Anyone starting ERP and feel completely uncomfortable with the maybe I will, may I won’t, can’t know for sure statements? I feel like it goes against everything I believe. My strength comes from The Lord!
Yes I am a Christian as well and I feel the same way. We Christian need to keep together and support one another. Jesus is with us
Let's all keep in touch and pray for each other
@Anonymous Yes, please! That would be amazing support. I’ll be praying for you
Personally, I’ve valued a life close to God since I was raised that way as a kid- even in a home with lots of complex childhood trauma- but ocd that targets all of these things that we value can be REALLY debilitating at times! I was against ERP for a while because it does feel like you’re going against all of the things we believe, but when you walk through, step by step, with a mental health counselor, it can bring you to new freedoms (if you don’t have a therapist that also values faith, you should try to find someone that identifies that way to give you a more faith-centered approach)
My therapist is fabulous and while we do ERP, she reminds me that God wants us to receive His grace for ourselves and trust that He knows what’s in your heart. You can say all of the bad things but God knows all of you. He knows every little hair on your head:)
@KelSul73 We serve a God full of grace and mercy and I’m so thankful for that
Hope this all kinda makes sense
Great! Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Jeff nice to meet you and how can I pray for you?
@Anonymous My name is Mandy; nice to meet you. Started a new medication, pray that works and pray I have discernment and wisdom when it comes to ERP. I want to be in the will of God. Also, be praying about my job. I currently don’t have a peace about it adding to my anxiety. How can I pray for you?
@BlessedMomof2 Nice to meet you Mandy! I will be praying for you and remember God is with you. You can pray for me healing of OCD themes that go from theme to theme all the time and bring much disappointment and sadness at times. It holds me back from pursuing a relationship. Very debilitating. But I know with God help I can and will overcome. II Chronicles 26:5- this is a good reminder to me to keep seeking God. "He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper". Let's be encouraged together and keep pursuing Him and he will made our ways straight. God bless you Mandy and we'll keep in touch. I'll be praying for you
@jad2c It’s so hard when OCD themes jump from one to the other. Right now mine has been Harm OCD against loved ones and that’s so hard when you love GOD and love your loved ones so much. It just doesn’t make sense. But I remind myself daily that God created me, knew me before I was born. He knew I would be going through this at this exact moment and for however long. He has never left me nor forsaken me during any of it and He won’t start now. He is a God of love, mercy and grace. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us He has plans Not to harm us but plans to give us a hope and a future. I don’t believe He would allow us to step out of His will when we are so against the thoughts. I believe He is allowing this possibly for growth, pruning, maybe to help others that are struggling. We may never know on this side of eternity but I know it’s for His Glory and our good!! We serve a good good Father!!!
@BlessedMomof2 Beautifully and well said sister in Christ
Absolutely
Is there anything you need prayer for?
@jad2c Intrusive thoughts have creeped in today. Started that new medication and took it this morning. Plan is to wean off of Ativan to Gabapentin. Taking Luvox as well since that’s the standard OCD medicine. Pray that this combination of meds work. Anyone know about these combination of meds? What can I be praying for for any of you today?
@BlessedMomof2 I not familiar with the meds at all. Have you tried lithium Oratate? It's all natural option you could talk with doctor, possibly. That's what I take. Would be great to have pray for a long day at work today and to have peace in my mind.
@jad2c God is good and I'll be praying for y'all
@jad2c Absolutely praying for you. I have not heard of that. How do feel about it?
@BlessedMomof2 Thank you Mandy! - I like it much better than being on meds. I know sometimes there is a place short term for meds but I try to go naturally as much as possible. There is two forms of lithium a synthetic version and a natural version. The Oratate is the more natural to my knowledge and the one I take. Maybe a good way to describe is more like a good Brain balancer. It was used for bi polar condition too, I believe, the synthetic one.
@jad2c I’ll have to ask my doctor about it
@BlessedMomof2 Never hurts to ask for sure
@jad2c Everyone is different some drugs work well and others maybe more natural
@jad2c Either way I just hope you get help and relieve to feel better:)
Idk anything about any of those meds sadly:/ I am hoping to start ocd meds soon
How can I overcome my fear of hell and the one sin that can’t be forgiven with erp erp is obviously to expose those fears and sit in uncertainty but I can’t be uncertain about eternal life even tho I feel uncertain all the time
Does anyone ever feel like they are making an excuse to sin by doing erp on things your not sure if they are a sin or not
I keep asking questions about ERP because I'm trying to convince myself that it will actually work for R/E OCD. In one of the NOCD youtube videos, the analogy was "well people live with uncertainty all the time - they keep driving a car even if it can crash" etc. Yes, but driving a car is an uncertainty that people accept because it doesn't directly correlate to their IDENTITY, CHARACTER, and INTEGRITY. So to me that's an apples and oranges comparison. So yes I believe ERP can work (or I've heard) BUT can it work in the "right way" going forward. What I mean by that is do you come out of it 1) not having to accept a dogma / delusion? 2) do you keep your integrity and identity in tact or have to lie to yourself to move on from the real event? 3) is it TRUE peace of mind or just delusion? If it's not, if I have to sacrifice my integrity and identity to move on, to me that's not a genuine and sustainable solution it's just a bandaid. I hope someone who's done ERP can convince me otherwise because it'd be nice to move on from OCD
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