Guilt is one of the main rivers feeding into the great lake of depression. And that's unfortunate if you've been raised Catholic or Jewish. Or are prone to OCD behaviors like extreme rumination of thoughts.
Soooooo ..... as usual, I have to come up with a visualization technique that allows myself to unload some of the guilt. This one, I think, helps. Except for the fact that I stole the rocks, and I feel guilty about that, and I don't know how to get them back to the place where I found them without looking like a terrorist.
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Oh, sorry...
Didn't realize that this was a Christians-only club.
Michael
The problem with main stream religion is that being religous means you have to follow all these so called traditions. The thing is Jesus isn't about being Catholic Mormon Protestant....that is the thing these extreme religions make it more about their rituals more so then the peace of having Jesus Christ in their lives and living in PEACE, dedication to the Lord and following what is right or wrong. OCD that is another story that is a hard one to just mention on the TIP! OCD is so board and I do believe it can be fed off of our childhood memories fears etc. However OCD I do believe is in everyone a little or superstition....prefect example is old wives tales etc and as time goes on sometimes people can become obessive with thoughts....or have runaway thoughts which can be freighting even terrifying. I like to call this FEAR RUNAWAY! This is the hardest of O.C.D and the most difficult part of letting go and understanding it is very hard. However, some people have it get out of control and it can become crippling mentally, if you have let O.C.D become a problem there is a great book to read (BRAIN LOCK!) It is amazing! There is so much about retrain the brain and learning how to out smart your o.c.d and understanding what O.C.D is. There is hope and I believe in GOD and JESUS putting your Faith out there can get you through the hard times. Always keep in mind, always beleive in yourself as well, with having Faith and having strength with-in you can survive. Remeber God doesn't fix you or any Faith doesn't control you, we are all free agents and God only helps those, who help themselves. That is just a little spin on my thoughts of the day. Guilt is just one of those BIG NAGS that usually is contributed by O.C.D or influence. No disrepect to any relgion or any denomination....I just believe that religion is about God and Jesus not a relgion or ritual or church....just my thoughts
I have the book brainlock I have not read the whole thing, now I think I will. I cope with OCD every day and it is no fun to go through, it is painful at times. I see where guilt comes into play with having OCD.
I have noticed when I stop focusing on myself, what I feel, and focus on God through prayer, reading His Word, singing praises to Him, or even watching a broadcast of GodTV, I feel better. God gives me peace inside, it doesn't always last a long time (because I take my focus of Him), but it gets me through those days when I don't know if I will make it. I turn my focus back to Him, and I am better. I believe that God is the answer. He has healed me and always been there for me. And the best part about it is that He accepts me for who I am, as imperfect as I am. I still have bad days occasionally, but now, I have a LOT of good ones. No one ever said that cures happen in a day, sometimes they do, but sometimes it's a process; and it's a process that I am in and that I am nearly finished with. To God be the Glory and Praise for healing me.
Forgive my ignorance, but what is OCD referring to?
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