Thanks from someone who was afraid most of his life. Being taught that I would burn in hell for eternity is hell in itself. I have used statements like I am Loved by God, I feel gratitude, I am free from fear. I repeat them over and over again until I feel better.
Bill Cass same bill it’s soooo tormenting also this was literally how I started my walk from the very start, I believed that God hated me so much that I fell sick at 10 n thought it was God. N it’s so hard💔 n my mind was effecting everything school faith family health friends ...... so so sorry your life was dominated my fear prayer for you
Bill Cass I think this as well. But praying over and over and over tells the brain that this is real and will happen. It’s a compulsion vs an actual healthy prayer. Our bodies will react if afraid. For instance, I have horrible thoughts to reject God. So my compulsions are to pray repeatedly saying, “please God don’t leave me. I love you. Please I love you don’t leave me.” I would highly encourage you to find an OCD specialist. It’s helped me, I still struggle. Now if I hear a thought to hate or reject him. I just have to see the thought as just that-a thought only. I breathe and say this is not real. I’m trying not to do my compulsions, which has increased my fear. But the good news is that we can rewire our crazy brains with medicine, therapy, and support!
@@renakmans3521 @ love yourself Jesus Christ loves you both. He is both Lord and savior. He shead his blood by dying for us on the cross was buried then rose again. There is historical facts proving Jesus was seen by many then ascended into heaven. Why do I say this? I say this because God told us to believe in Jesus and you shall be saved. He took the punishment for our sins. He became a curse for us so we can become the righteousness of God. Salvation and forgiveness are free gifts offered to you through grace by faith. I was once the same way. Up all night. Terrified I wronged God. But when I realized I was a guilty sinner in need of savior because I couldn't save myself and trusted Jesus sacrifice, at that moment I was sealed with the holy spirit. My sins were removed from me and I am now at peace with God. He will give you joy you can't explain, peace money cant buy. He saves to the uttermost. Hope this encourages. Grace and peace 🙂
Actually, yes, I was raised that prayer will fix everything- even a broken femur- if you have enough faith. So imagine the guilt and depression when things don't get better.
I love everything about you. Especially how you bring your quirky sense of humour to such a scary and devastating experience. Bought your book and loved it btw. Keep up the awesome work.
My tour through Scrupulosity started at age 5. It was so scary and I didn't know what to do. Every kind of compulsion was birthed in me and my younger life was more or less humiliating. I'm 45 and still dealing with it. 2 suicide attempts and the eventual loss of my family, home, and eventually just deciding god doesn't care or isn't there. It still tears me up most days now. Existential paranoia and fear will eat anyone alive eventually. Thanks for the video and I appreciate your presentation.
Do your research about religion itself. Christianity especially, as well as Islam and Judaism. All three of these religions were created and orchestrated for the sole purpose of control, to confuse and to also destroy our purpose of enjoying our natural lives
I can understand why you feel how you feel because my while "Christian" life the message of HELL HELL HELL was definitely preached, and these things that we're supposed to do and not to do, the wages of sin is death and that kind of message can enclose on your natural desire to enjoy your life
Please update I can't believe this was five years ago!! You are saving me from a narcissist OCD MEGGA Christian man !!! Wow I'm blown away I'm sharing your video to sooooooo many people and even tiktok please tiktok much love from Canada 🇨🇦 💗
Great information! (thank you) I didn't know this even existed until recently while doing a podcast I spoke with a caller who suffers from it. It was a very interesting on air conversation that lasted for almost an hour. She was very happy to learn of "the word of reconciliation" found in 2 Corinthians 5:19: "To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." So the sins that many are repeatedly and obsessively asking God to forgive, are not even being imputed to them. -Just something to consider. Again, thank you. After listening to you I feel more informed and better equipped. Grace and Peace.
I wish I would have found this 11 years ago. Perhaps I wasn’t ready then. I still think I have it sometimes. I can’t go to church sometimes I can’t even hear hymns of my youth. I fear I will never be happy at church again. I want to feel whole again. So bad.
When I had my first major blast with OCD it was with this type of fear. I was 15 at the time and I thought I had sold my soul because of a weird thought I was having at the time. I think I read about a Faust legend before I got triggered. Man, after I recovered from that and got a health scare, I thought that God was punishing me because of that weird thought I was having back when I was a kid. Sometimes these thoughts rear their ugly head again. But a helpful thought to me was that I always managed to get well again, and that God would never punish someone who is suffering from a mental illness for having weird thoughts that they have no control over. In times where I feel well again and function 100% it feels like there's always someone there protecting me. It's weird how OCD can mess with your head.
You are right. I also had religious OCD in the past. I just wanted to run away from my head and go without it. By the way I also read Dr. FAUSTUS story by Marlowe. It was nice 😂 I am a Muslim so I didn't have OCD with Dr. FAUSTUS or Christian beliefs. I had with my religion only, because it attacks the faith.
That is why the medical industry uses religion as a brainwash tool. They throw together religion and pharma. Not good. Question this. Pharma drugs are killing people and animals. Religion makes people crazy.
I am dealing with this intertwined with severe health anxiety . I actually can’t take it anymore . I think I need to drop all religion until I get myself sorted .
I am too but if your a Christian don't quit. I'm constantly thinking about and looking for health problems. I've convinced myself I've had 20 different cancers. I feel like I'm losing my mind and spend most my days thinking about death. It all came from abusive parents and religious condemnation. I eat Xanax and have terrible panic attacks. Can't keep a relationship. Barely do my job at work and I'm withdrawn from things I loved to do. But I know one thing, God loves me and something amazing is gonna come outta this. I have given up on religion in the sense of going to church but I haven't stopped trusting Jesus. Everything's gonna work out...
leaving religion won't help, believe me. The most likely thing that will happen is that your OCD will evolve and start to manifest itself in other ways.
hey Chrissie i just wanted to say that i have ocd scrupulosity and it was and has been a very terrible experiance for about 11 years of my life and i just want to tell you God will not let things get to the point of no return he loves you and i too much for that too happen i dont want you to give up on the faith. God is love! and he wants to be with us forever! i know its seems like God is punishing us and is horrible ect but he is GOOD and he is Loyle!!! and he is faithful!!! and longsuffering!!! just give him another chance! remember God IS Love! and also in this life there Is suffering and Jesus suffered for us!!! so dont get discouraged were in the same boat
Thanks for the comment Aj. I'm so glad that religion has helped you in your recovery! I believe spirituality is a constant journey for people and an evolution of sorts. Religion works for some, and not so much for others. I will never regret my experiences in the religious realm as they have helped me get to the place of peace I reside in now. I am very happy that it is something that helps and works for you!
