When Your Doubt Is Not Doubt | Scrupulosity & Religious OCD
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If your doubt will not stop no matter how many prayers you pray, it may not be doubt.
It may be scrupulosity - a form of OCD in which your faith becomes the content of the obsession. The International OCD Foundation reports that up to a third of people with OCD have some scrupulous symptoms.
Two things are true at once: the Gospel is real, and OCD is real. Faith and professional care are allies, not enemies.
Help:
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US) - call or text 988
Crisis Text Line (US) - text HELLO to 741741
International OCD Foundation - https://iocdf.org/find-help/
Full teaching on the assurance of salvation: https://youtu.be/yAL78f8MZCk
Transcript (show)
If your doubt will not stop no matter how many prayers you pray, it may not be doubt. It may be scrupulosity, a form of OCD in which your faith becomes the content of the obsession. The International OCD Foundation reports that up to a third of people with OCD have some scrupulous symptoms. Two things are true at once. The gospel is real and OCD is real.
Please talk to a licensed therapist alongside a pastor. Faith and professional care are allies, not enemies. In the US, call or text 988. The full episode is on our channel. You are not alone.
Transcript from the video's captions on YouTube.
