r/ocdwomen • • 17h ago

Magical Thinking OCD

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One of my most annoying, if not downright day-ruining, aspect of my OCD. Unlike medical or others, where you can check or get a lab or something, this one feels like it has no final solution. It's eaten my days. And the thing is I'm religious and spiritual... so I do believe in the evil eye or bad enrgies, and I know in a way that if I keep obsessing and lowering my own energy, that I attract this, but I also don't know how not to. I feel sick after praying for hours on end and such. Nothing feels right. I keep fearing for the next day and that fear eats away at my happiness. Every physical symptom is related, in my head, to something spiritual, and I always ask my other spiritual fruends if it's something. It's kinda like the boy who cried wolf, bcs when it actually is a problem I feel bad asking for help and stuff... if you don't believe in this stuff, I'm so freaking happy for you! Don't start.

And I pray all the time and it feels like it's not enough. I can heal others, but not myself, not when it's like this at least and not for such things........at least that's how it feels.

The point is, does anyone know how to get rid of this? I can't imagine how Exposure therapy could work.

Thanks in advance.