This video was very comforting for me. I begun my scrupulosity journey since I was 10 years old, but after my best friend died and I turned 16, the illness became severe and I've suffered a lot. Now I'm 20 and in a way better situation, but the last 4 months I started having some persistent intrusive thoughts again. I have a therapist and I hope things will work out, but hearing your story and how much you suffered but managed to prevail, makes me hope even more!!! You are worthy of congratulations, what you've achieved wasn't easy at all. Actually it was unspeakably hard. But you made it and that gives me the hope I will too. Thank you for sharing your story and for trying to help people with ocd!!!
I don't think I have OCD, but when I was a kid I had a lot of harmful ideas around religion. I was always worried about me going to hell, or my dad going to hell, and other people too in a general sense. I would also obsess over if it were true or not but never really come to much of any conclusion. I've come out of it to a large extent though fortunately.
I was accused of demon possession for my mental illness in church by a deacon. I wanted to be a pastor then but afterward i just attended church. I just go to church and listen to the preacher now but i take his words lightly. The pastor is immature, im more mature than he is. I have schizoeffective disorder.
Exactly. Mental illness is not our fault. Anyone who says. Mental illness is a sin is wrong and stuff i was having bad thoughts. OCD. I take risperdal and latuda. And coffee. To help my attention deficit disorder. Im a Christian i. Think if your struggling get help. Ok talk to your therapist. Go to a psychiatrist. Take medication.
God Bless! I will never count out my Lord Jesus, but I think I need to work on this. I love my Lord Jesus, but I can’t obsess to the point where if I don’t write God bless in the beginning of a comment, I’m not doing something that pleases God. I used to used have different forms of OCD such as cleaning, counting, etc. and I had a feeling this was also OCD and today I got confirmation. Thank you! God is teaching me balance!
I have struggled with this a lot. I have even begun to doubt myself, like when i was testing my feelings for people at the young age of 12, I tried to kiss my baby sister. It made me believe that God would look at me as some kind of bad person, even though I have grown up a lot. Thank You for this❤️❤️
Cortney Bocook I️ suffered so bad I ended up in a mental hospital. The ONLY thing that got me through was reading and understanding the truth. Which is what God says In the Bible. He will never put you in a situation you can’t overcome. Ever. You will get through this I promise. Pray to Him. He loves you and will answer. But right now he is transforming you into the person he wants you to become. Unfortunately it’s so painful right now but remember that Jesus went through the most pain for YOU. Do not turn away from God. He is not the one putting you through this torture. But he is with you and feels the pain you’re feeling. You have a purpose and this will help you find it. Best wishes for you, I’ll keep you in my prayers. If I can get through it. So can you.
I think I better speak to my nurse about this one too. When I showed my nurse and peer support worker the document that I wrote. I did ask them if I was a bad person. They both said no. This was the other day where I had the nurse and peer support worker at my home due to way I was feeling. I even prayed to God to remove me from the planet. I am pretty much in same boat as you Chrissy in relation to attempted suicide. My nurse got to me when I was going through the process as I refused to eat for 4 days. I am now closely watched by the team.
I was like that when I was a kid (from my 5-16 y.o). I didn't know that I had OCD. I was so afraid if i said something wrong to God, that God would punish me in after life. I was that obsessed with religion and it was mostly fear. Also, same I had rituals. I didn't know that it was my coping mechanism of my fear. I grew up in very religious family. On top of that my mom is also obsessed with rituals (she believes she can talk to Djin (demonic or good angels)). I remember asked for forgiveness to my friend (just by criticizing her to my own mind. It's like normal criticize not a bad one) and yes she didn't know that but i asked her for her forgiveness. Imagine how scary I was a a kid having that sin.
I don't have a diagnosis, but I am wondering if i have relationship OCD combined with scrupulosity. I am in a wonderful relationship with an awesome woman that I feared God was telling me i needed to give up or sacrifice to either prove my faith or wait for something "better". Ive broken up with her to feel relief from the heaviness in my chest but I now realize it being a form of OCD, and that the "god" i thought i was listening to was actually the voice of OCD and it has helped me see where my true relationship with God is now. I've asked "god" to make dogs bark at a certain time to prove that he wants me to break up with her, asked for dreams and signs, which i now see is all part of the OCD ritual process. It's interestimg how different forms of OCD can connect and its so messy, I am going to seek treatment. Anyway thank you for your vulnerability and reality check, I believe in God and has seen him do amazing things, BUT that can add fuel to the fire and cause more confusion when it comes to the magical thinking I tend to partake in. Listening to you helps me see that.
Thanks for your comment. I can totally relate and understand exactly what you are feeling both on the scrupulosity as well as the ROCD. Ugh, it is a tormenting disorder. I hope you have gotten the help you needed!!
Thank you for this. My ocd latched onto my Christian faith. I grew up in an atheist home and I accepted god into my heart when I was younger and feared following the devil. I was afraid I had to but obviously ocd is against us and since I had began to accept god I did prayer rituals and things. My ocd was more mild at this point. So it wasn’t awful and faded after a short amount of time. I also feared god never even existed and that manifested into my ocd. It was awful. And I would get panic attacks just thinking about there being no heaven and everything intertwined with that.
I'm currently living with my mom because I got out of a toxic relationship. .my mom goes to church every day and then comes home to nag and listen to some more religious music she wants everything to be perfect.is she obsessed??????
Are you still a christian, did you find peace with God through your illness? I find that I feel better when I just dont think or associate with anything spiritual but I desperately want the relationship with God that I use to have.
@@MolyMo-tt4yi that all makes sense. Started with my mom when I was little. Thought all my bad was gonna be put on her. When I grew up o thought I was gonna be punished thru my kids being harmed or killed. Now that their raised I have horrible health anxiety and panic attacks and I think God's gonna kill me with cancer. I know Jesus loves me and I trust him but o can't get my mind to stop. I can't afford therapy but I can afford Xanax for $18 a month which is the only help I can get.
I have been feeling this way too. I haven’t found a way to have a healthy dynamic with the Christian faith and yet I feel this pressure to keep trying so that somehow I can feel safe. But I never feel safe because there is always that looming thought that God could send me to eternal punishment because this is one of the tenets of this faith! So, I find I feel better emotionally and mentally when I am able to just set it all aside. But this is challenging to do.
