that I wish I had started taking this back in high school (I’m 36 now). It’s slowed my brain down from overthinking and intrusive thoughts are minimal. And even if I do have intrusive thoughts, I’m aware of what they are and know that they’re not realistic. I was always concerned about my health and so I guess the thought of an std or unwanted pregnancy was enough for ocd to take that thought and run with it for years blahhh. I am a Christian but have fallen into fornication since taking the medication. Even though I have done that I try better not to do that and ask for forgiveness, but I don’t feel that God is out to punish me with a disease. I also cut back a lot on alcohol and started eating much healthier! Sorry for long response. Hope that helped ! :)
My friend struggles with this to the point of him screaming and groaning.
I know the feeling, how's your friend now?
That sounds awful
I have bad thoughts about God and Jesus and say I'm sorry all day.😭 I feel like I can't be friends with anyone cause they wouldn't understand.
That sounds so painful. Thanks for sharing your experiences. You may be surprised how many people struggle with the same thing. Be friends with anyone you want! 😃
@Marvin HernandezGOD LORD JESUS CHRIST IS GOOD ALL THE TIME TRUST IN HIM im struggling with ocd now and I know that PRAYING CAN HELP me through this and because of this I became more religious but this is blocking the way but I PRAY A LOT because HE KNOWS EVRYTHING about me I TRUST IN HIM BECAUSE HE CAN ONLY HELP ME AND HEAL ME BECAUSE HE IS LIGHT HE IS EVERYTHING AND HE IS MY LIFE BECAUSE HE IS LIVING IN ME ALL OF US
ALWAYS PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE OKAY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS BATTLE HE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US FOREVER AND EVER AMEN🙏❤️
@Gregory L Medley Jr. Please pray for me as well I suffer from intrusive thoughts. They say "I love satan" or "satan is God" but I don't believe these AT ALL and I'm so confused as to where they came from. They came out of nowhere I don't even know how my brain thought of these things. I'm so scared I know I don't mean it I don't know why I have them and I hate them so so much. I want them to go away. You're not alone.
How are you doing?
Christ have mercy on anyone carrying this burden. I do not deal with this particular theme (my theme is primarily existential), but I know that we are all loved of Him. Be well, guys.
@@jordyn_shortsBlessings, what’s the theme of the glasses, can you explain?
@@slade8863 hi. I'm no longer practicing Christianity. I had many breakdowns after making my previous comment. Taking a step back ad deconstructioning my faith was the best thing to do for the sake of my mental health. Religion is beautiful... don't get me wrong. But it can take a toll on one's mental health. Much love.
@@jordyn_shorts Hi, I would like to know more about your story, is there anyway I can speak to you directly?
Have you watched brahma life videos for ocd.
@@jordyn_shortshi, how are you doing?
hey nathan, i have previously suffered from rocd, and you were one of those who guided me out of it, along with faith on God. when i started having very vicious impulsive thoughts, i understood its ocd attacking my faith now, i immediately came to your channel to know more about it, and as always, u had my back. thank you nathan
Hello! I’m weeping…
I didn’t know there was a ‘Name’ for this! And Thank GOD there is!!! I’m glad to know I live in a LOVE/HATE relationship with, well, myself…. I ask for validation to the point of isolation KNOWING others Do NOT see my point of view. Honestly, Iv been quite Sure they would agree with this ‘ unnecessary validation’ Iv accumulated in my head.
I’m soooooooooooo glad to know that “this” (Scrupulosity) is even a thing in Existence!!!
This gives me hope and I want to RUN WITH IT!
🥰😇🥰😇
Same happened to me so I understand your situation. Don't worry at all. I also did not know that this has a name. After knowing about it, I got some relief from this. I also cried when I first learned that I wasn't thinking these things on purpose. For 10 years I thought I was bad person 😔
Jesus is the only way to eternal life; please pray for me to realize it's the devil giving me these bad thoughts against Jesus.
Give your life to christ before it is too late and he will forgive you of all of your sins if you repent 🙏 🙏 🙏.
i have a concern how to overcome intrussive thoughts about satan like accidentally selling the soul, or in some people like ocd will make them think like they gave there children to devil, but in reality they won't do it, and panic ,how to overcome this ocd thoughts? please do reply thank you
@Gregory L Medley Jr. Please pray for me as well I suffer from intrusive thoughts. They say "I love satan" or "satan is God" but I don't believe these AT ALL and I'm so confused as to where they came from. They came out of nowhere I don't even know how my brain thought of these things. I'm so scared I know I don't mean it I don't know why I have them and I hate them so so much. I want them to go away.
sleekz Squeeze . Ya it’s very disturbing but how are u doing with those thoughts? Like are u better
sleekz Squeeze thx Ik everything will get better I have faith in God .happy that those thoughts went away 😊 .
@sleekz Squeeze no Im not I’m Mexican .
