Please help me focus my mind?

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Hi Everyone,
I have been having a lot of trouble with focusing my mind on things. I sin in my head when I am not focused on anyting, and when I dont know what to do do occupy myself with and also when my mind wanders. I have OCD as well , so maybe that could be part of the problem too. Please tell me what I should focus my mind on so I wont sin.
Thank you.
 
Learn to say the Jesus Prayer, silently throughout the day and especially when you begin to wander into dangerous territory.

“Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”

Try to begin each morning sitting in a quiet place, and with eyes closed, recite the prayer and turn within to be in the presence the Holy Trinity dwelling within you.

Then, throughout the day, recite the prayer, often.

Eventually, you’re focus will be on the prayer, but also the presence of Jesus Christ. You will eventually be learning to prayer “unceasingly,” as St. Paul said we should.

In all, don’t become anxious over it. God knows your suffering and will provide you with comfort.

God Bless

Jim
 
Are there some things that you can focus on without too much distraction? Something fun maybe, or anything that keeps your attention?

If so I wonder what it is about those things that we might be able to harness for use on the others?

And as Jim suggests, there are good ways to pray that can help. Seek first the things of the kingdom, and everything else falls into place.

Keeping your mind from tending toward sin can be a tough battle. Which seems to be more of the reason they bother you – because the lust itself makes you uncomfortable, or the fear of having near occasion of sin? Neither?

Alan
 
Artwork can be expensive in general. Artwork can be three-dimensional so to speak and help make the faith more real.

One less expensive option is that if you have 20 - 30 dollars to spend, I would buy some good catholic coloring books from ignatius dot com or elsewhere.

Take a look through those coloring books, photocopy your favorite images, put them in plastic sleeves from wal-mart and you could carry them outside your house. You could look at them in a park or public library, etc.

Little things like this can make a big difference over time.

Otherwise, if you don’t have 20-30 dollars to spend right now, you may want to make it a goal to save up that amount of money for this initiative.
 
catholicgirl201 said:
Hi Everyone,
I have been having a lot of trouble with focusing my mind on things. I sin in my head when I am not focused on anyting, and when I dont know what to do do occupy myself with and also when my mind wanders. I have OCD as well , so maybe that could be part of the problem too. Please tell me what I should focus my mind on so I wont sin.
Thank you.
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Hi catholicgirl. BTW what is OCD? Look like you are quite preoccupied toward things you don’t want to do and yet you’d do. Sound familiar? Yes, St. Paul says that (Rom 7:15-25). He had this inner conflict in him and finally he said what a wretch he was. So you see, even saint struggled with sin and even committed them.

We all go through this phase, believe me. This is easier said than done. Probably, for starter you can start with some activity, a healthy one preferably, that takes your mind off from distraction. The Bible tells us that idle mind can only lead us astray. If that activity involves where it facilitates you to pray and frequent receiving of the Sacraments or reading and meditating on the Bible, so much the better.

You got to start somewhere and transfer your ‘active mind’ to something that would not lead you to sin.

God bless.
 
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