As a Christian I do relate to a lot what people are saying, like thinking God will punish you or send you to Hell for OCD That’s not true.. we all didn’t ask for OCD, God knows we have OCD and I’ve been practicing ERP and Uncertainty besides praying and I believe doing ERP is what he wants me to do.. I hope you all feel better, we’re all in this together!
Oh my God! How did you survive that amount of time? I also went through an OCD for religion but my compulsions went way to far, when I was at church I thought that if my fingers were pointing down I was worship Satan, so I couldn't walk, Almost kill myself.. You are brave!!!!
I have ocd and scrupulosty. I take medication for my ocd. And. Issues i have a lot of issues. Im a Christian take action of this like. Prayer medication. And. Talk to your therapist. I have a lot of thoughts of things. Like god and. Other people pray for me
Well - I must confess, I´ve met a whole bunch of those so called religious people with that kind of strange behaivor in different communities and churches - even lots of narc. abuse happens there too - very often. That´s why I left all religious groups and cults and I do feel much healtier without all that kind of crap.
My mother thought she had done the unforgivable sin and punished herself all her life...why? for falling pregnant at 17. The trauma that followed for her was horrific. She was given major guilt by family and society and her church and school. She told me she felt so ashamed and deserved punishment. She was an amazingly good mother but had breakdowns, then the church people told her she had demons. All that was wrong was she was a perfectly normal young girl saying farewell to her soldier boyfriend in WW2.
Oooph... I'm going to have to catch up on your videos, Im still stuck in the "pick on someone Your own size" phase. Hell sounds great of God isn't there! 😂 Thank you for your channel, i just happened to get a new notebook too lol
Wooooooowwwwww excellent absolutely 💯 amazing what you are saying .. I was looking for why my boyfriend is sooooooooo obsessed religion THANK YOU THIS IS LIFE SAVING
I don't know, if you are familiar with the Bible. I have O.C.D. I obsess about Hebrews 10:26 - "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins". I my obsession is not lying, because if I lie, and it is wilful, then I will worry about it. I have a fear of hell, and I am really afraid to die.
Nicholas Gulsby read the saints on this. Talk to your preist if your Catholic. I know what your going through as I'm exactly the same. I've just brought the doubting disease.
Right, it doesn't seem to make sense. No one can be perfect, but it sounds like that is what this verse is calling for. So once we accept salvation, if we ever once do something we know is wrong there is no more chance to have salvation.. doesnt seem right.
I’m so struggling with this atm and as much they the Christians mean well praying for this to go away doesn’t and isn’t going to work!!! It’s cbt and epr therapy thing that I need to do.
Research hell and where the word comes from. And no, I’m not talking about “hell” in the KJV, but what Greek and Hebrew words and phrases were translated to our English “hell”.
enjoyed watching, quite educational and engrossing.
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I went through severe ocd and depression due to religious reasons, and am still recovering. i was even in a cult and almost commited suicide at one point and have felt i dont want to live on multiple times over my life. Im just now beginning to recover. and all the spiritual warefare, deliverence, praying, fasting, etc i did to try to do for healing DID NOT WORK. I now have a much better relationship with Jesus as my God, but i dont call myself religious because religion is rules and threats, and Jesus came to set me free, not give me religion.
I'm really sorry to hear you had a cult experience, that must have been terrible!! I'm glad you are recovering. Thank you for taking the time to comment!
What if I know I'm gay but my ODC runs more like thoughts of "I'm going to hell", or "a demon will manifest today". I get this irrational fear I notice when my mental is weak. I start to think that I'm going to die that day. When i was younger i had little tics that my family used to call out. I'd control them but they would always turn into another tic. Ive controlled them all, now the only visible tic I have is excessive blinking. Back then it was this weird neck roll thing I did. I also used to count to 5 in a pattern. Like this-> :•: and the five goes in the middle. I still do this one from time to time and no one would know because it's in my head. I've done some really embarrassing things when I've had episodes. The last time it was induced by LSD and I ran out of my house paranoid in socks and hardly anything on in the middle of winter. I almost jumped in front of a car to end it all. I thought I was going to be taken by the devil for coming out the closet and that my boyfriend was possessed. When i was young i hated gays. I'm pretty sure I was taught to hate myself for this and it caused a mental break. I'm depressed and anxious all the time. Before the LSD I had an episode that came from separation anxiety when I moved out for the first time. No drugs to blame it on this time. I had an episode and with it came a feeling that God wouldn't forgive me unless I shaved my head bald and I did. I feel like I'm losing it. Help?!
Have you trusted in Christ as your Savior? That is where the beginning of help is. Read more about getting saved and especially try to read the gospels and the New Testament
After a couple of months of getting control over my OCD, I started questioning god again and I became an atheist. I'm so much better now. Religion can be a toxic thing for society, not just for people with OCD.
Don't turn away from god. That's what Satan wants you to do but don't run away. Run towards Jesus. keep praying and praying and don't believe Satan's lies. You're not your thoughts. You're going through a spiritual warfare and I am too. I have OCD and I doubt good but I know I have to keep praying I can't run away from god or I'm just going to get worst. You have to run to Jesus trust me. Put all your worries onto him. Also talk to people at church and a Christian counselor. Stay safe. God bless you and please know God loves you
Lily Walker I'm trying to trust I'm JESUS I know that he died for my sins it's just so hard to believe in my salvation because of this mental illness. I'm 14 and I will go to the doctor soon I need meds please pray for me I'm going insane mentally.
I’ve so had this one aswell, when I had a breakdown years ago I heard voices in my head to kill my children it’s was very intrusive and I was scared shitless of what I was hearing!! And then what made it worse was I read w something from the bible about god telling Abraham to kill his son Issac so as you can imagine I started thinking that it was telling me to kill my children which was absolutely fucking horrific!!! I was suffering from a very deep form of depression/psychosis as the consequences of having a mental breakdown and then I had all this ocd shot going on on top of it!!! It was absolutely horrific!!?😭😭😭
Love your approach. I've been through scrupulosity and it is a nightmare! Luckily it has been about 20 years since I struggled with it. I learn to see it as a mental illness and learned a lot about it and that is the only thing that Helped. People have to realize it is not because of something they have done wrong but That they are purely dealing with a mental illness. No amount of doing the right things will help but rather my make it worse.
They started to call the spirits from within the rituals and God punishment was reprobate mind.We got to be careful with religion and rituals because we become bulnerable to de cite full spirits.
i dont believe in god at all. However, i have ocd and when i worry about religion and stuff like that i start to see more stuff like that, like i'll see the word god on a newspaper and ill think "he's trying to tell me something." And then it makes me think a god actually exists but i know for a fact that i dont believe in it. Religion is everywhere and im havin trouble realizing that.