@@AnaPerez-kc4cv No don't! You're not going to Hell, that's just the devil
i think i have this, either this or i’m battling a spirit of condemnation. i already am diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, OCD and major depressive disorder. i am such a loving and empathetic person, but lately i am becoming so so paranoid within my religious beliefs. i have been sinning, and i ask for forgiveness and then worry i didn’t sound genuine enough when asking for forgiveness and repenting, or maybe God thinks i am manipulating him. so then i start over my prayer, then my brain will tell me i am so so so sinful and dirty and then i start stuttering and shaking as i’m praying and say “i’m so so sorry,” and start my prayer over again. then i’ll start to have intrusive thoughts of God hates you or you hate God and then i say out loud no i dont, or, please stop shut up, or, i rebuke that, or, i didn’t mean that God that wasnt me!!! then i repent for saying that and when i’m done praying instead of feeling peace i feel worried and so sosos guilty. i feel like i’m no longer saved. i’m so so worried. i feel like such a bad person. i pray several times a day now. also you seem like such a nice nice very kind man, i wish you were my therapist or i could see you!
How are you doing now?
Going through the same. I make promises to god that i can't keep. But actually i don't make promises. It just happens. My mind always make promises of not doing something that i like to do so much. Or it makes promises that can't be kept. Sometimes i doubt that did i do it intensionally? Or that just happened? Am i trying to fool god on the name of ocd? And the worst part is that the punishment i m scared of getting is already decided in my head. I mean i feel this thing is going to happen to me. I m scared of making prayers because i want to pray something else and my mind end up praying something else (that i don't want)but at the same time i couldn't stop myself from praying also because i think that how things would be fixed if i won't pray?
@@hopeoutsidetheusa1888 i strongly relate to the one about thunderstorms
I have this but it only bothers me when I’m off my anxiety medication and can’t be comforted by a scriptural explanation for why I shouldn’t worry. I was reassured by our elders that Christians have anxiety and need medicine sometimes. I feel god should always be first and that’s ok. The Bible says pray continually and it helps me know that Jehovah hears me talking to him. Trust me god is loving and understands and cares about our problems.
I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW WHY I WAS LIKE THAT. THANK YOU ! I finally know what it's called
This video helped us OCD Community.Thank you man.I know God loves me and he won't let me suffer from this OCD,it's just a mental illness and it won't change how God loves me and how I love him.We all OCD people can get through this through Jesus Christ our Lord❤️
Amen❤❤❤
Amen
Thank you so much for this. I used to have scrupulosity pretty bad and I felt like I had to lay face down on the floor sometimes when I prayed because I needed to sacrifice my comfort to show my dedication to God. I thought I was pretty much over it because I don't do that anymore but I think it's switched more to mental compulsions now. Sometimes if I'm reading and there's a bad word in the book I'll switch it in my mind and say the ok substitute, but if I don't immediately think of the substitute my mind tells me I wanted to say that bad word and I must've sinned so I need to ask for forgiveness. Then I have to ask for forgiveness several times because I wonder if I meant it or if asking more than once will make me more pure.
I do have Scrupulosity, I would always think if I had a thought out of no where, an intrusive thought, that I had blasphemed and I was not worthy of going into heaven. Guys God is not bad.
I suffered from this at a very young age cause so grew up in a religious home I always thought I was a bad person for these thoughts
I am currently seeing the CPN and Peer support work for thinking this
Y’all these are demons, I know. Jesus gave us authority in his name, cast them out and place your faith in Jesus
How do I know if I’m being convicted (the holy spirit) or is it the OCD?
I believe I answered this on another question. I feel hesitant answering these type of questions because I do not want them to become a compulsion of reassurance. Regardless, in my opinion, OCD is fueled by anxiety and urgency. The holy spirit is quiet, soft, and allows the person to feel good.
Yes ! You wouldn’t feel extremely guilty you just know that it’s the wrong thing to do ....but God wouldn’t make you feel horrible for doing it
I felt the same way a while ago
I’ve been getting obsessions lately of questioning if I really believe in Jesus. Then I would look for that reassurance and at times feel better for a bit but then the obsession would come back. It is rather frustrating. My faith in Jesus is important to me.
@Mia Cook
It really feels like there isn't an answer to the questioning. I have found often enough times where I was encouraged by Scripture and yet the obsessions would rear their ugly head again. It's the nature of OCD to go around and around and keep spinning relentlessly. I am practicing trusting in God and his love. Jesus love is enough. I thought to myself if Jesus loved me enough to die for me, then he also loves me enough to teach me what I need to know( concerning salvation) too. It isn't easy but I think it is best to lay these questioning and obsessions on Jesus. I think he is wiser than I am and can handle it and I believe Jesus loves me too. Jesus loves you Mia Cook. I would encourage you to trust in him even though you may still have the fear.
Ys...Iam having Scrupulosity. Thanks for d guidance...was really good one.
I cant wait for you to release the video on the treatment for scrupulosity! Ill be waiting patiently! 😜
I want to say I have this but at the same time I think I’m being dramatic and failing god. I have nasty intrusive thoughts about got almost everyday and they just won’t go away. They have even taken away motivation to do any study and the smallest amount drains me. Sometimes I really think if I’m going to live forever
I know someone that suffers horribly from this. Its almost constant from the time they wake up until the time they fall asleep. The issue is intrusive thoughts about the Holy Spirit. The person believes the opposite, can't stand the thoughts! Like you say the most important thing to them. I reassure daily. Any advice to make this stop would be so much appreciated! 🥰🙏
It won’t stop but it takes time to get over it. I’ve had this for about a year it doesn’t go away but u have to keep fighting. Also I would pick u some hobbies maybe Like working out or a job it keeps the mind busy have nice day ✝️
Being indoctrinated to Christians is one of my biggest traumas I’ve been dealing with scrupulosity thinking it was right and correct now I am more agnostic, but my triggers is religious people.
