![]() ![]() More to the point, this perfection must be constantly proven beyond the shadow of all doubt. The values and ethics of that culture are the rules that OCD dictates must be followed perfectly. In other words, the concern is with the “quality” of one’s humanity in the context of the culture in which he or she lives. Moral scrupulosity is, thus, obsessive concern with whether or not one is being good or bad, independently from religious expectations. The term “scrupulosity” is often used to describe religious obsessions, which typically manifest as getting too caught up in the details of one’s religious tenets and whether or not they are being perfectly followed. It’s important to understand that what I am calling “Moral Scrupulosity OCD” here is not a different kind of disorder, just a name to describe a manifestation of OCD for the sake of simplicity. This first entry in the series will focus on defining and recognizing moral scrupulosity in OCD. In this blog series, we’ll be exploring the form of OCD that manifests most specifically as excessive concern about right and wrong and the false dichotomy of the good person/bad person in OCD. Nowhere is this identity over-protection clearer than in the case of moral scrupulosity. Choosing to take the risk of accepting you might have touched your shoe but just aren’t going to pull out the hand sanitizer this time could be the slip that reveals you to be an irresponsible or unhygienic person. ![]() One with sexual orientation obsessions may be excessively concerned that this one thought or sensation left up to uncertainty could reveal the discovery of gay denial. One with Harm OCD may worry that failure to catch that one impulse could lead to spontaneous discovery that he/she is a violent or harmful person. It can be argued that many forms of OCD come down to a fear that lack of vigilance could lead to a loss of identity. ![]()
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