My older brother is so sick i can say .. what ever statues of saints he sees either in malls display cabinets like he would touch it and close hes eyes and pray .. actualy literaly all the saints statues in display .. like i want to melt for feeling embarassed cause its ok if the statues are in church ...but its inside a mall and a shop that sells statues of religous items .. and i want to know if hes having ocd mental religion sickness
Have you ever heard of anyone having compulsions (I’m in the beginning of the video) to confess. Like for me I’ve confessed things I’ve done wrong to employers so God could forgive me. Is this considered scrupulosity or just confessing sin ?
how to overcome intrussive thoughts about satan? some people have ocd like accidentally selling there souls, and some like, ocd make them think that they gave there children to the devil but in reality they won't do it. the thoughts are involved how to overcome this scenario? please do reply i need your help thank you
hello. Just love your videos. I suffer from trauma/ocd/anxiety/fear of contaminating my family or myself or others with my unwanted thoughts. I been on several medications and non of them work. I try so hard to ignore my unwanted thoughts ,but that part I just don't know how. if you have any advice I would appreciate it so much. thank you.
Thank you for watching! The best way to manage this is to see an OCD specialist who uses evidence based therapy to teach you how to manage the anxiety. It's important that the therapist practice ERP. I help people find therapists in their area or ones that will do skype/teletherapy. I also do peer support sessions. Check out my website to find out more if that is something that can help! www.chrissiehodges.com
Chrissie I know exactly what you've been through because I'm going through it right now. I'm suffering badly with OCD anxiety and depression Sexual intrusive thoughts , harm OCD, scrupulosity ocd, negative thinking. I developed OCD when I was a child and I'm 39 now and I'm ill. I'm a born again Christian and I'm constantly praying for forgiveness and thinking am I really saved do I really believe in Jesus and what he did for me I constantly question my salvation. I would very much like some help please Thankyou Paul
@@tinacampbell1384 I'm so sorry that you're going through this also, please believe that God loves you and will never ask you to stress out. I'm praying for you God bless you
Thank you Christine! OCD is not a trauma based illness, so there is no rhyme or reason why people develop the obsessions they do...all they can do is move forward and get the treatment that can manage the symptoms.
Good days bad days, I know it may sound cliche but try not to overthink on it… learn to realize when you are and try to avert mentally to something else, that really goes for everything. Some things are out of your control. I really appreciate the reply.
Hello I’m sorry for this issue but I know now that what many people have been doing I was wondering what the heck people where doing when I see them doing rituals and rituals to a point that it looks like witchcraft.
Is it possible to have scrupulosity over something other than religion? Right now, my OCD is intensely centered on CBT/ERP & how to get better. It's almost like I've made CBT my Bible & if I dare do anything that would be against the expert therapist's way of living, my life is ruined. I've never thought about it this way, but I think I have this, whatever this would be called.
Christians do not talk about this enough, they enforce things that amplify ROCD/scrupulosity! They say these grand faith gestures like hearing Gods voice, the Holy Spirit leading them to do XYZ and literally everyone at church can speak and pray over you, sick! For me it turned into excessive fasting to the point where I was anorexic and on the road to death. God is currently healing me from this but it made me sad because ppl were speaking in my life and amplified eating disorder and I became obsess with faith. Everything was like God said, OBEDIENCE, do this go there because of faith. Since youth I had intrusive thoughts about violence and sex and I was a kid if abstinence knowing right or wrong!
Thanks from someone who was afraid most of his life. Being taught that I would burn in hell for eternity is hell in itself. I have used statements like I am Loved by God, I feel gratitude, I am free from fear. I repeat them over and over again until I feel better.
Bill Cass same bill it’s soooo tormenting also this was literally how I started my walk from the very start, I believed that God hated me so much that I fell sick at 10 n thought it was God. N it’s so hard💔 n my mind was effecting everything school faith family health friends ...... so so sorry your life was dominated my fear prayer for you
Bill Cass I think this as well. But praying over and over and over tells the brain that this is real and will happen. It’s a compulsion vs an actual healthy prayer. Our bodies will react if afraid. For instance, I have horrible thoughts to reject God. So my compulsions are to pray repeatedly saying, “please God don’t leave me. I love you. Please I love you don’t leave me.” I would highly encourage you to find an OCD specialist. It’s helped me, I still struggle. Now if I hear a thought to hate or reject him. I just have to see the thought as just that-a thought only. I breathe and say this is not real. I’m trying not to do my compulsions, which has increased my fear. But the good news is that we can rewire our crazy brains with medicine, therapy, and support!
Love Yourself me too! Much love to you!
@@renakmans3521 @ love yourself Jesus Christ loves you both. He is both Lord and savior. He shead his blood by dying for us on the cross was buried then rose again. There is historical facts proving Jesus was seen by many then ascended into heaven. Why do I say this? I say this because God told us to believe in Jesus and you shall be saved. He took the punishment for our sins. He became a curse for us so we can become the righteousness of God. Salvation and forgiveness are free gifts offered to you through grace by faith. I was once the same way. Up all night. Terrified I wronged God. But when I realized I was a guilty sinner in need of savior because I couldn't save myself and trusted Jesus sacrifice, at that moment I was sealed with the holy spirit. My sins were removed from me and I am now at peace with God. He will give you joy you can't explain, peace money cant buy. He saves to the uttermost. Hope this encourages. Grace and peace 🙂
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That is the worst kind of ocd ever.
OMG...
I still don't know what to do with myself, but Thank God I'm not the only one who has ever gone through what is happening in my head.
This hit me between the eyes. I literally burst into tears. I met my ex husband at Bible college. I stayed in an abusive marriage due to THIS.
God loves you!😊
Actually, yes, I was raised that prayer will fix everything- even a broken femur- if you have enough faith. So imagine the guilt and depression when things don't get better.
relatable.
Yes, totally understable
I love everything about you. Especially how you bring your quirky sense of humour to such a scary and devastating experience. Bought your book and loved it btw. Keep up the awesome work.
My tour through Scrupulosity started at age 5. It was so scary and I didn't know what to do. Every kind of compulsion was birthed in me and my younger life was more or less humiliating. I'm 45 and still dealing with it. 2 suicide attempts and the eventual loss of my family, home, and eventually just deciding god doesn't care or isn't there. It still tears me up most days now. Existential paranoia and fear will eat anyone alive eventually. Thanks for the video and I appreciate your presentation.