They can be very triggering 😔
My mom suffers from extreme religious OCD and has always forced her religion on me my entire life causing me to have religious trauma and has made me hate anything that's related to Christianity or anything Catholic. I want to support every religion but because of her and what she's done I just can't get myself to be ok with anything that's related to Christianity. Sometimes I feel extremely alone and misunderstood because I can never seem to find anyone with the same problem as me. I want her to see a therapist and hopefully she can open her eyes and see for once what she has done to her daughter but of course she doesn't believe in doctors. even when my own doctors, school counselors and teachers asked my mom to get me a therapist/psychologist cause i seriously need one, she automatically said no because she believes that praying to God will heal me. I can't even have a simple conversation without her mentioning something about God, Jesus, holy Mary or anything of the sort. Now every time I hear someone is Catholic i physically cringe and have a strong opinion on them automatically. I really hate it because i know that not everyone thats catholic is as crazy as my mom is but I can't seem to control it. Now that I think about it I don't think I've ever had a conversation with her without her mentioning God. i hate talking to my mom now and avoid her at all cost because of this. It's really upsetting that I can't have a normal relationship with my mother because of this. i just hope i'm not alone in this and that someone can help me. thank you
You’ll be amazed how much I can relate, I’ve had to deal with that as well, not from a parent but friends and people around me, at first it made me think my faith was strengthened but when I am faced with challenges especially these mental ones, a lot of the things they said actually make these stresses and fears worse. Making me think that every has some sign of scary meaning and it made my anxiety and ocd sky rocket, I still believe in god but I’m definitely more careful about who I look to for advise
You’ll be amazed how much I can relate, I’ve had to deal with that as well, not from a parent but friends and people around me, at first it made me think my faith was strengthened but when I am faced with challenges especially these mental ones, a lot of the things they said actually make these stresses and fears worse. Making me think that every has some sign of scary meaning and it made my anxiety and ocd sky rocket, I still believe in god but I’m definitely more careful about who I look to for advise
You’ll be amazed how much I can relate, I’ve had to deal with that as well, not from a parent but friends and people around me, at first it made me think my faith was strengthened but when I am faced with challenges especially these mental ones, a lot of the things they said actually make these stresses and fears worse. Making me think that every has some sign of scary meaning and it made my anxiety and ocd sky rocket, I still believe in god but I’m definitely more careful about who I look to for advise
If you are still struggling with this, I can help if you want. I have went through similar thing but now I suffer alot because I feel like I neglected my mom alot because my own mental health was in ruins so I wasn't coping well then she passed away. It is been 8 months but the guilt kills me. Now often I believe Allah will punish me severely with extreme health problems. So, you need help, let me know because I know how it feels and I don't want you to repeat my mistakes and then face the consequences like am doing
I feel like I have to be nice. And if I even think something wrong I have to rethink it
Thanks for sharing your experiences! It sounds very painful. I hope you can feel some relief soon! 😀
My son has an addiction problem. He is convinced that he is going to hell. He has OCD ADHD, depression and anxiety. He has been through a lot of pain and I think that the addiction opened a door for a stronghold on him. I believe that for the past 10 years demons have been whispering lies to him and now he can't distinguish what he believes or if it's not from him. He has lost all hope, faith, and the will to live because this OCD is about him going to hell and he is obsessing on it which gives him the compulsion to do his addiction. I know he was saved when he was about 13/14. But his addiction started around that time too. He has lost the will to live , can't feel anything no love from or for people. He needs prayers. I hope God shows him that he's been there and that he loves him. Every day he want to talk about his obsession. I don't know how to help him. He says he wants to die.
Hello! Dont worry i completly understand, every day i suffer all these thoughts about of if i blasphemed , i thought the same thing, ive thought that i was going to hell for all eternety, but god loves all of us, tell your son that it's ok and that god loves him and that he can talk to me and i can give My number, so tell him that he is not the only one
@@sinrastro3973 I’ll pray for hom
I faced the same problems, tell your son that addictions pollute his spirit. I had a dream where i saw how my spirit was polluted because of my addictions and how they block prayers. Tell your son to start thinking about positive things(things he wants to achieve, not worldly things) type of business,career,friends ect the more he thinks about positive things he will start to dream them and he start believing those dreams and they will build his faith. Read how God helped people in the bible to prosper
Sending prayers 🙏
Since I got out of the new age and Jesus saved me from it , I decide I want to give my life to the Lord and days later this started , I feel horrible
Try deliverance prayer with Fernando Perez and pray with him
This guy explained almost everything that I'm going through I've been going to my mom asking if If I did something wrong I would ask her about it and its really embarrassing stuff and it's hard to explain it a way to my mom and I explain it in a different way and it still makes me fills guilty and I made a promise to God and what its about I can't explain to you but I felt like I've broken it alot and I have had a lot of bad thoughts on jesus and its really making me anxious and when something religious comes up I don't want to hear it and I don't go to church anymore I'm just going through a tough time any pointers on fixing it
Ive been there. Please relax, but this mental disease attacks people that are very kind. Don’t let go of church, I did that once. But it was just the ocd accusing me
are you caristan im also caristan same problem my religious ocd
I used to pick up every piece of trash I saw on the ground because I thought if I didn’t I’d go to hell for destroying the planet ♥️✨
Allah is the one and only God place your happiness in Allah and everything will be fine dear brothers and sisters.
