Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Oh, I'm sorry, Chris! I know just how you feel about " jinxing " it. :-) I will often wonder how long this good period will last with my daughter. Just when you think you're making forward progress..... I think religious issues are so hard. There is no way to be absolute, so there is always the " what if. " And it will always be so because no matter what a minister says, they are acting by faith, not a " known. " Unless God were to come down and speak to him, and then he may just question that as well! LOL Dina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Could this be a flare-up caused by him fighting back a little and not participating so much in the compulsions? Like the calm was the eye of the hurricane and now he has to go through the other half . . . fighting harder as the ocd tries to keep control? > > I knew it, post something a little positive and then...! > > called me about 30 minutes ago, asking if I could arrange > for him to talk to the minister again. Said his OCD is really > bothering him, some of the eating things too, the " I swear... " . > SIGH! > > The minister isn't really full-time, in that he has another daytime > job during the week. So I asked did he want to try setting > up something with the other minister at the church he plans to start > attending, as I sort of hate bothering my coworker's husband if > 's not planning to attend there, BUT I would understand if > wanted to keep the two separate (his OCD problems and his > church, i.e., not want new one to know or something). said > he thought it'd be OK to try the new one. So I called (it's past 4) > and he won't be back today. > > REALLY wanted to talk " now " but we/he'll just have to deal > with it. SIGH! I'll see if he'll tell me much more, but " mom " > doesn't seem to count sometimes. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Hi I just wanted to let you know we are in the same boat. Bre's scrupulosity issues are also popping up again. She is in a 6 week Bible study and was told to read a proverb a day. She reads more than one just to make sure it is enough. She wants to go to 3 youth groups a week,(but can't because of homework) church on Sunday, prays alot so God won't be mad and has all kinds of thoughts about really wanting to worship the devil. She is functioning well though, no eating issues, etc. She does realize what is ocd and even though she is impulsive with religion at times, she gets over the anxiety on her own. Though when she wants to talk to the youth pastor, I give him credit for being so patient. Bre likes to talk about it all. Sandy -- In , " " <@...> wrote: > > I knew it, post something a little positive and then...! > > called me about 30 minutes ago, asking if I could arrange > for him to talk to the minister again. Said his OCD is really > bothering him, some of the eating things too, the " I swear... " . > SIGH! > > The minister isn't really full-time, in that he has another daytime > job during the week. So I asked did he want to try setting > up something with the other minister at the church he plans to start > attending, as I sort of hate bothering my coworker's husband if > 's not planning to attend there, BUT I would understand if > wanted to keep the two separate (his OCD problems and his > church, i.e., not want new one to know or something). said > he thought it'd be OK to try the new one. So I called (it's past 4) > and he won't be back today. > > REALLY wanted to talk " now " but we/he'll just have to deal > with it. SIGH! I'll see if he'll tell me much more, but " mom " > doesn't seem to count sometimes. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 oh my gosh - I just put 2 and 2 together - My Mom, (an impossible woman to get along with), took up with the catholic church in her teenage years, converted (she was raised agnostic at best), and tried to become a nun at 16. Her mom wouldn't sign the form, though, and the next year she met my Dad and she had her first child at 18 . . . She didn't break from them until 15 years later when they kicked her out and refused to answer her letters asking for emotional support . . . because she was divorcing her flaming alcoholic husband. What makes an early teen seek out religion, immerse in it, wrap a dozen layers of it around themselves - when they weren't even raised in a home that talked about it? She's returned to it now in her old age - I wonder if she misses the all-consuming passion of her first love for it? Or, does she look back on it and wonder . . . " what was I thinking? " > > > > I knew it, post something a little positive and then...! > > > > called me about 30 minutes ago, asking if I could arrange > > for him to talk to the minister again. Said his OCD is really > > bothering him, some of the eating things too, the " I swear... " . > > SIGH! > > > > The minister isn't really full-time, in that he has another > daytime > > job during the week. So I asked did he want to try > setting > > up something with the other minister at the church he plans to > start > > attending, as I sort of hate bothering my coworker's husband if > > 's not planning to attend there, BUT I would understand if > > wanted to keep the two separate (his OCD problems and his > > church, i.e., not want new one to know or something). > said > > he thought it'd be OK to try the new one. So I called (it's past > 4) > > and he won't be back today. > > > > REALLY wanted to talk " now " but we/he'll just have to deal > > with it. SIGH! I'll see if he'll tell me much more, but " mom " > > doesn't seem to count sometimes. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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