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I am so anxious and panicky now because I am eating a snack and saying "Thank you, Lord, for this food I have" but instead I hear the cursing and hateful words, making feel like I am not true to being thankful, when I am! I constantly repeat this over and over until I DO NOT hear the bad anymore, bu...

Fr. Ed - so nice hearing from you!!! I missed your inspiring and comforting words. You help calm me a down a bit. I am trying so hard, Father, I want to allow the thoughts to just be there and linger without me fighting back or re-doing an action while hearing it. I think allowing it is the hardest ...

Hi Lurette, and welcome! Yes, I know what you mean. At moments when I feel "good", I start feeling afraid for the next episodes of anxiety and fear. It's a never-ending cycle that our minds do to us to keep us from feeling peaceful. I experience this multiple times a day, so trust me, it's very comm...

James - I am right with you; the cuss words, the wicked thoughts all to our Lord, Jesus, Mary and all our Beloved. They're terrifying!!! I go to bed each night knowing I will awke to hearing them again first thing in the morning when I am so grateful for another day. I say, "Thank you, Dear Lord, fo...

Thank you everyone for your helpful comments {and prayers....:-)}. I will offer my suffering to the Lord just as Jesus offered His to us. It seems so hard to distract myself when I live alone. I am 32 years old and feel like the odd woman out because I am not married with children (like the majority...

I am having such horrid thoughts that I am ready to lose control. Please can you pray for me??!!! I feel like it's getting worse when I try to "accept" the thoughts and just let them go, it really hurts to do this!!! Fr. Ed - why does my mind say these horrible things to our Dear Lord and all the th...

Hi Fr. Ed and Mel23!!! Both of your responses brought joy and comfort to my heart. God is working through us and I thank you both for hearing my fear. I pray for us each day! I will allow the thoughts to come, and should expect them on a daily basis. Fr. Ed, it's going to pain me so much to NOT repe...

Hi Mel, It's amazing how many others there are just like us, so we must know we're not crazy, or bad (although it certainly feels that way). I feel so panicky and shaky everytime I hear it and it makes me repeat until I don't hear it, but that makes it worse!!! I am always late getting out in the mo...

Hi Holly J, thanks for your comforting words, I need them right now because I am having wicked thoughts NOW and cannot stop them. Everytime I eat and give thanks for the food, my mind starts cursing God and placing vicious images in my head. I just want to scream or run or just die!!! The cycle will...

Dear father Ed, I am so thankful for your reply, as I am a devout Catholic myself!!! I did speak with a priest years ago when I lived in AZ for 6 months and he told me to "let it go" and God knows what type of persom I really am. I pray and hear the hateful words in the background and have to start ...