Alhamdulillah
@@MUJAHIDEEN-pk8gn my brother pls duaa for my mental health and to protect me from shirk please brother may Allah bless you with Jannat ameen
@@khushalk5210 brother what kind of thoughts you are having. Because I am having intrusive and negative thoughts not particularly about Allah but about islam. I am very stressed with it. Sometime when I am listening a ayyah of Quran, i start to doubt it. Although i really believe that islam is the true religion and Allah is the only god but these intrusive thoughts keep messing with my mind and faith. Do you also have same thoughts? And lastly please do dua for me.
@@hammadafsarvines586 same my brother I have bad thoughts about Islam and about prophet Isa but I always fight the thoughts because it’s the devil may Allah guide us and help us ameen I will do duaa for you when I pray zuhr pls brother keep me in your duaa
@@hammadafsarvines586 how are you doing now?
I want to cry
Hello brother i hope you're doing well now, i hope this vídeo helps you: ua-cam.com/video/MszSvHEVAQs/v-deo.html God loves you and bless you 🌟❤️
It's ok to put a pause on your Christian faith if you have to.
I actually think that's sound advice 👍
I have a dear friend who has OCD and is obsessed with God and wants to make sure I get into heaven. Every conversation always ends up on religion to the point our relationship has suffered. He pushes me to believe as he does and gets angry when I don't. Any suggestions?
If you believe in God (Jesus specifically) asked God to help your friend find balance so they can be a better friend to you. I use to go off the deep end in my friendships too. I would suggest asking God to help your friend find a way to be balanced as your friend. It's awesome he went wants you to go to Heaven. He just wants to make sure you don't go to hell (that's why he might talk to you about God so much). He means well, but he just needs balance. Hopes this helps.
That person sounds like they are having problems if they are getting angry
Wow! Very informative. Im going to show this to my family so they can understand more about what I struggle with.
i have internalised homophobia and am constantly looking to religious guidance but and developing this crazy ocd of nonstop searching but it’s all linked to me not accepting myself
I do not know if I have this. I keep having very bad, unwanted thoughts about God and Jesus. I gives me panic attacks. Can someone pray for me, or help me indeed this?
Same thing here. Is there any way we can contact each other?
I do not know
You’re not alone. I’m Buddhist and I have intrusive thoughts, disrespectful thoughts about Buddha and urges to destroy the shrine . It makes me feel like I’m a horrible person. I avoid going to the temple because I’m afraid I might lose control and do something terrible at the temple. I will keep you and everyone else who is suffering from this OCD in my prayers. Don’t give up, just ignore those thoughts. Don’t label it as a bad thoughts and don’t be afraid of it , think of it as just a thought like every other thoughts. Let it go.
Amazing most helpful scrupulosity ocd video I’ve seen in UA-cam!!!!
Hey Jacob! Thanks for the kind words! Don't miss the treatment video I have on this as well. 😃 I hope things are going well for you.
It now is! I always get the intrusive thoughts that “I don’t really believe in God” and it bothers me so much but now I know it’s part of OCD 🙌🏼
i have been suffering from different kind of OCD all my life im scared anxious and hope GOD listens to my prayers...your not alone, better days are coming love from Ethiopia
How are you doing now?
Ive heard others try to explain this and its been so confusing. Your description is awesome!
I had a boy tell me he was prompted to say that we could make things work and stuff together but I didn’t want to and I had these thoughts that God was mad at me and I was doing wrong! I thought I’d go to hell and I was punished and God wouldn’t give me another opportunity to marry someone else! I knew
Logically have to make it work if I didn’t want too through prayers and such, and it caused a lot of distress and anxiety! I went to the ocd and anxiety treatment center! And it’s helped I’m doin great and dating other guys now :)
Wow! Way to go! That's awesome that you're doing better. If that's the treatment center in Utah, I used to work there. 🤪
Yeah it is the ocd place in Utah:)
@@baileyoldroyd553 Small world for sure! I'm glad you found some help there! 😃
Many people call this religious OCD
8:29 👌👌👌👌 Exactly! This is the point that unravels the core of the problem! Well put!
My God, Jehovah is good, Jesus Christ redeemed us by his blood! Endure this until the end, I've suffered from this for years now, my God even tho I have thought the worst thing imaginable about him has never left me! I ask him for help and strength to keep going all the time, he gives me strength he shows me his love and forgiveness all the time! We have to endure until the end, to this course we been called, Jesus suffered for me so I am willing to suffer for my King! The Bible promises that we won't suffer no more in his New Earth. Isaiah 65:15 says "The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind" That's our hope and our future!
