A little while ago, I wrote a brief, non-exhaustive post on scrupulosity. I had a great comment on that post asking for a little bit more about how I deal with scrupulosity as a member of the Church and how we can determine whether or not it’s “really OCD” or just our morality and conscience…
Back during my Seattle OCD days, one of my friends introduced me to the idea of scrupulosity. Basically, it is religious OCD, though I didn’t really connect it with obsessive compulsive disorder at the time. It hearkens back to the idea of OCD taking over what matters to you and making your obsessions relate to…
Here is part two of “My OCD Life Story, So Far”: “College/It (Properly) Begins” For part one, click here. I loved college. My roommates and I would ride bikes, host shows in our bedroom, go on picnics, and lounge around our house until it felt even too late to get ready for bed. I decided I…