Mark DeJesus > Quotes

“the greatest reality we can experience for mental health is the eternal love of God.”
― Mark DeJesus, The OCD Healing Journey: Getting to the Heart of Our Obsessive and Compulsive Struggles

“It can be a breath of fresh air to realize that you cannot control what thoughts arrive into your thinking. Just because a thought “shows up” doesn’t have to mean anything. This is where OCDers get lost right off the jump, because they amplify their control issues in attempts to get their mind right. When in reality, that pressurized approach makes things worse.”
― Mark DeJesus, The OCD Healing Journey: Getting to the Heart of Our Obsessive and Compulsive Struggles

“The OCD mind doesn’t know there is a difference between a passing thought, a temptation, a thought that becomes a place of desired meditation and actually acting on the thought. In black-and-white perspectives, they believe that if the thought showed up, it means something about themselves. It drives something known in psychology as thought-action fusion. They believe that having a thought arrive is the same as acting on that thought.”
― Mark DeJesus, The OCD Healing Journey: Getting to the Heart of Our Obsessive and Compulsive Struggles

“It means I give a vulnerable self to people so that I can face my fears and most of all, face the toxic ways of my heart so I can change. Breaking self-love struggles cannot be done in isolation. Relational interaction is the incubator for spiritual change.”
― Mark DeJesus, God Loves Me and I Love Myself!: Overcoming the Resistance to Loving Yourself

“God designed you to be loved. It is also His intent that through experiencing love, you will see how significant you are. Loving connection is meant to empower how you see yourself. Without love, you flounder in life. With it, you gain the confidence to overcome anything.”
― Mark DeJesus, Experiencing God's Love as Your Father

“You say: It’s impossible God says: All things are possible You say: I’m too tired God says: I will give you rest You say: Nobody really loves me. God says: I love you You say: I can’t go on God says: My grace is sufficient You say: I cannot figure things out God says: I will direct your steps You say: I can’t do it God says: You can do all things through Christ You say: I can’t forgive myself God says: Receive my forgiveness and you’ll be able forgive others You say: I can’t manage God says: I can supply all your needs You say: I am afraid God says: I have not given you fear and I love you You say: I am always worried and frustrated God says: Cast ALL your cares on me You say: I am not smart enough God says: I give you wisdom You say: I feel all alone God says: I will never leave you or forsake you - Author Unknown”
― Mark DeJesus, God Loves Me and I Love Myself!: Overcoming the Resistance to Loving Yourself

“Fear is a Liar! The narrator of OCD is constructed by fear. The alarmist narrative of fear needs to be exposed for the liar that it is. Yes”
― Mark DeJesus, The OCD Healing Journey: Getting to the Heart of Our Obsessive and Compulsive Struggles

“the OCD mind has a problem: they take their thoughts way too seriously and give their thoughts way too much power. Their internal response to thoughts is like a hair trigger.”
― Mark DeJesus, The OCD Healing Journey: Getting to the Heart of Our Obsessive and Compulsive Struggles

“if I keep ruminating about this issue enough, then maybe I will feel better.”
― Mark DeJesus, I Will Not Fear: A Strategy to Overcome Anxiety, Worry and Fear-Based Living

“OCD strugglers chase down thoughts they do not even need to acknowledge because a distorted personal responsibility is driving them to do so.”
― Mark DeJesus, The OCD Healing Journey: Getting to the Heart of Our Obsessive and Compulsive Struggles

“Faith is about leading. Fear is about pressure.”
― Mark DeJesus, I Will Not Fear: A Strategy to Overcome Anxiety, Worry and Fear-Based Living

“But when I change my perspective of relationships to be a place for my healing, I no longer see people as enemies but as vessels for my growth.”
― Mark DeJesus, God Loves Me and I Love Myself!: Overcoming the Resistance to Loving Yourself

“When we find ourselves feeling trapped, stuck and hopeless in how we interpret our thoughts, it reveals we are listening to a line of thinking that does not come from God.”
― Mark DeJesus, The OCD Healing Journey: Getting to the Heart of Our Obsessive and Compulsive Struggles

“Jesus did not die on the cross and resurrect so that you and I would live a burden-filled life of never-ending torment.”
― Mark DeJesus, The OCD Healing Journey: Getting to the Heart of Our Obsessive and Compulsive Struggles