Intrusive thoughts, doubts, or urges related to religious faith

OCD focused on fear of being a bad person involves recurrent, persistent, unwanted and intrusive thoughts or images about being a bad person.

Fear of being a bad person

Excessive apologizing is common in OCD. Often, people with OCD feel the urge to compulsively apologize when it is not needed. 

Excessive apologizing – Is it OCD?

Scrupulosity OCD centered on Atheism involves fears and doubts about whether there might be a higher power.

Taylor Newendorp

Atheism scrupulosity

Judaism-related Scrupulosity OCD involves fears that one is not following the laws set forth by one’s Rabbi or Jewish scripture, knowingly or unknowingly.

Religious OCD

Fear of being a bad person

Excessive apologizing – Is it OCD?

Atheism scrupulosity

Jewish scrupulosity

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