Struggling with regret after an OCD Incident

Jesus knows your heart regardless of what OCD thinks. Jesus loves you unconditionally.

So you’re regretting that you let that compulsion win? Yes we have all been there for sure. And you were upset that you thought those thoughts on a holy day? First off you have to come to the realization that you cannot control your intrusive obsessive thoughts. Trying to push them away or block them out is only making it worse. You need to accept the fact that you have these thoughts. Regardless if it’s a holy day or not, you can’t control them. You need to manage your compulsions as well. But what has helped me is accepting the fact that those thoughts are going to come and it’s just the reality of it. It takes time but just allowing them to be in your head without doing any compulsions is your main goal

You are young yet. Make each day count. They say the days are long, but the years are short. There’s something to that. Remember, we have all sinned and fallen short. And remember, God loves us anyways. Does that mean we get to keep on doing what we know is wrong? No. We need to change. We need to adapt. We need to flee lust. But remember, God sent His Son for sinners. He sacrificed Himself for us. Straight up. We did not and do not deserve it, but He offers it because we are still loved. Run to Him, and keep on running. Love ya, bro.

I have struggled with the same thing especially the feeling of regret after losing so much time to sexual activities. But you have to acknowledge we are humans, it is normal for us to feel these tendencies and its especially easy to get addicted to self pleasure. What helped me was becoming more busy, with hobbies or school or activities, because usually those tendencies arise when you are bored with nothing to do. But its okay really, it happens to everyone.