Praying for you friend. I understand your battle
Do your research about religion itself. Christianity especially, as well as Islam and Judaism. All three of these religions were created and orchestrated for the sole purpose of control, to confuse and to also destroy our purpose of enjoying our natural lives
I can understand why you feel how you feel because my while "Christian" life the message of HELL HELL HELL was definitely preached, and these things that we're supposed to do and not to do, the wages of sin is death and that kind of message can enclose on your natural desire to enjoy your life
Please update I can't believe this was five years ago!! You are saving me from a narcissist OCD MEGGA Christian man !!! Wow I'm blown away I'm sharing your video to sooooooo many people and even tiktok please tiktok much love from Canada 🇨🇦 💗
Thank you for sharing Chrissie - i can totally identify with your testimony. Looking forward to more of your videos on scrupulosity.
Great information! (thank you) I didn't know this even existed until recently while doing a podcast I spoke with a caller who suffers from it. It was a very interesting on air conversation that lasted for almost an hour. She was very happy to learn of "the word of reconciliation" found in 2 Corinthians 5:19:
"To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."
So the sins that many are repeatedly and obsessively asking God to forgive, are not even being imputed to them. -Just something to consider.
Again, thank you. After listening to you I feel more informed and better equipped. Grace and Peace.
I wish I would have found this 11 years ago. Perhaps I wasn’t ready then. I still think I have it sometimes. I can’t go to church sometimes I can’t even hear hymns of my youth. I fear I will never be happy at church again. I want to feel whole again. So bad.
When I had my first major blast with OCD it was with this type of fear. I was 15 at the time and I thought I had sold my soul because of a weird thought I was having at the time. I think I read about a Faust legend before I got triggered. Man, after I recovered from that and got a health scare, I thought that God was punishing me because of that weird thought I was having back when I was a kid. Sometimes these thoughts rear their ugly head again.
But a helpful thought to me was that I always managed to get well again, and that God would never punish someone who is suffering from a mental illness for having weird thoughts that they have no control over. In times where I feel well again and function 100% it feels like there's always someone there protecting me. It's weird how OCD can mess with your head.
You are right. I also had religious OCD in the past. I just wanted to run away from my head and go without it. By the way I also read Dr. FAUSTUS story by Marlowe. It was nice 😂 I am a Muslim so I didn't have OCD with Dr. FAUSTUS or Christian beliefs. I had with my religion only, because it attacks the faith.
God is great he understands me my ocd and my meds in order for me To function
That is why the medical industry uses religion as a brainwash tool. They throw together religion and pharma. Not good. Question this. Pharma drugs are killing people and animals. Religion makes people crazy.
I haven’t gone through this exactly but I must say that you’re very well spoken
I am dealing with this intertwined with severe health anxiety . I actually can’t take it anymore . I think I need to drop all religion until I get myself sorted .
I am too but if your a Christian don't quit. I'm constantly thinking about and looking for health problems. I've convinced myself I've had 20 different cancers. I feel like I'm losing my mind and spend most my days thinking about death. It all came from abusive parents and religious condemnation. I eat Xanax and have terrible panic attacks. Can't keep a relationship. Barely do my job at work and I'm withdrawn from things I loved to do. But I know one thing, God loves me and something amazing is gonna come outta this. I have given up on religion in the sense of going to church but I haven't stopped trusting Jesus. Everything's gonna work out...
Keep trusting God. Please don’t give up! Better days are ahead
@@brooklynjohnson5404 Shut the f*** up about “God” already. Take your delusions back to your cult. Are you not getting the message of this video?!
leaving religion won't help, believe me. The most likely thing that will happen is that your OCD will evolve and start to manifest itself in other ways.
@@MH_thesimsfreeplay667 hey rocker Happy to say I’m in a totally different place now and I didn’t go anywhere 🤩
hey Chrissie i just wanted to say that i have ocd scrupulosity and it was and has been a very terrible experiance for about 11 years of my life and i just want to tell you God will not let things get to the point of no return he loves you and i too much for that too happen i dont want you to give up on the faith. God is love! and he wants to be with us forever! i know its seems like God is punishing us and is horrible ect but he is GOOD and he is Loyle!!! and he is faithful!!! and longsuffering!!! just give him another chance! remember God IS Love! and also in this life there Is suffering and Jesus suffered for us!!! so dont get discouraged were in the same boat
Thanks for the comment Aj. I'm so glad that religion has helped you in your recovery! I believe spirituality is a constant journey for people and an evolution of sorts. Religion works for some, and not so much for others. I will never regret my experiences in the religious realm as they have helped me get to the place of peace I reside in now. I am very happy that it is something that helps and works for you!
Chrissie itrs a relationship with God through Jesus Christ not a religion
Aj Voss poison
52 years plus and I'm still a suffering Christian. .😢
Religion can act like a drug and be an addiction.
This video was very comforting for me. I begun my scrupulosity journey since I was 10 years old, but after my best friend died and I turned 16, the illness became severe and I've suffered a lot. Now I'm 20 and in a way better situation, but the last 4 months I started having some persistent intrusive thoughts again. I have a therapist and I hope things will work out, but hearing your story and how much you suffered but managed to prevail, makes me hope even more!!! You are worthy of congratulations, what you've achieved wasn't easy at all. Actually it was unspeakably hard. But you made it and that gives me the hope I will too. Thank you for sharing your story and for trying to help people with ocd!!!
I don't think I have OCD, but when I was a kid I had a lot of harmful ideas around religion. I was always worried about me going to hell, or my dad going to hell, and other people too in a general sense. I would also obsess over if it were true or not but never really come to much of any conclusion. I've come out of it to a large extent though fortunately.
How????
Please share.
Thank You.
I can totally relate. Just trust and accept Jesus as your Lord and savior! I hope all is well.
I was accused of demon possession for my mental illness in church by a deacon. I wanted to be a pastor then but afterward i just attended church. I just go to church and listen to the preacher now but i take his words lightly. The pastor is immature, im more mature than he is. I have schizoeffective disorder.
I have schizoeffective disorder as well as ocd. I was told my mental illness is sin. I was told even compulsive handwashing is a sin.
I feel like I have to pass out tracts all the time.
Exactly. Mental illness is not our fault. Anyone who says. Mental illness is a sin is wrong and stuff i was having bad thoughts. OCD. I take risperdal and latuda. And coffee. To help my attention deficit disorder. Im a Christian i. Think if your struggling get help. Ok talk to your therapist. Go to a psychiatrist. Take medication.
