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Hi guys, This board has helped me through so much, so I'm counting on you again. :) I feel really awkard talking about this, but it's really been bothering me and I don't know what else to do. Thanks in advance... To be brief, I've had anxiety/ocd issues off and on for a long time. Sometimes thoughts just get stuck that have nothing to do with how I really feel, and lately they've been centered on taking the names of Heavenly Father and the Son in vain and my talents. I feel so helpless. No matter how hard I pray, the bad thoughts just keep coming, even DURING a prayer! I'm so mentally exhausted. Talents-wise, I worry that God will take them away because I haven't used them wisely, even though I'm very careful about that, and because I've had thoughts that say I wish they'd go away, even though I'd never wish them away and even though that's not how I feel about them at all. I also worry that I haven't discovered my talents even though I know I have. I know He hasn't taken them away and won't as long as I use them righteously and always acknowledge His hand, and I've had so many answers to prayers/confirmations of them to even think of doubting them. I know that I'm right about what my talents are, and I feel like these thoughts are just holding me back. I know I still have my talents but I can't stop worrying. I know He hasn't taken them away but I can't stop. I would NEVER take Their names in vain and I certainly would never wish my talents away. These thoughts don't reflect how I really feel. I'm scared of my own mind. Every time I sit down to use one of my talents, say guitar for example, the vicious cycle starts: I have a bad thought that asks Heavenly Father to take the talent from me. This, of course, is mixed with thoughts of profanity. I try to shake the thought but it keeps coming and then I drop to my knees and start praying wildly because I don't want to lose my talents. I repeat this a couple times a day, at least. I feel like my mind has betrayed me! I don't want my talents to go away and I don't want to take Their names in vain. I'm so scared. I just hope Heavenly Father doesn't take them away and forgives me and understands these thoughts aren't how I really feel. Please help. I just want to develop my talents in peace and have good thoughts. I don't want to worry about them going away.

Hi guys, Any advice or support you can give is greatly appreciated. Not going into detail, I've done something I wish I'd never done, have since repented and am fully committed to never doing it again. I feel like I've turned my whole life around since then. I've been reading my scriptures nightly (which I never did before) for quite a while now (not sure how long, but probably more than six months at least) and have been praying morning and night and everywhere in between. I know that I've grown so much and have truly changed. I feel like I'm living the Gospel more than ever before and I see God's hand in my life more than I used to. I know that I'm a very different person from the one I was when I committed this sin. I want so much to do the right things and forsake evil. I want to be good and help people every day. I know what I did was wrong and I'll never do it again. I've had nothing to do with the sin whatsoever for over a year and in other ways for multiple years. However, I'm constantly worried that this sin will come back to haunt me, even though I know I've been forgiven and that I'm 100% committed to forsaking the sin. I've cut out everything that could tempt me to do it again and filled my life with wholesome activites. I just want to put it behind me once and for all and be free from this guilt. I'm just so mentally exhausted! Please help.