Thread by @dilipkjena

@virginia_garret @delology @RachaelColby7 @KevinObie1 @WildmanWonders @CSLCHSnMore This is an excellent post. I loved reading this. I am sharing my thoughts and further affirming this line of yours "Do not dialogue with your strongholds" through my own OCD/anxiety struggles:

1. I was bombarded by thoughts and it literally incapacitated me. 1/n

@virginia_garret @delology @RachaelColby7 @KevinObie1 @WildmanWonders @CSLCHSnMore 2. The thoughts kept me engaged and asked me do certain mental or physical actions which when done further aggravated the OCD/anxiety.
3. I started reading book by "You are not your Brain" by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D. is an American psychiatrist...2/n

@virginia_garret @delology @RachaelColby7 @KevinObie1 @WildmanWonders @CSLCHSnMore ...and researcher in the field of neuroplasticity and its application to obsessive-compulsive disorder.
3. He advised us to look our thoughts as a third (rational) person or a Wise Advocate and do what the that Wise Advocate would do and not what the OC thoughts said. 3/n

@virginia_garret @delology @RachaelColby7 @KevinObie1 @WildmanWonders @CSLCHSnMore 4. Since I had just reverted in Lord from a Hindu background, and had a copy of Bible for first time in 2012, I said to myself that Holy Spirit would be my Wise Advocate.
5. Amidst the bombarding thoughts I would do what Holy Spirit through Bible verses would tell me to do 4/n

@virginia_garret @delology @RachaelColby7 @KevinObie1 @WildmanWonders @CSLCHSnMore 6. In India, we do not have good services to treat OCD/anxiety, so I would devote my time to look through scriptures diligently to help me during different situations e.g. what to do when I am a client meeting or when I am alone or when I am with friends to deal OC thoughts 5/n

@virginia_garret @delology @RachaelColby7 @KevinObie1 @WildmanWonders @CSLCHSnMore 7. The more I did this the more OC thoughts started to fade away. I learnt from Dr. Schwartz's book that I had successfully rewired my brain by my deliberate mental actions inspired by the word of God. The rewired brain produced more healthy thoughts consistent with the Word 6/n

@virginia_garret @delology @RachaelColby7 @KevinObie1 @WildmanWonders @CSLCHSnMore 8. I literally experienced what Bible meant when it says: "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind..." Romans 12:2
9. My Mind, that was renewed by the Word, literally changed my physical brain as per the book. 7/n

@virginia_garret @delology @RachaelColby7 @KevinObie1 @WildmanWonders @CSLCHSnMore 10. The rewired brain changed the disposition of my thoughts to more healthy and wholesome.
11. I also understood the deeper meaning of "Renewing Mind." It means to get new information and not fighting with old information... 8/n

@virginia_garret @delology @RachaelColby7 @KevinObie1 @WildmanWonders @CSLCHSnMore ...The new information automatically displaces the old information.
12. Therefore when you mentioned "Do not dialogue with your strongholds" is a right statement.
13. Instead the focus should be dialogue with the Word and in the Word. These are new information.
14. God bless9/9

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