Can't get sacraments

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I have debilitating ocd and can’t go in a church because they’ve had dead people in them and I can’t have a priest come to my house and give me confession because him being in a church contaminates him that way and my brain would react no differently than an actual dead person being there, I also can’t see a priest in person for that reason. And I can’t the Eucharist because 1) I can’t even shake peoples’ hands so there’s no way I can take something from them and put it in my mouth and 2) the concept of the Eucharist is extremely distressing to my ocd because of what it represents but apparently actually is, also considering that Eucharistic ‘miracle’ where Jesus turned the wafer that fell on the floor into actual heart tissue to show that it’s his real heart so there’s absolutely no way I can take the Eucharist ever again, which is of course what you have to do to gain entrance to heaven and all that…so is heaven something i can just forget about or do i get an exception from God because i have a severe mental illness preventing me from the important things that protestants spit on and they get to go to heaven without it.
 
If by ‘treatment’ you mean talking to a guy in a chair who cannot re-wire my brain and change the way my brain works, and trying 2 antipsychotics used for ocd and 2 SSRIs used for ocd and doing absolutely nothing, then yes.

My ocd came from my brain damage, and schizophrenia amplifies intrusive thoughts and obsessions to an unbearable level and all 3 work together to make each other worse. (i can type a wall of text and go on for hours explaining my brain damage and mental illnesses but i won’t bother)
 
Keep up with your medical treatment.

Maybe call your parish, or send an email to your priest, explaining your illness. You can enter a dialogue online or on the phone.
 
  1. You should continue with consultation and treatment for your OCD.
  2. Remember God loves you and knows your struggles.
 
If this is truly the case, get to your doctor. Your apparent phobias are unreasonable and it is distinctly possible that treatment will benefit you greatly.

God knows what you are made of, but He also created the physician and pharmacist to help heal you. Read Sirach, aka Ecclesiasticus, chapter 38.
 
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so is heaven something i can just forget about or do i get an exception from God because i have a severe mental illness preventing me from the important things that protestants spit on and they get to go to heaven without it.
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This is something about which you would want to try and consult a priest. Even by phone if he’s receptive to it. I will keep you in my prayers. God is understanding.

You mention medicines that do not work (something you mention in your follow-up to Cruciferi). Hopefully, by the grace of God and expertise of you doctor, you will find something that assists. Keep consulting your doctor and praying to God.
 
Not to sound harsh, but your response to po18guy might have been slightly uncharitable. I don’t see where he indicates he knows the interventions will help. He says there’s a “distinct possibility”. I do not think this to be an unreasonable statement.

I have slight OCD, but I have a different, more prevalent issue for which I have been seeking intervention for over 25 years. I like to think I am a little better, but I still have work to do. I probably need to add an additional medication, which part of me is loathe to do. But, I love my wife and myself and need to get a little better.

Unfortunately, psychiatry and medical prescription is far from an exact science as everyone’s body chemistry is different and the medicines react in slightly different ways. I know firsthand how frustrating it all can be. Especially during those really dark times. I don’t know what you’re going through. But I do know what I am going through. I am sure neither of us want to be in the places we are. Keep trying and praying.

Ultimately, I know God understands. I don’t know why some of us are afflicted with the issue we are. Part of me screams that it’s not fair. Part of me is resigned to it. Perhaps through struggle, we will be better and, hopefully, just hopefully, earn our way to the side of Jesus.
 
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Here is An Act of Spiritual Communion:
O My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
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God does not require us to do what is impossible for us; for example, if we cannot attend Mass, the obligation is lifted.

May God bless you.
 
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