I have a variation of this, I think. I have OCD tendencies. My obsessive thoughts involve things I did in the past. It’s almost like a scrupulosity variant with regret. I obsessively think about things I did wrong 25 or 30 years ago and wonder if I should confess those things to people from that time, who probably don’t even remember the event. These are not criminal acts but rather silly things teenagers do. What’s interesting is that the events I obsess over are sometimes the most trivial things versus other things I did wrong that you would think I would be more likely to obsess over. Very frustrating
This results primarily from our worth being based upon what we do. We're raised to think that way, some more harshly than others. Jesus is the only one who tells you that you can't do anything, that HE DID IT ALL. So don't try, just believe in Him. Christians go through this because they have lost the gospel message. The message is "by grace through faith". You can't be saved by your works, you can only be condemned by them. But if you trust in Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection, then you're saved. Say it with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord! Not me! I can't put myself back in Hell because HE BOUGHT ME." You will suffer in this life, but it's not going to send you to Hell. Your heart is in His hands and He doesn't let go.
My partner is just like this and I believe she needs some kind of help, she goes to 2 masses a week one is 2 hours and the other is 3 hours and she reads the Bible everyday and highlights stuff and even writes it on a notebook and she really wants to convert me but I think she needs help
I broke a Jesus statuette. Because it represented negative magical thinking, something that I am SO DONE with, but it really triggered my demon fear, my fear of attracting demons, by sinning and heresy. And I am told that Jesus should be able to stand some critique, that IF he exist he can take it, (I dont want to call myself a believer or not right now, deeply questioning and dating an ateist, which feels very refreshing) but there is this thought that what IF, there is demons or negative eneregy and I just broke my protection against it and now my relationships Will go to hell and I will be back in The street again (recently been homeless).
I believe that God would never punish someone with OCD, he knows the mistakes you make before you make them and he'll never leave nor forsake you, I bet he knew the day you'd find out your diagnosed with Religious OCD which means he knew beforehand. He Loves you anyway and understands your situation and sees your still want to be loyal to him and return to him. And its not like you "meant" anything unwanted in the brain. He love is everlasting ❤
Hope this helps 😁
I've been struggling with this for 5 years. My household thought I was crazy and it was just nothing. Now is the only time I knew about this.
Please pray for me and help me!
Will do.
I'm a Muslim, and OCD has made my life so hard. I have this fear of losing God, I just hate being further away from God, I want Him to keep me close to Him, but sometimes I just start randomly fearing that I'll lose Him, it's so hard. I don't want to, I really don't want to. :"(
I say my five daily prayers, I make sure that I try to stay close to Him, and I would never miss any of my prayer. It's so embarrassing to me, yet still I have these thoughts often.
Anyways, I just wanna tell others, especially Muslims, that if you go through this, it's always shaytan (devil) trying to mess with your head. He wants to take your faith away and wants to take you away from God, that's his tactic, so don't fall for it ! You have to stay strong, and I will too In Shā Allāh ! 🌷
I'm a Muslim and I have religious OCD too..that's just horrible..really struggling..😑
@@winstonchurchill9217 I pray that Allāh عَزَّ وَجَلَّ helps us both out of this, Ameen, for He is the Most Knowledgeable and He تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَىٰ knows what's inside our hearts. Maybe He ease our suffering. Patiently bearing all the sufferings in this world is better for our afterlife. ^__^
وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ.
How are you doing now? Did you recover from this? This is the scariest thing to ever experience.
@@alandscape9783 when you get the thought you have to acknowledge you have the thought and it is shaytan’s waswas and you have to ignore it. Soon it will go away on its own. The more you freak out over it the more it will pop up.
Same suffering here
Listening to these thoughts and worries and hearing someone else verbalize them makes them seem less scary and almost funny! I have dealt with this and its getting better, but sometimes when the thought comes it feels threatening and your thrust into your fight or flight response but all you have to do is turn on the light! There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…where are your accusers now?
Maybe someone can help me with this: I am Jewish and I find that everywhere I go day-to-day, people are always using the Lord's name in vain. It's so deeply-ingrained in society that I think most people don't even think there's anything wrong with it. I can't watch TV shows or movies, read the comment section on youtube, read a book, or chat with friends without people constantly using the Lord's name in vain. I feel like if I do nothing then it's like I'm complicit in this, and as though I'm acting like it's okay by me. So therefore every time I come across someone saying or writing the Lord's name in vain I have to go to another room to pray. I end up having to avoid practically any interaction with anyone or anything in an attempt not to come across people saying or writing the Lord's name in vain. If there are other devout people here I was wondering what they do in such a scenario?
I struggled with this too. I’ve heard that “oh my blank” isn’t actually what the 10 commandments were talking about when they said don’t say the Lords name in vain. It meant saying God told you something when he didn’t. It doesn’t mean that the first thing is good but it could help with the anxiety. I still refrain from saying it. I’m not sure completely so I suggest you do some research on your own. Hope this helps though.
Brother really i had this problem from childhood since my mom worked in missionary...iam so much suffering bfrim this problem..some time iam going to stage of suicide ..really it life saving..but I want to solve my problem by fully sharing with u
I have OCD and Scrupulosity bad! Please help me!!
