sonicwhite Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 For a Christian like myself I hang on everything the Gospel talks about. To me it’s the most important decision you can make. My my worst possible fear is dying, standing before the Almighty. Giving an account of my life. And sent to hell. My pure O OCD latched onto the worst possible outcome. At first my OCD latched onto fear of children. One day I was looking at porn and I immediately got this fear, what if I’m standing before God and doing this. Then it went on from there. I would fear at any moment I was going to be thrusted into hell for all eternity. My anxiety was beyond help. The Worst possible fear had sunk in. Oh how I hate spikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahblah Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I'm not religious at all, but isn't God supposed to be this almighty, loving, forgiving force? Aren't there a bunch of accounts in the Bible where people murder, steal, etc but pray/believe/ask for forgiveness of their sins and then all is good?? How do you know that you are not in Hell right now?? Look at this planet, the evil, poverty, sickness, greed and the people in power....definitely ain't no paradise... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 I'm going to try to respond to you from a Christian perspective. Do you have such little faith in the saving power of Jesus that you think God is going to throw you into hell for any small infraction? As far as I know, you didn't commit genocide. You didn't hurt children, no matter what your OCD tells you. You believe that Jesus saves people. So what is there to fear? Have faith, my friend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonicwhite Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 You guys know you can’t reason with OCD. Its jusr my possible worst fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 55 minutes ago, sonicwhite said: You guys know you can’t reason with OCD. That's not entirely true. Maybe not uncontrolled OCD, but if you take the right meds so that it loosens it's grip a little, then the way to beat OCD is through reason (CBT). That's how I beat OCD. This is why it takes meds + therapy to beat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopo002 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I concur with blahhh I never thought that since there is suffering on earth, that this can actually be hell here. Like soldiers going to war and coming with amputated legs. I would call that hell. No one goes through life without any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander search Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 In this sort of situation I sometimes find Epictetus's dichotomy of control helpful. Whatever is within your control is all you can deal with. Whatever is out of your control, let it go. You cant change what you've done in the past so forget it and let it go. Whatever you think you need to do to avoid going to hell then do it now. im not saying its easy but if you keep reminding yourself to "let go of what is out of your control" it can be quite empowering and helpful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahblah Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I fully agree @Alexander search Letting go is easier said than done, but it often helps a bit to keep repeating out loud "I surrender. I let go what is out of my control" or give it to God or the Universe or whatever you believe in....We are but mere little mortals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saoirse Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 I'm not a Christian, but let me try to reason with you a little bit. Any crime (or "crime") we commit on this earth is finite. Hell, on the other hand, is infinite. It's eternal. Would a loving (a FAIR) God punish finite crimes with infinite suffering? It doesn't ring true to me, but YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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