Working Through OCD and LOW Feelings and Emotions
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If you’ve ever battled OCD, scrupulosity, perfectionism, or just that “never enough” way of living, you may know what it’s like to suddenly find yourself feeling low, empty, and emotionally flat—right in the middle of trying to get better. Today, I unpack what I call the doldrums—those windless, still seasons where the drama of compulsions quiets down, but you’re left with a kind of emptiness, numbness, sadness or even possible depression that feels frightening and confusing. I’ll share why this stage is not a sign of failure, but actually an invitation to deeper healing that many people completely misunderstand.
As I walk you through this, I’ll help you recognize how the “toxic interpreter” hijacks these low emotions, convinces you that something is terribly wrong, and tries to drag you back into obsessive-compulsive loops. We’ll talk about why silence can feel deafening when you’re used to constant inner noise, how compulsions have been masking deeper hurts, and how to begin relating to yourself with compassionate grace instead of shame and panic. If you wrestle with religious OCD or spiritual dryness, I’ll also share encouragement for your faith journey and why this season does not mean God has abandoned you. My prayer is that this message will help you stop treating your low emotions as an emergency, and start seeing them as a doorway into the deeper healing your heart has been needing for a long time.
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As I walk you through this, I’ll help you recognize how the “toxic interpreter” hijacks these low emotions, convinces you that something is terribly wrong, and tries to drag you back into obsessive-compulsive loops. We’ll talk about why silence can feel deafening when you’re used to constant inner noise, how compulsions have been masking deeper hurts, and how to begin relating to yourself with compassionate grace instead of shame and panic. If you wrestle with religious OCD or spiritual dryness, I’ll also share encouragement for your faith journey and why this season does not mean God has abandoned you. My prayer is that this message will help you stop treating your low emotions as an emergency, and start seeing them as a doorway into the deeper healing your heart has been needing for a long time.
📘The Myth of the Perfect One: https://bit.ly/44kZu7B
❓Submit a Question: https://markdejesus.com/questions/
📘Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/
➡️Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3
▶️Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/
👉Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/
🌎Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community
📚Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/
Music Provided by Epidemic Sound: https://share.epidemicsound.com/73m02k and Audiio: https://ref.audiio.com/3c99d6zk
Mark's Podcast and Video Equipment: https://markdejesus.com/equipment/
Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It is purely educational in nature. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read, heard or viewed in our material.
The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.
@SimplySavingwithAmy25
I have been isolating and binging YouTube because I don’t know what else to do. I don’t know exactly why I am feeling low and for so long – years and I’m tired of crying. This video is a blessing. Thank you, Mark.
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@JenDubbs
This video is so good! When I was a teen and (unknowingly) dealing with religious "pure o" ocd, I wrote this in my Bible and read it every day. "There is nothing wrong with you if you don't feel God's love, and there would be something wrong with God's love if you had to earn it." ❤
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@ArtsInDespair
Yesterday was apathetic ocd looping hell! Had a super bad meltdown, fight or flight autistic explosion from literally just feeling such deep apathy.
I was in “figure it out” mode soooo bad and it got dark so fast. Very dark.
Thank you lord for showing me this video right when I could use it 😭
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@WilliamSilbernagel
Mark, you’re doing Gods work. I really appreciate you brother.
I’ve dealt with a lot of pain symptoms in my head and start to judge myself because of the pain, “I shouldn’t be feeling this way, I’m upsetting God if I have an uncomfortable feeling or thought. Will this pain ever go away, am I ruminating without realizing it?”
A lot of it comes down to letting go of control and allowing yourself to have any feeling or thought without judgement. The more we try to control our thoughts or feelings, the more we stir up that muddy water and get more of what we don’t want.
Getting better from OCD takes practice. But I’m getting there slowly but surely
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@drv9744
What a precious blessing you are!
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@katierenae5537
Thank you Mark. Sending hugs to all my fellow ocd brother and sisters in Christ.
@theobjectivebeliever
Really good stuff, bro.
You mentioned withdrawals. I was surprised to find myself “missing” the fight and struggle and spinning. It does, in a lot of ways feel like kicking an addiction because there is something strangely “comforting” or maybe a better word for it is “rewarding” in that cycle.
