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sweeteater
Member

Does anyone else suffer from religious obsessions/intrusive thoughts? I have suffered from these for 35 years and sometimes it feels as though I'm the only one...sure that's not true. I would be interested to hear about others' experiences.

Tue Apr 12 2011 9:58:34 #
brennie
Member

sweeteater, i also suffer from religious intrusive thoughts/obsessions, i also have a ritual prayer, you are not the only one i have been suffering with this obsession since i was a child, i am now 62yrs old.
love Brennie x

Tue Apr 12 2011 11:45:08 #
swan
Member

Hi,
I have them to as does one of my friends I am also a christian which has a major effect on my faith

Tue Apr 12 2011 11:48:59 #
sweeteater
Member

thanks for your replies- I wonder if anyone else with religious obsessions finds it incredibly hard to try to let the intrusive thoughts 'pass' through your mind, which is what we're advised to do? It seems so frightening to do this. I know that letting the thoughts come and go is the right thing, I know it's all just the disorder, but to 'let' the thoughts be in my mind is very scary. If anyone feels they can say what their particular intrusive thought re-religion and how they cope with it, I would be interested to hear

Tue Apr 12 2011 13:50:50 #
blueboy
Member

i had religious ocd when i first started having ocd...i read the bible so much for answers.. constantly reading it... and thinking i was akin to jesus christ...took me a long time to convince myself that it was unreal.

Tue Apr 12 2011 16:01:34 #