Welovehachi
- Date posted
- 17d ago
Question!!
Can ocd make you question the existence of god???
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 17d ago
Absolutely. It will make you question anything that means something to you, or anything you can't handle. For example, if you couldn't handle God not being real, OCD would have a great time with that.
WelovehachiWelovehachi
- Date posted
- 17d ago
@Anonymous Thank you so much, someone told me it was just me questioning it and ocd cant interfere with your thought process. Even though I literally dont want too think like this, I swear if I just had a switch to turn off all these intrusive thoughts
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 16d ago
@Welovehachi It could be a normal thought you are considering, and don't be afraid of those thoughts. But if the thought bothers you, that's the perfect area for OCD to come in.
05Enfj_R05Enfj_R
- Date posted
- 16d ago
@Welovehachi Wow this literally happened to me and I LITERALLY said, "if I just had a switch to turn off all of my ocd thoughts i would!"
05Enfj_R05Enfj_R
- Date posted
- 16d ago
What you're talking about literally reawakened my Ocd because I thought I was sinning because the ocd was making me question the existence of God even though while it was going on I was scared to death because I didn't want it to affect my relationship with God. I didn't want to lose my ability to believe in Him etc.. Looking back now I can clearly see the fact that if I care that much about losing my ability to believe in God and i feel extremely scared about doing so then I obviously believe in God. But ocd can make your ability to think rationally go down the toilet because you're just drowning in your own anxiety! From personal experience, I don't think I'm actually able to make sense in my mind if I am scared so I try to get rid of the anxiety first.
WelovehachiWelovehachi
- Date posted
- 16d ago
@05Enfj_R I really dont wanna lose my faith in god either, and I know that literally means I do believe!! Thats a faith within itself. But of course ocd has to think of the most irrational thoughts lol. I’m a little scared things wont get better but then again, just ocd😭😭 I hope everything is going well for you though!
Misstama65Misstama65
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 16d ago
For sure it can. I had a terrible time with this one when I was using a certain belief system. It was awful, so many doubt, reassurance seeking, googling information for hours. Things got better. I actually did some studying and changed to another belief system. Years later ocd came back after a huge stressor and the doubts, anxiety and reassurance seeking came back but with the new belief system. It's ocd. I think the clue is when you can't think of anything else until you get the answer. What worked for me was deciding that whatever is out there, if anything, it probably understands about ocd.
WelovehachiWelovehachi
- Date posted
- 16d ago
@Misstama65 Thank you for the clarification!! I was fully convinced (and still am lol) that it’ll never get better. But hearing experiences, I’m going to continue to practice my faith with sincerity in hopes It’ll get better. Hopefully god will understand and make it easier for me:)
alxsfnalxsfn
- Date posted
- 17d ago
yes , i have existential ocd and i have a hard time believing in God so it makes my OCD worse
WelovehachiWelovehachi
- Date posted
- 17d ago
@alxsfn I hope everything gets better for you, and thank you for the clarification:)
alxsfnalxsfn
- Date posted
- 17d ago
@Welovehachi thank you ! i hope everything gets better for you as well 🫶🏼
WelovehachiWelovehachi
- Date posted
- 17d ago
@alxsfn If you dont mind me asking again, I’m sorry! Can ocd also hijack your beliefs and make you doubt certain things about yourself? Someone told me it was just my thought process it cant do that lol.
alxsfnalxsfn
- Date posted
- 17d ago
@Welovehachi don’t apologize ! we’re here to help eachother . yes , your ocd takes over your brain and puts thoughts into your head that are unpleasant , and maybe even things you wouldn’t normally think .
alxsfnalxsfn
- Date posted
- 17d ago
@Welovehachi i’m no professional , i’m just now realizing i have OCD and have just started my journey to healing a week ago . i hope what i said wasn’t alarming 🫶🏼
WelovehachiWelovehachi
- Date posted
- 17d ago
@alxsfn Thank you!
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