Christians with ocd: encouraging question

I love this question, thanks for asking it!! for me personally, I am grateful that my experience with ocd has allowed me to better understand this disorder and to have a much greater level of empathy for individuals who also struggle with it! my experience with ocd (and knowing others close to me who struggle with it) has also inspired me to completely change my educational/career trajectory -- this fall I'll be completing an undergraduate research thesis on scrupulosity and in the following years I aspire to pursue my Masters and PhD in psychology so that I can contribute to research on OCD and help people with who are struggling with this disorder like I have! what about you -- what is a time that you have seen God's goodness in your life revealed even through your OCD??

Hi! OCD is a really hard thing to overcome, but one of the most gratifying experiences is being able to be a supportive influence to younger people who experience the same things. My mother is a teacher, and I work with kids as well. There have been instances where children have been diagnosed with anxiety disorders, adhd, etc. and their parents were really new to all of those things. I was able to offer my advice and share my experiences as someone with the same disorders. I dont know if God gave me these challenges specifically so that I could help others in need, but I think that he brings us together for a reason. I think he wants us to help each other. Great question by the way✨️

I’ve had OCD my whole life and I’m feeling really drawn to God but feeling a lot of resistance. No one else in my day to day life believes in God and I feel some self judgement, but I’m feeling a tug on my heart to accept God’s love and learn to be a vessel to others and myself through his love. I wish I had people to talk to about it with but for now I’m just listening to audiobooks and trying to read the Bible.

I love your all’s examples! Yeah, I think similarly I’ve had several times when God has brought a person in my life to walk alongside of through a similar struggle. I used to teach high school and so at times, it was students, but also friends or younger women I’ve gotten to mentor/do Bible study with. I also think it’s reminded me of the boundless nature of God. Like ocd wants me to be 1000% certain about everything but I’m not God so that’s not my job, and thank goodness it never will be.

As a side note, it reminds me of 2 Corinthians 1:3-7. We comfort with the comfort we’ve received!

Absolutely yes. I have learned so much from God through struggling with OCD - to the point that I wrote a book of all He taught me. I have learned that it's been encouraging to people, and sometimes in ways I didn't expect. For example, I found out that after reading the book one of my friends' fathers finally realized how much his son struggled with OCD - even though his son is around 50 years old. Also, I like to call OCD a humility steroid - meaning we can't too high a view of ourselves when we have this disorder. I have found that to be a blessing in disguise, b/c without it I'm confident I'd be tempted to look at my successes and give myself glory instead of God.