The more valiantly you fight your intrusive thoughts with your own efforts, the more likely you are to lose the battle. Intrusive thoughts cannot be ousted by your effort or willpower. Although counterintuitive, trying to force out the intrusive thoughts is the surest way to get them to stay.

Only licensed mental health professionals can diagnose OCD. But if trusted leaders in the church are aware of common manifestations of scrupulosity, this increases the likelihood that people in the church will find the correct treatment.

I set out to provide a theologically sound and scientifically valid Christian framework for understanding scrupulosity, in order to reduce suffering and deepen our faith.

My journey from Methodism, Non-denominational churches, and the Southern Baptist Convention to the historic Anglican faith