Link – Scrupulosity, OCD, and Spirituality
One rarely discussed difficulty that many Catholics can experience
is scrupulosity, an obsessive fear that they have committed some terrible sin,
often when no sin at all is really present.
Numerous Saints have struggled with it at times, and it was probably the
major impetus behind Martin Luther’s development of the mistaken doctrine of Sola Fide and eventual leaving the
Church.
Scrupulosity has more to do with one’s mental state than
spiritual state. At the link below,
Benjamin Mann gives an insightful reflection, based on his own experiences, on
scrupulosity, obsessive compulsive disorder, and the spiritual life.
