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The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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01c2b6  No.708094

Any advice for an 18 year old Catholic with OCD and anxiety that's triggered in social situations? I'm seeing a therapist and psycharitist next week so hopefully I'll be diagnosed because it affects my education. I'm studying to be a barber and I just need to complete this year then I can work. It's pure O but I do have compulsions so it's basically OCD. Girls think I'm cute and relationships (any form) are what trigger episodes. I've dedicated my life to living chaste so I'm waiting for marriage. I've been a catholic for a year now. The OCD makes me avoid social situations and any type of relationship. So I haven't made a new friend since I was 14 because the friends that I do have accepted my compulsions and obsessions even though they had no idea I had a mental illness. But my friends are all working now and since I'm alone, I get bullied because of my compulsions since I didn't know what was wrong with me. I blamed myself. I am extremely vulnerable as I am easily manipulated and have been thus far.

Any advice? I go church, confession and gym regularly. I do hang out with my friends but the OCD makes me upset and regret hanging out. I hope the ERP and antidepressants work.

bafe93  No.708103

>>708094

Read the Gospels.

Begome saved.


800ad1  No.708117

Catholic with social avoidance issues and OCD here.

Follow your therapy, find a christian community you can be involved and where you can do little steps in overcoming your fear of social situation. A controlled environment where you can slowly improve.

Keep yourself pure from sins of the flesh, when you sin confess quickly and have communion often.

A big part of our disorder is caused by compulsive thoughts and all those "movies" that happen in our head. Try to turn those thoughts in prayers instead of following them. When you find yourself obsessed by a thought try to pray to God about that issue instead of following the thought and be worried and confused by it.


01c2b6  No.708132

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>>708117

How am I supposed to find a good catholic girl who is interested in me in this world? Church is mainly old people and even if there was a girl I was attracted to, who's to say she is a practicing catholic? I used to be addicted to porn and masturbation but by the grace of God I've been set free. Now I'm getting all this attention from girls and it confuses me because they have boyfriends. It triggeres my OCD too. It must be easier to convert a girl to catholicism than it is to find a catholic girl who isn't married yet. Where am I supposed to find this christian community? What's the difference between these "christian" girls and regular girls? I'm not going to fornicate and have no interest in it. But it is I that has to resist.


c62105  No.708134

>>708132

I have a really weird story about masturbation and girls. I was (and still am unfortunately) addicted to masturbation and I used to fap to anime pictures of succubi. One day I met this Greek girl (Catholic, or so she claimed) who seemed really nice and I spoke to her again a few times but not decided not to become romantic with her because she looked too different from me and I didn’t want to give our kids the mutt curse. The last day I ever saw her was very disturbing. She was with a friend I never met and their tongues were hanging out at super abnormal lengths like the anime succubi and her voice sounded super different and witchy/demonic. At first I thought nothing of it and thought they were just acting stupid, but later I found out the tongue thing and voice change are signs of demonic possession. Did I avoid dating a succubus who stole a girl’s body?


e870e3  No.708182

>>708094

>I go church, confession and gym regularly. I do hang out with my friends but the OCD makes me upset and regret hanging out. I hope the ERP and antidepressants work.

Sounds like you're already on the right path. ADHD and a catholic too here, I'm incredibly undetermined and unfocused unlike you, I don't think I'm attractive either, but I guess I'm not as vulnerable to depression as you are. I was bullied back in middle school. In highschool, I learned to cope with my anxiety and social awkwardness, and I could defend myself, but many still scoffed me quite constantly. I'm not a bright guy either, I was among the bottom performers and It took me 2 extra years to finish college just because I had zero interest in working on the final thesis. I just graduated and I'm still having a hard time finding a job, let alone finding a suitable one, I find it hard to make such decisions and usually end up choosing neither and doing nothing of value.

Even my parents are ashamed of me. Even I am disappointed in myself too because I always feel like I haven't fulfilled my potential, I'm really impulsive and have really low perseverance, which are the essential symptoms of ADD, no matter how hard I lash myself. But what can you do, some things are probably beyond your control even when you refuse that fact. That's just what you are, nobody is born equal, to hate yourself is to hate God's image.

The one cartoon that really uplifted me was Beavis and Butthead. I love how they stayed true to themselves no matter what others say about them and how much they don't belong in this civilization. They even think that their destructive, unfruitful nature is "cool" and consider those who disagree with their ways to be the stupid ones. Beavis and Butthead are no Forest Gump, there is no special talent behind their dim brain, they're just stupid and hated by everyone, and they go along with it instead of falling into self hate. This is the cartoon that really cured me from self hate, low esteem, and depression.

No, I'm not saying that I endorse B&B's ignorant and anti-productive ways. I'm just telling you to be cool with it no matter how hard you screwed up. Even if your efforts aren't fruitful, if you try God knows you try. If people hate you, even if that person is yourself, call them stupid and dismiss them because they don't understand you. When you pray, pray for strength, don't see God as some kind of wish granter. A strength to go through the day and tomorrow and push yourself to do better everyday.

>>708132

What do you even need a girl for. Do you think having a girlfriend/wife will stop you from lusting over porn? This attitude of considering wives as a sextoy and a breathing waifu pillow is something I actually despise. Why do girls with boyfriends tease you? Maybe because they think you're a freak. Maybe you're not cute after all, but who cares. There are many people out there who long for affection even though they have no chance at it, and they grew cold and bitter. Your thirst for affection and lust shouldn't fool you, we all thirst for something we sometimes are not supposed to have. That's just a part of life God wants you to go through. It's much better to spend your love on God and people who actually need it than on a walking fleshlight.


32dab1  No.708290

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>>708132

They are thots that want attention. Most women, even the ones in church, are. Women can tell when you get anxious around them so they toy with you.

My best advise is to disregard them at the moment and focus entirely on yourself and your connection with God. But still also go to different social/bible groups so you can grow socially also. Don't be tempted, stay strong


bf00af  No.708294

>>708094

>OCD

do you even know what OCD is? that's the compulsion to organize things- to put them where they belong, make them symmetrical, parallel, perpendicular, alphabetical, numeric, organized by function, color, etc. beyond the level of what a normal person would and you feel anxious/bothered by it if it's not right. you just sound like you're socially awkward and anxious

>antidepressants

I have never heard of an antidepressant success story, I suggest that you throw those in the trash and never consider taking one again


d3d43b  No.708301

>>708094

look into n-acetyl-cysteine (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423164/) and thc-free cbd isolate oil/powder (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604171/), they were a great relief for my anxiety issues


405d78  No.708359

Not a Catholic, but I suggest you completely surrender yourself (your ambitions, schedule, worldview, etc.) then ask the Holy Spirit possess (lack of a better term) your spiritual life as your guide.

Also take some Memantine.


955c1e  No.708501

>>708132

You need to work on yourself now. Both on your disorder, your social anxiety and your sexual continence.

As I said, continue your therapy and get involved in a community, do baby steps until finding a girl who is interested in you no longer feels like an impossible quest. God will help you when the time is right.


e870e3  No.708631

>>708359

This anon is right. To surrender your material world is the key.


6b7855  No.708649

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>>708094

>Any advice for an 18 year old Catholic

Yes

Get saved


8a6d3b  No.708679

>>708649

Catholics believe in Christ.

Stop listening to snakeoil salesmen in strip-malls peddling their own, subjective modernist theology.




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