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Dear AJW, Thank you for your encouraging e-mail. Your words of encouragement mean a lot to me. I'm sorry that you suffer from this condition too. Isn't it terrible! I will definitely e-mail you. It's late as I write this and I have to go to bed because I have work tomorrow so I will write you another day. Kind regards, Not alone now

Dear Carolyn, I have just read your post and I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I had almost given up checking to see if anyone had replied and it's been probably a good week and a half since I last checked. So many people had read my post but no replies. So imagine my delight to receive your message saying you had posted a reply. Thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement and godly wisdom. I have printed off your post so I can read it over and over. Thank you so much for your prayers!!! I am so grateful! I am also humbled and encouraged by your long reply. It must have taken you ages to write but I just want you to know that it means so much to me. It's really late as I write this and I need to go to bed because I've got work tomorrow, but I have so much more to say to you so I will write again soon. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Not alone anymore!!!

Hi Friend, I'm sorry you're suffering with OCD. I feel so sorry for you. I have suffered in silence for many years, always scared to share my struggle with anyone else for fear of rejection. My advice for you is to seek help and advice from trusted friends or people whom you respect for their integrity, kindness and understanding. When I finally did it was the best thing that I had done. Now I'm not alone, and my friends are able to support me and understand me. Believe it or not there are 2 millions OCD sufferers in the US alone. That's heaps of people. I want to say also that God loves you very much. Jesus loves you immensely and He would wrap his arms of love around you and say encourage you with kindness. Please share with your parents or trusted friends or family. Medication can help you heaps so with your family/friends help explore that option. Kind regards, You're not alone

Dear Friends, Before I realized that I suffered from OCD I felt so alone and confused. Now I realize that there's so many sufferers I'm somewhat comforted because I know I'm not the only one. I've always wished I could meet someone who shared my struggle and who could perhaps be a friend. Wouldn't it be good to support each other instead of being all alone? Please reply to this forum if you're interested. I'm a bit nervous about putting my e-mail address on the forum in case I get abusive e-mails....I've never done this before. Anyway, I sure hope there's someone out there!!! I have suffered with OCD for many years. My first memories of it are when I was only around 9 years old. My OCD has manifested itself in so many ways, from thinking that if I didn't do things like turn the light on and off 3 times my whole family would die, worrying that I ran someone over when driving and having to go back and check many times, to worrying that I had cursed God etc. Now, as a Christian, most of my thoughts are religious in nature and are tormenting me no end. Anyone who is a Christian might be able to imagine what my thoughts consist of....think of the opposite of what a Christian wants to think and there you have it. It is hard to type this but I have thoughts of asking the devil for things.....which I don't want to do, but they are so intrusive they get through. It's absolute torment and I'm so confused and upset. I am happily married with kids and have everything to live for, but my thoughts are so horrible and intrusive I'm at breaking point at the moment. I wish so much that I could be free of this terrible affliction. It is so awful. Medication has helped me tremendously, but no cure yet. I am so low at the moment that I've considered suicide, but couldn't leave my wife and children, I love them too much. I wish with all my heart that God would strike me dead, give me cancer so that I can escape. If only there was a way out. I keep trying to tell myself it's only the OCD talking, but it just wears me down. Does anyone know if suicide is a sin? I'd love to hear from anyone who has OCD and suffers like I do.