Help please?

[Wolfmanoflogan22]

Im having trouble severer worry about gods words in Bible and i don't know what to do with it can't sleep good skin on fire

[Foodie23]

I don’t want to worry you, but this sounds serious. Reach out to your psychiatrist if you have one or go into a mental health urgent care if there’s one nearby. It’s very important that you get some help sleeping right away.

[Wolfmanoflogan22 in reply to Foodie23]

It's serious I know

[Sillysausage234]

Stop reading the bible

[Wolfmanoflogan22 in reply to Sillysausage234]

Stop read Bible y don't u believe in Bible

[Jeff1943]

Wolfman, you have nothing to fear from the Bible. It has been respun again and again over the centuries to serve the agendas of mortals.

Jesus told someone recently: "You have your Bible, but it is not completely correct, and it is not complete, but it is what you have so you must make of it what you will."

So you don't have to fear the parts that frighten you so, believe those parts that offer you unconditional love. You must use your judgement to separate the wheat from the chaff.

[zperry4]

You might have what’s called religious scrupulousity OCD, which is basically just excessive obsession about sticking to religious words and texts, and being consumed by the fear of messing up and not following god/Jesus’ word. This is totally real and a very common form of ocd. As someone with ocd (mostly contamination), it’s super easy to find help, and people who have the same problem. I’ll link a support group that I’m in, there’s probably people who have recently gone through this too. groups.io/g/OCD-Support/topics. Hope it helps.

[Lazy_dog_lover]

The Bible is a book of stories. It was written as interpretation of stories and translated into many languages. It holds different meaning for different people. Old Testament is scary. I am Catholic and a scientist, so I see things differently. Do not see it as whole truth. Even historical texts has some interpretation and bias in them. I put it in this category. There are groups called Bible Study that help people make sense of it, but it is nothing to fear.

[Waterworks31]

I found Father Richard Rohr’s books, Everything Belongs and The Universal Christ, helpful in this regard. I was in that rut for a long time, now I’ve got new ruts, guess its part of the grooves we have worn in our brains. God bless!

[sdevi108]

What exactly about the words of the Bible is causing anxiety for you?

[c-mac]

It sounds very uncomfortable. I'd talk to a doctor about these feelings soon!