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April29 said:
Can you elaborate more on this? How is it different? And is it allowed for us to change rites? And how does one do it? I’m sorry, I’ve just felt alone beyond belief in church lately, almost abandoned. I feel like the priest doesn’t know what to do with me and I feel like Mother Church doesn’t want me.
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Yes you can do a formal transfer to an Eastern Catholic church…it’s usually only allowed once however. I would advised to just go to an Eastern parish and spend some at least a full year before you decide to transfer.

As far as beliefs go, they have a different way of focusing on them…much more mystical and without the need to define everything. Divine Liturgy is truly heaven on earth…there is hardly any quiet time (which may be helpful if silence makes intrusive thoughts worse) as it’s chanted/song the whole time…lots of back and forth with the priest and congregation/choir. I highly recommend everyone go and experience it a few times. The parishes tend to be smaller which can help with getting to know a priest better.

I’m not trying to proselytize anyone but I do want to let everyone know my own experience and that my scruples have gotten much better since shifting my focus.
 
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I really want to watch them, but I’m scared that what I’ll hear will trigger me. Are there a lot of triggers in the videos?
 
Gabrielle,
Your last sentence wasn’t completed. You don’t seem to have control of it. Prayer is great but we have to be good stewards and take care of our bodies. Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit.
I pray you will get help.
Lord, guide Gabriel in the path, You wish her to travel. Open her eyes and heart to the path of her, controlling her condition. We humble ourselves at the foot of Your cross and lay our burdens down.
By Your stripes we are healed.
In Jesus name
Amen
 
The videos are very enlightening. What triggers specifically affect you?
 
Right now an obsession of mine is hell so if there is a lot of talk about hell I will probably have an episode. I’m okay with a little bit of it because I think being a truth of faith I shouldn’t avoid the subject, but if it’s too much I’ll have a panic attack. Also, scruples are another theme I have going on so anything to do with that and an early death.
 
Hi Jess,

I think a person in love with Jesus will do everything to please him out of love for him rather than fear of hell. If weren’t not at that level yet, then let the courtship begin! 💘
 
These videos will help anyone make spiritual progress and overcome fears. It takes courage to overcome fears…
 
why does this thread not show up on my main feed? Is it because it is classified “casual”?

I think that threads discussing OCD/Scrupulosity are very, very important—as that seems to be an enormous problem on this forum. It is a very serious issue and should be taken very seriously. Furthermore, those suffering should be able to speak with others who understand their issues, and not the people who completely misunderstand the problem and give harmful advice.
 
Yeah, “Casual” threads as well as the News categories and Site Feedback don’t show up in the main section, I guess since they usually don’t pertain as much to getting important “Catholic answers.”

I wonder if maybe “Catholic Living” wouldn’t be a better category? I wouldn’t mind moving it to another category if people here think that would be more appropriate. I’m fine either way though personally.
 
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I think this thread needs to continue. A lot of us could benefit from the advice of those who are farther along into recovery! We could all support each other as Catholics, which is so uncommon for OCD. Personally, I wish something like this existed in every parish.
 
Yes, this thread is about a very serious topic and many who suffer from this condition would benefit from being able to communicate with others who know what they are feeling.
 
Ok, I changed it to catholic living…I hope a moderator is ok with that…not quite sure how that works :)…I agree that this thread needs to continue!
 
I’ve had OCD for years but it started to get worse as I’ve gotten older, I guess I didn’t worry as much when I was younger. When I’m really worried about something it can trigger it really badly again, in recent months I have developed anxiety so bad that I have diagnosed and convinced myself I have certain illness and conditions. The two don’t work well together, everyday is a battle but praying helps me.
 
I agree, so many don’t understand what OCD is. I’ve had people say to me ‘it’s superstition’ etc. Awareness is exactly what is needed.
 
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When I’m really worried about something it can trigger it really badly again, in recent months I have developed anxiety so bad that I have diagnosed and convinced myself I have certain illness and conditions.
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Oh goodness you have my sympathy! Abut 5 years ago, I convinced myself that I had MS or lupus…it was horrible
 
Yeah, something like that I think would be invaluable to parishes. Especially since, from my experience anyway, OCD can cause you to box yourself in, as the thought of talking to a doctor or an authority figure about it is not the most welcoming for a variety of reasons. I guess that’s why so many people wait so long to get any help at all.

Sometimes what can help spur on action and motivation is talking to people who are actually living through the same kind of thing who you can really relate to and get support from. Some people are having their lives torn apart by this and don’t have much of an idea of what to do.
 
By the way, for newer users (I just noticed this a month or so ago I think), since there seems to be an annoying quirk with the categories on the site, in order to access only the Catholic Living topics you have to select “none” instead of “all in Catholic Living” in the drop-down menu for the sub-category, as in:
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(Sorry about the low quality… That screenshot was a lot clearer in the preview when I was typing this post…)
 
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Actually, I’ve got a question.

Since this seems to be kinda common here, maybe I could get a more precise answer from someone here like @Jessica01 or @Gabrielle or @April29 (who I’m pretty sure all have Pure-O, not sure about others)

What exactly is Pure-O? Is it like, the compulsions you have are more directly combatting the obsessions in the mind, but are still ritualized like the external compulsions people with other types of OCD have? I figured here must still be compulsions of some sort.

For me compulsions have always been predominantly in the form of actual external rituals, but would people with Pure-O have things more like repeated (mental) phrases, or would it also include stuff like checking repeatedly to make sure X was done, or that so and so did Y, etc.?

I’ve also seen people here say that a lot of therapists don’t know how to treat Pure-O, which I thought was interesting. I feel like I’ll have to ask about that if only for curiosity’s sake.
 
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It’s both for me, but my compulisions are mainly mental with very sneaky outward compulsions. It’s repeated phrases in the mind, for me, a lot of hidden reassurance, a lot of mental checking, lots of fear lol! My physical compulsions are avoidance, shuttle head shaking, skin pulling( dermatillania). It has compulsions, they’re just more subtle, which is why people initially coined it “Purely obsessional” (Pure-O). There are people that can have very few outward compulsions, but everyone does something. The obsessions are also mainly all taboo stuff so it’s never going to be something like contamination. It’s always something painful and shameful.

I live this video because it just explains it so well. I would say “ enjoy” but you know, that’s kind of morbid 😅

 
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