I'm not even Christian or really big into religion but I still have constant thoughts about my higher self do to my OCD. I always have these thoughts of wanting to achieve my best self but I feel like it's also preventing me
I am really confused I was really tensed and frustrated so I went online and I saw it was actually a thing and I think that made me calm down a little but then the thoughts didn't stop .and now it feels like I am the one wanting to think this way and keep asking myself each day.. what is wrong with me
Now I just know I don't feel right
How are you doing now?
I get this but I have never been to Church or assign with a religion, but I now have thoughts that I shouldn’t listen to rock or have these thoughts that I’m being sinful but I don’t even fully believe in god?
I know what you're going through. I've suffered from religious trauma for a while now and honestly it's a horrible feeling.
If you ask me it doesn’t have to be OCD
I've been struggling a lot questioning my religious belief if GOD is real or not, images making me think bad of GOD I don't want these thoughts and then when I have these thoughts a lot and I feel like GOD is mad at me and I worry if sometimes if I'm going to make it to heaven whenever I have these negative thoughts I feel like GOD is mad at me
My wife has the same exact thoughts and she is wondering if she is the only one having these thoughts. She wouldn't believe me that this is OCD that she is suffering from. She gets very high anxiety thinking that she would go to hell because she can't believe in God and doesn't believe that God exists. You see she is very religious and just all of a sudden, she lost belief on God for no reason at all.
@@johnjohnbabes2 that’s all a lieeeeee, of course she believes in God! Her thoughts are trying so hard to convince her and her feelings she’s having of “non belief” they are fake trust me, her heart is most likely burdened and weak from all the terrorizingthoughts and anxiety that she thinks she can’t have faith. I
ITS A LIE FROM THE ENEMY SO SHE DOESNT PRAY TO GOD!! Tell your wife to pray to God and that faith is not a feeling, faith is knowing apor having confidence that God is real(don’t mistaken that with a feeling, the heart decieves with feelings that come from thoughts) if she didn’t believe then she wouldn’t be worried about this in the first place and feel proud and confident with her belief, but she’s not and she’s troubled. So tell her and show her this reply for her sake plz. Becuase I’ve been through this too...
This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to live with, I love god with all of my heart and don’t ever want to give up on our relationship.
The hardest part of living with it is the fact that I’m an openly gay man as well. In my heart god tells me that he loves and accepts me and he knit me together in my mother’s woumb. He made no mistakes creating me. But my head tells me I’m all wrong and that I’m a horrible person, and the hard thing about it is that I can’t turn to the church either because they will tell me the same thing.
Idk what to do but to just pray and hope that god will guide me.
Religious people usually are highly manipulative. If you're insecure cuz of OCD they will come like vultures.
I was raised in a christian family, and i think the indoctrination about the hell, about all the doctrines, threatens, feeling of guilt and the thought of being disrepectful to god, and many others stuff related to this religion, caused me great anxiety and ocd about this topic for many years when i was young; i'm an atheist now but i think that religious indoctrination was what triggered my pre-disposal to have ocd in others aspect and about others things. Child indoctrination is as bad as child abuse.
Wow, I've had an almost opposite experience. I was raised in a non-religious family so all my ocd was based around dying, my family dying, natural disasters etc. My compulsions were making a pact with a mystery force that would protect me if I did certain things right. It was only when I became a Christian that I was able to overcome this anxiety because I could put trust in God's plan. It really goes to show ocd doesn't discriminate :( I hope you're doing better now
@@Liana-vf3bd I'm sorry to hear that, it must has been awful, ocd is a bitch and you're right, it doesn't discriminate; When i was a believer 3 years ago, it latched on my religious belief which was something important to me at that moment, and i really had a very bad moment. When i became an atheist i could be in peace in that regard, but quickly my ocd latched on other themes which are really important to me and it got worse. It really doesn't matter the subject, ocd will attack anything that has value and importance in someone's life.