God Bless! I will never count out my Lord Jesus, but I think I need to work on this. I love my Lord Jesus, but I can’t obsess to the point where if I don’t write God bless in the beginning of a comment, I’m not doing something that pleases God. I used to used have different forms of OCD such as cleaning, counting, etc. and I had a feeling this was also OCD and today I got confirmation. Thank you! God is teaching me balance!
i went through the samething! your video's really help me please keep spreading the truth of this awful illness!
I have struggled with this a lot. I have even begun to doubt myself, like when i was testing my feelings for people at the young age of 12, I tried to kiss my baby sister. It made me believe that God would look at me as some kind of bad person, even though I have grown up a lot. Thank You for this❤️❤️
Thank you SO MUCH for this video.💜🙏 I cried almost trough it.
I'm suffering this so bad right now!!! I need help!
Cortney Bocook I️ suffered so bad I ended up in a mental hospital. The ONLY thing that got me through was reading and understanding the truth. Which is what God says In the Bible. He will never put you in a situation you can’t overcome. Ever. You will get through this I promise. Pray to Him. He loves you and will answer. But right now he is transforming you into the person he wants you to become. Unfortunately it’s so painful right now but remember that Jesus went through the most pain for YOU. Do not turn away from God. He is not the one putting you through this torture. But he is with you and feels the pain you’re feeling. You have a purpose and this will help you find it. Best wishes for you, I’ll keep you in my prayers. If I can get through it. So can you.
I think I better speak to my nurse about this one too. When I showed my nurse and peer support worker the document that I wrote. I did ask them if I was a bad person. They both said no. This was the other day where I had the nurse and peer support worker at my home due to way I was feeling. I even prayed to God to remove me from the planet.
I am pretty much in same boat as you Chrissy in relation to attempted suicide. My nurse got to me when I was going through the process as I refused to eat for 4 days. I am now closely watched by the team.
I was like that when I was a kid (from my 5-16 y.o). I didn't know that I had OCD. I was so afraid if i said something wrong to God, that God would punish me in after life. I was that obsessed with religion and it was mostly fear. Also, same I had rituals. I didn't know that it was my coping mechanism of my fear. I grew up in very religious family. On top of that my mom is also obsessed with rituals (she believes she can talk to Djin (demonic or good angels)). I remember asked for forgiveness to my friend (just by criticizing her to my own mind. It's like normal criticize not a bad one) and yes she didn't know that but i asked her for her forgiveness. Imagine how scary I was a a kid having that sin.
I don't have a diagnosis, but I am wondering if i have relationship OCD combined with scrupulosity. I am in a wonderful relationship with an awesome woman that I feared God was telling me i needed to give up or sacrifice to either prove my faith or wait for something "better". Ive broken up with her to feel relief from the heaviness in my chest but I now realize it being a form of OCD, and that the "god" i thought i was listening to was actually the voice of OCD and it has helped me see where my true relationship with God is now. I've asked "god" to make dogs bark at a certain time to prove that he wants me to break up with her, asked for dreams and signs, which i now see is all part of the OCD ritual process. It's interestimg how different forms of OCD can connect and its so messy, I am going to seek treatment. Anyway thank you for your vulnerability and reality check, I believe in God and has seen him do amazing things, BUT that can add fuel to the fire and cause more confusion when it comes to the magical thinking I tend to partake in. Listening to you helps me see that.
Thanks for your comment. I can totally relate and understand exactly what you are feeling both on the scrupulosity as well as the ROCD. Ugh, it is a tormenting disorder. I hope you have gotten the help you needed!!
Exactly I can totally relate
Thank you for this. My ocd latched onto my Christian faith. I grew up in an atheist home and I accepted god into my heart when I was younger and feared following the devil. I was afraid I had to but obviously ocd is against us and since I had began to accept god I did prayer rituals and things. My ocd was more mild at this point. So it wasn’t awful and faded after a short amount of time. I also feared god never even existed and that manifested into my ocd. It was awful. And I would get panic attacks just thinking about there being no heaven and everything intertwined with that.
Brooke Jett I’ve been struggling with this since 9 years old. When I accepted Christ. Dunno who I am atm
I'm currently living with my mom because I got out of a toxic relationship. .my mom goes to church every day and then comes home to nag and listen to some more religious music she wants everything to be perfect.is she obsessed??????
Thank you.
I have been going through this for the past 36 years.
Are you still a christian, did you find peace with God through your illness? I find that I feel better when I just dont think or associate with anything spiritual but I desperately want the relationship with God that I use to have.
Same, you don't have to think about religion or spirituality, God understand that because he isn't religion, he is love
@@MolyMo-tt4yi that all makes sense. Started with my mom when I was little. Thought all my bad was gonna be put on her. When I grew up o thought I was gonna be punished thru my kids being harmed or killed. Now that their raised I have horrible health anxiety and panic attacks and I think God's gonna kill me with cancer. I know Jesus loves me and I trust him but o can't get my mind to stop. I can't afford therapy but I can afford Xanax for $18 a month which is the only help I can get.
I have been feeling this way too. I haven’t found a way to have a healthy dynamic with the Christian faith and yet I feel this pressure to keep trying so that somehow I can feel safe. But I never feel safe because there is always that looming thought that God could send me to eternal punishment because this is one of the tenets of this faith! So, I find I feel better emotionally and mentally when I am able to just set it all aside. But this is challenging to do.
Brilliant thanks so much! Awesome video
Chrissie...Your story is just like the one currently being written in my mind. :( Your story is very powerful and is so inspiring! Thank you!
As a Christian I do relate to a lot what people are saying, like thinking God will punish you or send you to Hell for OCD
That’s not true.. we all didn’t ask for OCD, God knows we have OCD and I’ve been practicing ERP and Uncertainty besides praying and I believe doing ERP is what he wants me to do..
I hope you all feel better, we’re all in this together!
I was suffering with religious OCD...but I'm feeling well know... I found sth really dynamic... Hare Krishna
Sth means?
@@Memorable_Moments_ Do you also have same problem ?
@@qwerty66549 my cousin brother , he was converted Christian..
Oh my God! How did you survive that amount of time? I also went through an OCD for religion but my compulsions went way to far, when I was at church I thought that if my fingers were pointing down I was worship Satan, so I couldn't walk, Almost kill myself.. You are brave!!!!
