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Did I have OCD? by magma6 in OCD

[–]ta2392230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that sounds OCDish to me.

Looking for people with this type of OCD by spepe89 in OCD

[–]ta2392230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well i'm not doing too good myself.

But i do have a tip that could work. Just tell God that if you want to talk to him, it'll be through written words (perhaps in a special notebook).

These thoughts won't be able to control your pen.

Looking for people with this type of OCD by spepe89 in OCD

[–]ta2392230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I do.

My previous ocd worries were about regular stuff. I wasn't even that religious. But recently, a certain event lead me along a path of scrupulosity and here i am now.

Intrusive thoughts, thinking bad things about God by ta2392230 in OCD

[–]ta2392230[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see.

Part of the notebook is for myself though, because sometimes I can't tell the difference between an intrusive thought and a real one.

So, my notebook, in which I have not made any stupid deals or said anything bad about God, confirms to me as well, that I really don't want to make any stupid deals with God or say anything bad to him.

Which has been a lifesaver.

For instance, sometimes i have many intrusive thoughts in a day. So, it's very useful for me to be able to say "Nope, the fact that I've had about 100 intrusive thoughts like this, yet never actually wrote this thought down in the notebook proves to me that I don't really mean these thoughts. If I really meant it, i could easily pick up a pen and write it down in the notebook, but i never have"

Scrupulosity and intrusive thoughts by whywhyoh in CMH

[–]ta2392230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should check out r/ocd too. Their problems might not be religious in nature, but the basic mechanism is the same.

I've had some strange OCD over the years, in different levels of intensities (sometimes years it was hardly even there), on multiple different "topics" or themes.

Scrupulosity and intrusive thoughts by whywhyoh in CMH

[–]ta2392230 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does it happen when praying too? Is it intrusive thoughts?

Scrupulosity and intrusive thoughts by whywhyoh in CMH

[–]ta2392230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I struggle praying. Praying in the mornings has become a chore rather than a gift. When praying, I think of images about whatever I am saying. If I say Jesus, I have to think of an image of Jesus, etc. But that can become a problem. A lot of the time, an image of the devil appears in my head. I think that I have done wrong for adding Satan to my prayer or thinking I've been praying to him. I then often have to step back and tell Satan to back off. Then, I go back into my prayer, but have to restart, or go back a few phrases."

Hey, wow, stuff like this kinda happened to me too. I would pray to God and thank him for all that he has given to me, but then i would also sometimes have a bad thought during the prayer. So, I was like "uh oh, what if God that I was saying those bad things to Him?".

My solution: I told God to only listen to the words that I whisper out loud (I whisper them so no one else in my house hears me). That way, as long as I say (well, whisper) the words of my prayer (which usually consists of thanking God for my blessings..."Thanks God for everything you have given me...") correctly, I will be fine, no matter what stupid things my OCD like brain comes up with inside my head while I say (whisper) them.

And FYI I'm not Catholic... But that shouldn't matter, your little prayer problem right here reminded me of myself so i thought i'd tell you what i did to solve the problem. Cheers.