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- Ocdstrugglesss✝️
- Date posted
- 15w ago
Intrusive thoughts
Does anyone have any tips on how to move on from intrusive thoughts when you’re constantly afraid that if you ignore them God will be mad at you?
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- hanysm@gmail.comhanysm@gmail...
- Date posted
- 15w ago
This is my perspective as a Muslim. The problem occurs when you perceive God as a human who experiences emotions like anger or frustration. God created us and our emotions, which are designed to protect us—fear, for instance, helps steer us away from harm. God doesn't need our emotions because He doesn't experience fear; He is All-Knowing and All-Powerful. Therefore, why assume that the Great God would get "mad" at a thought He created or allowed? This assumes He experiences anger like we do.
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- Ocdstrugglesss✝️Ocdstrugglesss✝️
- Date posted
- 15w ago
@hanysm@gmail.com Thankyou for replying
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- Nicoleterry Nicoleterry
- Date posted
- 15w ago
Sometimes I try this method, when I have an intrusive thought I immediately sing a verse from my favorite religious song , at first I had to force my brain to do it , now my brain does it sometimes without me even noticing
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- Ocdstrugglesss✝️Ocdstrugglesss✝️
- Date posted
- 15w ago
@Nicoleterry Yea that could work but for me it would turn into a compulsion I think..
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- elliss2elliss2
- Date posted
- 15w ago
Mark DeJesus gave me some of the first perspectives on overcoming this🙏 into my journey. Maybe you can check him out on YouTube. Of course he’s only human, but probably the fact that he talks about this he is one of the first in this field, I guess. To me it was helpful. But I also know that God himself was also there the whole time. He was holding me, although I couldn’t give him anything. I’m currently in a better state, but want to learn that God sees me everyday, and when I can’t do anything he is still there. He’s not indifferent to my pain, even though ocd might tell me so.
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- Ocdstrugglesss✝️Ocdstrugglesss✝️
- Date posted
- 15w ago
@elliss2 Thankyou so much. I’m currently reading one of his books. It’s really helpful :)
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- Jesuslover28
- Date posted
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