@@eliassandoval9530 So true so true. Ocd really is a b*ch. Sometimes I see people saying religion is the cause of ocd, and I'd want to bang my head on something. If that were true, anything that anybody values would be the "cause of ocd". Ocd is so often misunderstood, even with the rise of mental health awareness :( Having the internet and resources like this really helps me not feel so alone though. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences, and I hope ocd f*s off out of your life
This is a horrible tormenting ailment that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. You can't get treatment for it either because you'll always think that the devil is working through the doctors to try to get you to say stuff that will condemn you. And then you feel even worse because you know that Jesus sacrifice was all powerful, but at the same time you think "well clearly I don't have enough true faith, because if i did I wouldn't be having these blasphemous thoughts. And then on top of that you KNOW this is a chemical imbalance in your brain but theres STILL that hint of doubt that I'm not doing enough and that the devil is trying to trick you by making you think that it's just a biological imbalance and that it's "not my fault" which would imply that I'm not sinning or something, which I definitely am. I sin everyday. Please pray for me and others with this condition. I'm very tired
First step to recovery from ocd is to stop watching these kind of videos they make everything worse you’ll feel good for a few minutes but they’ll make everything worse later on
Second is OCD is crazy,to free myself from it I chose to be a monster.I tried reading the Bible it just made things worse so I decided to be a monster this rubbish ocd had literally took away my confidence and shred my life into pieces but now I don’t care anymore I’m a monster a demon the devil himself therefore I feel nothing anymore I’m proud to be a monster it has saved me .Everyday I wake up happy living life to the fullest no regrets!Any time a crazy though came I just kept on reminding myself I’m the biggest sinner on the planet I’m the devil now I hardly even have evil thoughts or ocd thoughts.Im so at peace because the true me knows he ain’t no monster🤣but to save yourself out of this horror ocd shid .Is by accepting all and being a monster.Monster are immune or you can just tell your thoughts” we’ll figure it out tomorrow evertime you have a bad thought”it’ll go away for a whole day
I was recently diagnosed with scrupulosity OCD. Thank you for this ❤️✝️
I grew up in a fundamentalist/Southern Baptist household as an only child, and it felt like I was being constantly monitored for sinful behavior by my parents and God himself! I constantly felt like I had to tread carefully, dotting every "i" and crossing every "t" with zealous precision. I think religious OCD exposes everything wrong with fundamentalism, and I wish it was talked about more!
Have you watched brahma life videos for ocd.
Help me sir please
I am an Indian and I am suffering from religious ocd for the past 10 years My parents are very religious too but i dont think they have ocd. I have done infinite compulsions and obsessions. But now in my graduation time my ocd has become very very severe. Almost every second i have obsessions. Mu exams are just 2 months away and I have not studied anything because of my ocd. My ocd has become so severe that in the 24 hours of my day whatever i do i feel like iam offending god. So once i assumed that god doesn't exist and then i thought that now i am gonna be okay, but few days back my did a fast for my career and long life. And due to my ocd a thought came in my mind that now if my heal, that means god healed me. This was a trigger for my obsessive thoughts. So now i think that god is healing me and i am just offending god as before. So indirectly i 'm not healing and i have lost all hope of healing. I know that due to my ocd i gonna ruin my career or end my life. Iam a very poor person and i cannot afford to see a psychiatrist and even if i arrange money and go to a psychiatrist people will think that he is mad and boycott me and my life will ruin anyway. I think my case of religious ocd is more complicated than anyone else in the whole world. Sir please help me.
Please sir please. So overall my main problem is i think that if i heal it will be done by god due to that fast and i feel guilty that god healed me and i am still offending god as before. So i lost all hope of ever healing truly.
Oh sure a fist bump..im so sure thats the kind of image we get that makes us so nervous...🤦🏻♀️ And, if they are inappropriate to be entering our thoughts (super unwanted), we for sure shouldnt be sketching them out as art projects!
They get real bad, guy. Real bad.
And now, not only do i have no solutions, you have me now worrying: so i dont REALLY care the either, thats just another part of my ocd? Telling me i pray to apologize isnt because i genuinely feel horrible about it,but its just a compulsion?!... Nope sorry, not buying that part at all! Also now stuck feeling like im only so giving to others out of compulsion...which just makes me feel like a worse human being than i already did for not being helpful enough 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I really feel like there has to be a better way. That may work for other things but when its bad you certainly arent going to fix it by actually acting or drawing it out! Then youre just doing the thing you know is bad i stead of fighting the thought that jumps in
I’m not sure you realize just how serious a lot of religious people are. At least the evangelical circles I grew up in. There was no “maybe it’s true maybe it’s not, we’ll find out after death”. No, the religion is treated as absolute certainty. God IS real. Those feelings you’re having are the Holy Spirit convicting you. If you don’t repent you ARE going to hell. And if you don’t have these feelings of certainty for the truth of the religion then you’re just not spiritually mature enough so you need to seek god more and listen to your spiritual authorities. And so if you feel like something might be a sin before God, doing it more doesn’t reduce anxiety. In fact it creates more. I used to suffer terribly from these feelings. I solved it by deconstructing my religious beliefs and realizing that there is insufficient evidence to warrant belief in a god. I can’t see any other way working unless your religious beliefs are not that serious or you believe everyone goes to Heaven regardless.
I committed blasphemous thoughs in my head everyday. I also used to say bad words to others. It’s killing me everyday.
I lost everything, I thought I’m going to hell because of my crimes. Tell me it is OCD?
Do you truly believe that God is real and ask for forgiveness? If so it is ocd
Struggling with scrupulosity for so long I think priests started to run from me when they sam me 🤣🤣 (ha now my scrupulosity wants to tell me I shouldn't have written that, they surely did not really run from me, i am not allowed to even joke about it and now I have to figure out was it a joke or a half joke??) ha. I am better now. I'll leave it like this. (hm, will I leave it like this? if I come back later and change the comment, have I lied?) 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Actually I wanted to say something else. (not re-reading the above). 🤭🤭🤩. So, some of the things that have bothered me a lot in this kind of OCD and to some extent still sometimes (often? sometimes? haha.) now. (what is REALLY good is that I can get over them faster now as I have some tools. Yes, from priests.)
