It’s concerned with the fear of judgment by fellow believers or of being a bad example to unbelievers. This religious OCD symptom deals with the fear of cursing in front of others. “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.” Psalm 51:17 (KJV) Speaking Curse Words. But for those struggling with this scrupulosity theme, that can be difficult to see. God is far more concerned about a broken and contrite heart (i.e., humility) than He is about the exact style, feelings, or wording of repentance attempts. Thankfully, salvation is about putting faith in Christ and His perfection and not in trying to prove our own goodness. The scrupulous fear God will disqualify their faith due to them “repenting wrong.” This type of scrupulosity symptom focuses on the worry that a repentance experience once believed to be authentic might have been fake, not fully sincere or done incorrectly. There are some reoccurring themes in religious obsessive-compulsive disorder I’ve found through my work. Concerning OCD in Christians, that also holds true. While all of us are unique in how God created us, similarities in how we process life and react to it are common. But the reality is many individuals struggle with religious scrupulosity. It can quickly feel like you’re the only one on the planet with those specific obsessive thoughts and resulting actions. Much of the grief those with scrupulosity (OCD with religious and moral themes) feel is going through life feeling like they’re alone in their struggle. Does the faith meant to free you seem more like a prison lately because of scrupulosity? Instead of feeling the joy of being a ‘prisoner of the Lord’ because of God’s love ( Ephesians 4:1), does it feel like a spiritually focused servitude devoid of hope? For scrupulosity OCD strugglers, such experiences are ever-present and difficult to handle.
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