This world is a prison for the believers and a paradise for the
unbelievers." -
Stupid comment
Actually I dont believe in a god and its still a shit hole
@@-_--_-9109 it's stupid not to believe in God don't u think
1% of the unbelievers*
not this world but your western european world.
I have ocd and scrupulosty. I take medication for my ocd. And. Issues i have a lot of issues. Im a Christian take action of this like. Prayer medication. And. Talk to your therapist. I have a lot of thoughts of things. Like god and. Other people pray for me
I’m a Mormon and the religion has made me so sick that I can’t take much more of it. Thank goodness for this video.
Well - I must confess, I´ve met a whole bunch of those so called religious people with that kind of strange behaivor in different communities and churches - even lots of narc. abuse happens there too - very often. That´s why I left all religious groups and cults and I do feel much healtier without all that kind of crap.
My mother thought she had done the unforgivable sin and punished herself all her life...why? for falling pregnant at 17. The trauma that followed for her was horrific. She was given major guilt by family and society and her church and school. She told me she felt so ashamed and deserved punishment. She was an amazingly good mother but had breakdowns, then the church people told her she had demons. All that was wrong was she was a perfectly normal young girl saying farewell to her soldier boyfriend in WW2.
Because believe it or not there is a spirit world that everyone ignores and is trained not to accept for the truth shall set us free
Schizophrenia is a nightmare.
I feel like i dont have control over my thoughts. I all the time get thoughts of swearing to God.
COD MONSTER can we talk? i'm going through the same thing
Oh my gosh me tooo, quarantine has made it much worse
@@TekishaHenry sameee i need help but my family said that they will close me at the therapist clinical ,,
Oooph... I'm going to have to catch up on your videos, Im still stuck in the "pick on someone Your own size" phase. Hell sounds great of God isn't there! 😂 Thank you for your channel, i just happened to get a new notebook too lol
it's been happening to me for last 4 years awful feeling
Anurag Singh thanks brother
Wooooooowwwwww excellent absolutely 💯 amazing what you are saying .. I was looking for why my boyfriend is sooooooooo obsessed religion THANK YOU THIS IS LIFE SAVING
I don't know, if you are familiar with the Bible. I have O.C.D. I obsess about Hebrews 10:26 - "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins". I my obsession is not lying, because if I lie, and it is wilful, then I will worry about it. I have a fear of hell, and I am really afraid to die.
Nicholas Gulsby read the saints on this. Talk to your preist if your Catholic. I know what your going through as I'm exactly the same. I've just brought the doubting disease.
Ray Quintana You must keep the commandments. Hebrews is talking about animal sacrifice. No more animal sacrifice.
Watch dr gene kim on losing salvation 💞💞 it helped me with that issue
Right, it doesn't seem to make sense. No one can be perfect, but it sounds like that is what this verse is calling for. So once we accept salvation, if we ever once do something we know is wrong there is no more chance to have salvation.. doesnt seem right.
I’m so struggling with this atm and as much they the Christians mean well praying for this to go away doesn’t and isn’t going to work!!! It’s cbt and epr therapy thing that I need to do.
Stephen Treanor get therapy brother
Many people did this types of rituals that where actually witchcraft and they didn’t realize that they were doing witchcraft rituals without knowing.
I'm always scared of going to hell and that God doesn't love me anymore and I'm scared to walk away from God and not want be a Christian anymore
Research hell and where the word comes from. And no, I’m not talking about “hell” in the KJV, but what Greek and Hebrew words and phrases were translated to our English “hell”.
Yesss ❤ thank you ❤️
I am too blame for don't that. Cause she said she purposely committed blasphemy. I need to learn more about all of this. Thank you so at much.
enjoyed watching, quite educational and engrossing.
I went through severe ocd and depression due to religious reasons, and am still recovering. i was even in a cult and almost commited suicide at one point and have felt i dont want to live on multiple times over my life. Im just now beginning to recover. and all the spiritual warefare, deliverence, praying, fasting, etc i did to try to do for healing DID NOT WORK. I now have a much better relationship with Jesus as my God, but i dont call myself religious because religion is rules and threats, and Jesus came to set me free, not give me religion.
I'm really sorry to hear you had a cult experience, that must have been terrible!! I'm glad you are recovering. Thank you for taking the time to comment!
Cbt is definitely the way forward
Thank you for this video it something I can relate too x
What if I know I'm gay but my ODC runs more like thoughts of "I'm going to hell", or "a demon will manifest today". I get this irrational fear I notice when my mental is weak. I start to think that I'm going to die that day. When i was younger i had little tics that my family used to call out. I'd control them but they would always turn into another tic. Ive controlled them all, now the only visible tic I have is excessive blinking. Back then it was this weird neck roll thing I did. I also used to count to 5 in a pattern. Like this-> :•: and the five goes in the middle. I still do this one from time to time and no one would know because it's in my head. I've done some really embarrassing things when I've had episodes. The last time it was induced by LSD and I ran out of my house paranoid in socks and hardly anything on in the middle of winter. I almost jumped in front of a car to end it all. I thought I was going to be taken by the devil for coming out the closet and that my boyfriend was possessed. When i was young i hated gays. I'm pretty sure I was taught to hate myself for this and it caused a mental break. I'm depressed and anxious all the time. Before the LSD I had an episode that came from separation anxiety when I moved out for the first time. No drugs to blame it on this time. I had an episode and with it came a feeling that God wouldn't forgive me unless I shaved my head bald and I did. I feel like I'm losing it. Help?!
Hi, have you read the Gospel of Christ?
Have you trusted in Christ as your Savior? That is where the beginning of help is. Read more about getting saved and especially try to read the gospels and the New Testament
Wow you described me so well i feel exposed.
After a couple of months of getting control over my OCD, I started questioning god again and I became an atheist.
I'm so much better now. Religion can be a toxic thing for society, not just for people with OCD.
I agree Esteban. I am agnostic now and it is so much simpler for me and I am so much more confident and comfortable in my skin.
Don't turn away from god. That's what Satan wants you to do but don't run away. Run towards Jesus. keep praying and praying and don't believe Satan's lies. You're not your thoughts. You're going through a spiritual warfare and I am too. I have OCD and I doubt good but I know I have to keep praying I can't run away from god or I'm just going to get worst. You have to run to Jesus trust me. Put all your worries onto him. Also talk to people at church and a Christian counselor. Stay safe. God bless you and please know God loves you
Lily Walker I'm trying to trust I'm JESUS I know that he died for my sins it's just so hard to believe in my salvation because of this mental illness. I'm 14 and I will go to the doctor soon I need meds please pray for me I'm going insane mentally.
