Scrupulosity: What It Is and Why It Needs to be Treated
A sufferer recalls: My bedtime prayers lasted longer than those recited by Benedictine monks; by the second grade, I had read the Bible start to finish (a few times by the fourth grade); I attended daily Mass, walking there on my own each day; and every Good Friday I would go down to my dad’s den in the basement and stay there for five hours as I prayed the all of the mysteries of the rosary.”
Confession and all the rites of the major religions can be a beautiful thing, and lead to a deeper faith and a sense of love and hope. However, for someone prone to OCD, these rituals can become weapons.
Thankfully there are wonderful resources available today on scrupulosity, and because of awareness, kids today are better educated on what healthy faith looks like as opposed to a form of OCD.
