Thank you,my ocd started when i lost my mum, thinking i am responsible for her death by not following God enough,after her death instrusive thought pop up telling me that if i do not tell people about God , that my family's will be in danger, that there sins will be on my head,when even i do this compulsion i felt relieved,this has been happening since 2002, when i was 24yrs,but now i am 42yrs,i felt trapped 😢,but thank for this video now i know is ocd.
😊YOU hit one of my compulsions I have had since age 10, now 65 yrs. Old. I trust in ERP. I have always saw God as judgemental and not believed in his love because my childhood and fearful religion caused scruplosity.
if you don't mind sharing, what was your childhood like? My dad was a strict disciplinarian, did not like to praise his kids, but had no problems criticizing us, myself especially as I am the oldest. I grew up fearing God, unpardonable sin, judgment, etc... I'm now an agnostic atheist and I believe the fear ultimately drove me to reject Christianity. If there exists a God, I believe he'd not limit himself to a single religion.
I have been watching your videos for some time Matt, and bought your book too. I really like the way you explain things in a way that everyone can understand. Thank you for all the good work that you do.
I’ve been dealing with this for four years shortly after I got saved, but I have realized that there’s a lot of stuff in my past too and a lot of fear based tactics that have been introduced to me as I was growing up. I feel like there’s honestly no hope for me I’m hardly ever present with my family, I feel miserable all the time. I don’t know how to fix it. I’ve gone to therapist and I didn’t really get a lot of breakthrough at all of it and I have mentioned multiple times that I was dealing with OCD it feels like I’m ruining and wasting away my life
@brandonMack- Sorry to hear that you are going through this - I do relate to your struggles. I do believe we can overcome this. Every believer needs to overcome something in their lives and to ''Be transformed by the renewing of your minds'' (Romans 12:2). It is quite a challenge of course having Scrupulosity/OCD. I think at the root of it is having a parent or parents who didn't give much equipping, or nurture and patience etc and instilling fear. From what I understand, our parents -especially our Dad's, were who we first learned authority from, and if we were afraid of them, that can be transposed onto how we see our Heavenly Father. With over strict parents or our religious experience can also hugely influence the way we view God. (I came from a very strict Catholic background) and have had other religious influences since then, which weren't helpful at all - in other words Legalism! However, Jesus is the Author of our Salvation and He knows what we are going through. Don't give up, I'm saying these things to myself too. There are people in the Bible who suffered from depression & issues, I'll put a link here: mindfullywellrooted.com/surprising-biblical-figures-with-mental-illness-in-the-bible/ God bless, I hope this helps. 🙏😊
10:39, well, a Christian God is not very helpful in this regard. Sure, he's LOVE, but he also created Hell and will send people there to spend eternity with Satan. How is this supposed to help OCD? I read one Christian webisite that said to truly get out of the fear of hell, one had to make peace with the possibility of ending up there. I think this is spot on approach. Nothing else helps.
Hey, I hope this finds you well. God created hell for Satan and his demons. It was not created for humans. But because our God is Sovereign, gracious, and merciful he sent his one and only son to die on the cross so that we as humans will be able to by CHOICE go to heaven. You CHOOSE to have faith and believe. I struggled with “how do I know I’m truly saved?” It’s a choice. You do not have to fear about the possibility of going to hell if you do not want to go there. You alone can choose to have faith in Jesus and follow God and have the eternal life that he promises. Hope this helps and all is well!
You speaking about your own experience with this sent me into tears because it is so similar to what I’m experiencing and it’s so crippling
Thank you,my ocd started when i lost my mum, thinking i am responsible for her death by not following God enough,after her death instrusive thought pop up telling me that if i do not tell people about God , that my family's will be in danger, that there sins will be on my head,when even i do this compulsion i felt relieved,this has been happening since 2002, when i was 24yrs,but now i am 42yrs,i felt trapped 😢,but thank for this video now i know is ocd.
😊YOU hit one of my compulsions I have had since age 10, now 65 yrs. Old. I trust in ERP. I have always saw God as judgemental and not believed in his love because my childhood and fearful religion caused scruplosity.
if you don't mind sharing, what was your childhood like? My dad was a strict disciplinarian, did not like to praise his kids, but had no problems criticizing us, myself especially as I am the oldest. I grew up fearing God, unpardonable sin, judgment, etc... I'm now an agnostic atheist and I believe the fear ultimately drove me to reject Christianity. If there exists a God, I believe he'd not limit himself to a single religion.
This is what happened to me, exactly.
I have been watching your videos for some time Matt, and bought your book too. I really like the way you explain things in a way that everyone can understand. Thank you for all the good work that you do.
thank you so much for the support! best wishes!
Thank you for this video. All I can say is thank you, thank you so much.
You don't know how much I needed this video ...
the rumination is a huge problem
I’ve been dealing with this for four years shortly after I got saved, but I have realized that there’s a lot of stuff in my past too and a lot of fear based tactics that have been introduced to me as I was growing up. I feel like there’s honestly no hope for me I’m hardly ever present with my family, I feel miserable all the time. I don’t know how to fix it. I’ve gone to therapist and I didn’t really get a lot of breakthrough at all of it and I have mentioned multiple times that I was dealing with OCD it feels like I’m ruining and wasting away my life
@brandonMack- Sorry to hear that you are going through this - I do relate to your struggles. I do believe we can overcome this. Every believer needs to overcome something in their lives and to ''Be transformed by the renewing of your minds'' (Romans 12:2). It is quite a challenge of course having Scrupulosity/OCD. I think at the root of it is having a parent or parents who didn't give much equipping, or nurture and patience etc and instilling fear. From what I understand, our parents -especially our Dad's, were who we first learned authority from, and if we were afraid of them, that can be transposed onto how we see our Heavenly Father. With over strict parents or our religious experience can also hugely influence the way we view God. (I came from a very strict Catholic background) and have had other religious influences since then, which weren't helpful at all - in other words Legalism! However, Jesus is the Author of our Salvation and He knows what we are going through. Don't give up, I'm saying these things to myself too. There are people in the Bible who suffered from depression & issues, I'll put a link here: mindfullywellrooted.com/surprising-biblical-figures-with-mental-illness-in-the-bible/ God bless, I hope this helps. 🙏😊
I enjoy your shows. They are at my level of understanding
Thanks helped a lot
Glad it helped
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May Allah help you
10:39, well, a Christian God is not very helpful in this regard. Sure, he's LOVE, but he also created Hell and will send people there to spend eternity with Satan. How is this supposed to help OCD? I read one Christian webisite that said to truly get out of the fear of hell, one had to make peace with the possibility of ending up there. I think this is spot on approach. Nothing else helps.
Hey, I hope this finds you well.
God created hell for Satan and his demons. It was not created for humans. But because our God is Sovereign, gracious, and merciful he sent his one and only son to die on the cross so that we as humans will be able to by CHOICE go to heaven. You CHOOSE to have faith and believe.
I struggled with “how do I know I’m truly saved?”
It’s a choice. You do not have to fear about the possibility of going to hell if you do not want to go there. You alone can choose to have faith in Jesus and follow God and have the eternal life that he promises.
Hope this helps and all is well!
What the hell is ERP?
Exposure and Response Prevention. It’s a method of therapy used to help people with OCD
Religion is the root cause of most mental illnesses be yourself live ur life
No its not and you got no proof of that.