Lily Walker I was in the emergency room a couple days ago crying and screaming shaking
Praying Michael- from France
I’ve so had this one aswell, when I had a breakdown years ago I heard voices in my head to kill my children it’s was very intrusive and I was scared shitless of what I was hearing!! And then what made it worse was I read w something from the bible about god telling Abraham to kill his son Issac so as you can imagine I started thinking that it was telling me to kill my children which was absolutely fucking horrific!!! I was suffering from a very deep form of depression/psychosis as the consequences of having a mental breakdown and then I had all this ocd shot going on on top of it!!! It was absolutely horrific!!?😭😭😭
Love your approach. I've been through scrupulosity and it is a nightmare! Luckily it has been about 20 years since I struggled with it. I learn to see it as a mental illness and learned a lot about it and that is the only thing that Helped. People have to realize it is not because of something they have done wrong but That they are purely dealing with a mental illness. No amount of doing the right things will help but rather my make it worse.
I feel like this and I'm a minister but the thoughts come from my narc father
My mum is extremely obsessed with religion atm. She thinks it's the end of days
The proof is what fuels my obsession. It has destroyed my life 😔
They started to call the spirits from within the rituals and God punishment was reprobate mind.We got to be careful with religion and rituals because we become bulnerable to de cite full spirits.
You are so right!!!!
I am so glad I found your you tube channel
Keep doing your hard work you will be rewarded thanks very much!!
i dont believe in god at all. However, i have ocd and when i worry about religion and stuff like that i start to see more stuff like that, like i'll see the word god on a newspaper and ill think "he's trying to tell me something." And then it makes me think a god actually exists but i know for a fact that i dont believe in it. Religion is everywhere and im havin trouble realizing that.
My older brother is so sick i can say .. what ever statues of saints he sees either in malls display cabinets like he would touch it and close hes eyes and pray .. actualy literaly all the saints statues in display .. like i want to melt for feeling embarassed cause its ok if the statues are in church ...but its inside a mall and a shop that sells statues of religous items .. and i want to know if hes having ocd mental religion sickness
Chrissie you’re so funny, you’re fucking hilarious and I love you. Xx
Have you ever heard of anyone having compulsions (I’m in the beginning of the video) to confess. Like for me I’ve confessed things I’ve done wrong to employers so God could forgive me. Is this considered scrupulosity or just confessing sin ?
how to overcome intrussive thoughts about satan? some people have ocd
like accidentally selling there souls, and some like, ocd make them
think that they gave there children to the devil but in reality they
won't do it. the thoughts are involved how to overcome this scenario? please do reply i need your help thank you
Great video. ❤
I found a nice way to handle it
Thank you so much < 3
OCD affects good people. Sinners and criminals don't get it because they aren't devoted...
Thanks for such a wonderful video (And you are adorable, too...) :-)
Religion has done a lot of damage to me, but coming out of it is so freeing.
I Learned a lot
My Ocd was linked to God etc but I’m not part of a faith... I just worried on if there was a god he’d be disappointed? Is that kinda the same thing??
Ryan Powell yeah it is 💙
hello. Just love your videos. I suffer from trauma/ocd/anxiety/fear of contaminating my family or myself or others with my unwanted thoughts. I been on several medications and non of them work. I try so hard to ignore my unwanted thoughts ,but that part I just don't know how. if you have any advice I would appreciate it so much. thank you.
Thank you for watching! The best way to manage this is to see an OCD specialist who uses evidence based therapy to teach you how to manage the anxiety. It's important that the therapist practice ERP. I help people find therapists in their area or ones that will do skype/teletherapy. I also do peer support sessions. Check out my website to find out more if that is something that can help! www.chrissiehodges.com
Chrissie I know exactly what you've been through because I'm going through it right now. I'm suffering badly with OCD anxiety and depression
Sexual intrusive thoughts , harm OCD, scrupulosity ocd, negative thinking. I developed OCD when I was a child and I'm 39 now and I'm ill. I'm a born again Christian and I'm constantly praying for forgiveness and thinking am I really saved do I really believe in Jesus and what he did for me I constantly question my salvation.
I would very much like some help please
Thankyou
Paul
I am going thru the same thing
I feel so doomed all the time
@@tinacampbell1384 I'm so sorry that you're going through this also, please believe that God loves you and will never ask you to stress out. I'm praying for you
God bless you
Thank you!!
Do not all religeous people feel that way all the time then..?😊
Miss Gam Survives you have NO idea this is worse
I wonder if that life changing event happened because of something that happened to you? Love to you and I hope you continue to have peace.
Thank you Christine! OCD is not a trauma based illness, so there is no rhyme or reason why people develop the obsessions they do...all they can do is move forward and get the treatment that can manage the symptoms.
I can't take it anymore.
How are you now?
Good days bad days, I know it may sound cliche but try not to overthink on it… learn to realize when you are and try to avert mentally to something else, that really goes for everything. Some things are out of your control.
I really appreciate the reply.
Hello I’m sorry for this issue but I know now that what many people have been doing I was wondering what the heck people where doing when I see them doing rituals and rituals to a point that it looks like witchcraft.
How can I solve my mental health issues theologically, teleologically, anthropologically, psychologically in Christ Jesus of Nazareth..?
Religions doesn’t bother me a bit cause I’m an Atheist. Thanks. 😝😝👍👍
More examples, please!
Do you take medication Chrissie
Is it possible to have scrupulosity over something other than religion? Right now, my OCD is intensely centered on CBT/ERP & how to get better. It's almost like I've made CBT my Bible & if I dare do anything that would be against the expert therapist's way of living, my life is ruined. I've never thought about it this way, but I think I have this, whatever this would be called.
good work
Exactly what my thoughts have been !
Christians do not talk about this enough, they enforce things that amplify ROCD/scrupulosity! They say these grand faith gestures like hearing Gods voice, the Holy Spirit leading them to do XYZ and literally everyone at church can speak and pray over you, sick! For me it turned into excessive fasting to the point where I was anorexic and on the road to death. God is currently healing me from this but it made me sad because ppl were speaking in my life and amplified eating disorder and I became obsess with faith. Everything was like God said, OBEDIENCE, do this go there because of faith.
Since youth I had intrusive thoughts about violence and sex and I was a kid if abstinence knowing right or wrong!
My faith in Jesus has helped and healed me in my life
17:56 I know people who would pray/meditate for a broken femur 😅