This vid def helps.
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@OlvinAndLoammy
Mark, uou are not gonna believe this, but I've been experiencing what you describe in this video. I've been feeling soooo blaaaaaah these past few weeks. Watching this encouraged me.
GOD BLESS!!
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@selinasaunders
Gosh!!!!! Can you be my therapist???? This all hits 🎯
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@Frenchiebb
Thank you so so so so so so so much for sharing your wisdom. This video found me at the perfect time in my life. This is the exact stage I’m at in my OCD journey and I was totally blaming the depression on my themes. Thank you for this❤
@rachelcatt6977
God has perfect timing. Thank you for your message.
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@curtishutcherson2472
There's you some love big brother Mark. ❤️❤️🤗
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@mariejones-w5e
Mark you nailed it! 😁 It’s a natural healing process 🙏🏼 These feelings have to surface to be acknowledged so that they can be then HEALED much like clearing the hard drive so your PC can function better 😁 So please embrace these feelings because they are proof that you are on the right track in your healing journey God Bless 🙏🏼❤️
@SweetyJulie-7
Dear Mark, God bless you more 🙏thank you ❤❤❤
EDIT :::: I found the answer in this video....❤🙏 I made this comment below to keep a record.
I got healed in 2025 - mainly through your videos and books(You're the real teacher we need❤) - from scrupulosity, ocd, anxiety, depression, Rocd in my mind, toxic guilt, self neglect and everything else that can be related to these. And by the end of it in December I felt the real peace, joy, gratitude, strength. But when the Relationship ocd showed up after 1 year due to that avoidant person's re entry, i got attacked with Rocd and anxiety so badly, after he shut down and left forever in March, that i felt the weakest and ocd and scrupulosity flaring up but God healed me in July and I had left it off from my mind. But now I am experiencing very low feelings, numbness, dullness, and empty feeling, a different kind of depression with no answers and not repeating the mental compulsions, Feeling like going back and getting worse and there is anxiety, I became slow, low energy mentally, physically, exams are near and speed is crucial for that, how long will these doldrums last and how can i overcome faster to gain speed and concentrate on my exam preparation.?
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@puddlejumper73
I have realized I'm the last few years that I have had to grieve through some things to heal. I didn't realize that is what I needed. I am at another place that I am having to grieve. Love your videos.
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@yvetteandino13
Thank you Mark. You describe this so well. God bless!
@Prophecy23JC
I love you, Mark. Thank you so much for your time and care.
@MarvinEngle-he8kq
This has been happening for years now. I would just keep going until it went away. Sometimes praying and asking God to help me in the low feelings, but never looking for healing. Most of the time thinking I've healed enough I should be past feeling this way. Thank you for this Mark and showing me there's healing that can take place in feeling lowing than a whale turd on the bottom of the ocean.
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@Scott4Jesusfamilyxo
I'm watching this right now. Oh my gosh, this is something because with what he's saying about how it will slow down the doldrums means that you're healing and it's ironic cuz I'm watching this now at night. It's 10:00 or something like that. 10:42 at night and all day today through prayer and a Bible study that me and a brother go do together and just in the word a lot these last couple weeks. But I felt so light today so light and oddly free and joyful. Haven't felt that way in years but especially in months cuz it's only been since the summer that I got in touch with the complex trauma and the way I was running and running and running from everything and putting other things in its place, which is what Mark is talking about in this video. And it is amazing that I would be watching this tonight because it's like a bookend to how I felt today. Oh boy. God bless this guy and he's saying the same thing that my doctor had said you're afraid to get to the other side because you're comfortable with where you've been for 5 and 1/2 decades and you're afraid to step through that and go into the new and that is so true. And that's why it's so true that you need to have good people around you to help you to love you to teach you how you should couldn't love you yourself. You know anyway, just needed to share that and thank you Mark, my brother from another mother
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@01_corizuu26
Hi brother Mark, thanks for this video. I'm not sure if I'm fully into the doldrums yet, I just noticed this calmness and then occasional sadness and tears out of nowhere. But I recognize this is the rest Jesus has given me, and knowing what might happen with my false interpreter is very helpful for when it kicks in with all force. Good bless you brother 🤍