Ok so some o the things that spontaneously come to mind: Afraid that I "promised" something to God just by having a quick thought of making a promise without really wanting it (usually involving life affecting things, like giving up what I enjoy most). (got pretty much over that one with a priest helping me!!!). Or: Afraid of being responsible for somebody else's soul: Do I have to tell that person this or that? Or: Haha jsut the things you talked about, made me laugh: Stuff like pens from work, or... finding old cassette tapes where I as a child/teen recorded songs ILLEGALLY (destroyed them. was it necessary? could I just have thrown them out?) Or, oh, for a while I couldn't look at the floor of a church because I always thought I saw something white lying there and it might be a part of the Host and how can I make sure? do I bring it to a priest?... or.... yes, doubts attacking what I love most, always finding reasons that I am "not allowed to do them".
Or.... suddenly not being sure is today some kind of Holy Day I didn't know of and am I allowed to work.
Etc etc.
Ok the one thing that I have read works and has really helped me is to find a religious leader who knows what scrupulositiy is and TOTALLY trust him. That is good in the Cathloic faith (not very sure about others?) becuase our faith actually tells us that if we follow the instrucions of our spiritual guide priest/confessor we are ok!!!!! (careful to not get into the opposite: doubts have I followed him well?) For me this helped a great deal.
Also what helps in any kind of OCD is: NOT THINK ABOUT IT. Think about something else. Just for a bit. Later the thought comes back and you laugh at it. Haha I thought THIS was a mortal sin? Also agree with the priest what to do when you are in doubt (like if you are not sure it's a sin, in your case with your OCD, consider it not to be).
p.s. love your videos you get so much right. Especially the fear (maybe biggest fear?) of "this will haunt me my whole life if I don't solve it now. Going to great lengths to get rid of one obsession (like I was worried about a woman's gas stove that might have been leaking years before, she even knowing it) and then uuu relief, never again!!!!! same day I walk home see ice on a roof start worrying do >I have to tell them???? stuff like that.
Hey, just wanted to open up about my experiences over the past 2 months or so. So, I am in college and I was currently experiecing OCD about the Old Testament and whether or not God simply allowed incest for a certain period of time or if he ordained it, and I still don't have an answer to that, but it's okay. In order to stop myself from going down that road anymore, I heard about this whole Travis Scott incident and ended up getting sucked into conspiracy theories that cause me so much panic and anxiety that I've shut out all mainstream music altogether and I'm only listening to Christian music and lofi beats. I'm ashamed that I've done this to myself and my only wish is that I could enjoy music again without worrying about the "symbols" or "signs" in music videos or being afraid every time I look at the dollar bill.
Ive had rocd and tbh i actually overcame it..i was having doubts about my own religion like a year ago and ever since ive overcame it i was so normal and happy by having my belief system in line but now since months i got shifted to another ocd which is hocd fear of being gay ..and all i wish is the rocd was much better than this hocd ..may god listen to my prayers ameen
I had a terrible experience trying to grow into Christ to the point where I’m terrified to go back. I would have anxiety attacks trying to read the Bible, fearing that I was not trusting enough or that God wasn’t real. I want to go back, but I’m so terrified and paralyzed because of my last experience.
This video described my thoughts surrounding my life perfectly, religiously or not. I have ADD, so I always thought it was a part of that, but maybe it could be OCD.
Hi I used to have aniexty about reading the Bible but I prayed about it and went away. Just stay strong and go back to loving presence of Jesus God bless.
@@Jisfgg89 thank you, this came at just the right time :)
I feel like I have to pray absolutely right and make sure I get everything that I need to cover cause if I don’t something bad will happen or , anything that I didn’t cover will go wrong. Sometimes it takes me 45 minutes to say a prayer that should take 5 minutes. I’ll also pray upwards of 50 times a day. It’s exhausting and I feel so guilty for feeling like this.
Exactly same feelings
I have something like this but im not sure its quite ocd. I have this belief that i lost my connection to God and that im a bad person. No matter how much i try, i cant fix it and this brings a lot of depression. When i pray i feel fake and dishonest. Then i feel desperate because i find no way to change myself. Also, when i interact with others, i have the sense that theres something very wrong with me, to the point where i feel like im evil or something so i hide and isolate. Although others tell me its not true, its hard to stop believing these thoughts when it feels so real.
How are you doing at the moment?
☕️🍰 This affect every persons; with all different models of god.
I finally believe I have scrupilosity. Im a muslim, and the ocd constantly stops from seeing my religion as a source of peace instead makes me see it as a hindrance in my life. Its really really hard, since us scrupilosiry suffererers see religion as a big deal in our lives, we wanna perfect it in an unnatural way. The thoughts we get in my humble opinion and I could be wrong on this are far worse than the common form of ocd. Reason is that the thoughts and urges are to deal with god, higher power, going to hell etc which in my opinion are far scarier, but like I said I could be very wrong on this. It stops us from doing what we love because it could be forbidden even when it's not. I hate it soooo much but I'm getting help with it. Just thought I just share from our point of view
How are you doing now?
How r u doing, im muslim and suffering a lot
I left islam mostly Due to the OCD i was overwhelmingly feeling. It was tiring after 28 year devote years.
Thankyou so much for these videos... These videos are very helpful!