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Topic Title: Religion and OCD
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elsakacey said 4 years, 7 months ago:
Hi there, I really hope someone can give me some advice/help on my situation. I struggle with OCD and anxiety which causes my brain to fixate on thoughts that make me very anxious and it can be very hard to deal with.
I believe in God. I’m reading a book for college (The Handmaid’s Tale) and it contains a lot of prayers for her to become pregnant etc. and many things similar to that. I find them hard to read. This is because I start to panic that I, myself am asking for these things when I am not. For the record, I’m a virgin. But I still panic irrationally that somehow, someway, the things that the character is asking for is a reflection on me because I have read it. I know that they won’t, that this is so incredibly irrational but my OCD persists and will not let up this pit in my stomach. I don’t know what to do.
How can I manage? How can I tell myself that what I am reading is not me and that I’m not asking for what the character is asking for? I would appreciate any advice anyone can give me.
moresunshine said 4 years, 7 months ago:
Hello! I’m so sorry that you are struggling. When I’m reading a book that contains prayers or mentions God, similar things happen to me. As soon as I see it I worry I’m going to think something bad about praying or God, and my worrying usually results in me doing so. When you read a book and come across a prayer, take a deep breath and read it. Let yourself worry about it. Don’t do anything about it. Let the worry sit there. You’ll find, once you’ve done this a few times, the anxiety lessens. It’ll become easier to read the prayers. Also, God will know you aren’t actually asking for those things to happen. You don’t need to worry! But I know it’s hard. I hope I’ve helped in some way. You can do this!