Scrupulosity & Moral OCD
3 articles from our Denver practice.
3 articles from our Denver practice.
Scrupulosity is OCD that uses your faith as its raw material, and it targets the people who care most about being good. This is the deepest cluster on the site. It covers religious OCD and moral OCD and how they differ, the intrusive blasphemous thoughts that convince people they have sinned by having them, confession loops, and religious OCD in children — along with the treatment that actually works, which is exposure and response prevention rather than more reassurance.
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Excessive confessing, fear of blasphemy, compulsive religious rituals? A Denver Catholic therapist on religious OCD in children and teens.
Dreading confession, rehearsing sins obsessively, fearing improper confession? A Denver Catholic therapist on scrupulosity and finding peace.
Scrupulosity is a form of OCD that hijacks your moral compass. How it manifests, how it's treated, and how saints have dealt with it.