Intrusive Thoughts

[LoveandMercy]

Intrusive thoughts… are they a product of evil or are they a simple habit of your own mind? Its almost asif when a thought that is truely against what I stand for comes in to my mind and then i reject the thought but then try not to think about it, it always ends up with me stressing over it making sure i don’t agree to the thought… Thanks for any opinions/comments/prayers

 

[ajecphotos]

We all get these thoughts. It’s what we do with these thoughts that matters.

If they are not good then ish them out of your mind straight away. Say a prayer and move on.

 

[svid2]

My prayers will be added. God bless.

 

[thomasf]

We all get these thoughts. It’s what we do with these thoughts that matters.

If they are not good then ish them out of your mind straight away. Say a prayer and move on.

A priest once told me in confession something similar, and the key is not letting these things set up a room in your house.

 

[dee_burk]

whenever that happens to me i say the St.Michael prayer and ask that he protect me against the demons that put bad thoughts in my mind, then ask Jesus to heal my mind.

 

[fred_conty]

Intrusive thoughts… are they a product of evil or are they a simple habit of your own mind? Its almost asif when a thought that is truely against what I stand for comes in to my mind and then i reject the thought but then try not to think about it, it always ends up with me stressing over it making sure i don’t agree to the thought… Thanks for any opinions/comments/prayers

Intrusive thoughts can come from a backlog of bad thoughts stored in the memory.
St. Catherine of Siena makes mention of how important our memory is in our spiritual life.

For example, impure thoughts given into over a period of time are stored and then they in turn revisit our mind. This is one of the consequences of frequented sins. One of the best ways is to replace those ideas with good ideas, that is the passion and death of Jesus. Over time these impure thoughts become less in number and strength and eventually will become significantly welted. So replace that bad thought immediately with a good one, such as seeing your self at the foot of the cross. It is difficult at first but gets easier with time and practise.

Also keep a blessed miraculous medal on you and while touching it ask Mary for a Great grace to help you defeat your problem. It never fails when trusting Mary to keep her word to you. But you must ask for the grace to get it.

Just some thoughts.