3 ways to fight Moral Scrupulosity OCD

Moral Scrupulosity questions every thought and action and evaluates it. It's the never-ending dilemma of wondering if you're a good or a bad person. Here are 3 tips to use if you struggle with moral scrupulosity OCD.
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[chanellemartin]

this perfectionism is exhausting. it makes me depressed.

[gracie]

In my own experience, this theme has been the most painful and debilitating one to deal with. It’s especially hard because when I explain it, sometimes people only think it’s about hypothetical wrongdoings and they forget that I can obsess about real wrongdoings as well.

[GabePerson]

I'm a massive Harry Potter nerd but there's a section in one of the books where one of the portraits is saying really mean things and Dumbledore just calmly responds with "thank you, that's enough" and I just pictured reacting to my intrusive thoughts that way 😂 funny the things that click in our head

[JohnBrown-ignc]

The "false alarms" I've been dealing with for several years have been guiding me. I don't want to be that way anymore

[windfalls]

This and real event OCD pair up like a catastrophic team, in my experience these two have been the worst when working together, but especially when compulsions are reassurance related- I've lost count of how many times I bothered friends about whether or not what I did was wrong or how deathly afraid I am of being "exposed" for the wrong things I've done in my past, almost as if I didn't ever change or grown as a person in OCD's eyes, but I think it doesn't matter if people can grow past these mistakes, for this disorder, there is no forgiving. Thankfully there's effective treatment on how to deal with it, these videos have been really helpful to me and to many, thank you Nate.

[bneum]

"Stop trying to control everything and LET GO" Tyler Durden. It is what it is. Let whatever happens happen - LOST. Maybe. Maybe not. This is good. Thanks Ryan from Yellowcard.

[guppiegupp]

Whenever my moral OCD acts up to the point I can’t handle it I watch this. It calms me down. I’ve been watching this over and over when I have a breakdown for a while but haven’t commented until now. Thank you for making this video.

[JamieRoseLincoln]

I only recently learned that this was a thing and it made my life make so much sense. From the time I was a child I was obsessed with rules and following them and if I thought I did something wrong I would replay it in my mind for YEARS until I had a mental breakdown and “confessed” it to my mom who then told me that I was fine and a good person. Mine definitely happens with overthinking decisions I already felt I made a correct moral decision on and then twisting them to be immoral and guilting myself into thinking I’m a bad person.

[embroideredragdoll]

Thinking about that time when Kanye West said “I guess we’ll never know” usually helps me with this.

[norad]

Wow this video just saved me.. tears! It was exactly what I needed to hear in the mental state right now I’m in right now.. What relief!! Thank you Nate, your words gives me hope and calmness when I didn’t think that was possible. Thank you thank you thank you for your work.

[REP]

Today I had a massive surge in my scrupulosity OCD, which is heavily based on my morals. I couldn't break the thought cycle until this video. I'll be trying your course... thank you for all you do for us who struggle. You help more than you know. You come across as a friend, as someone relatable and understanding. You're greatly appreciated.

[fibsh]

Thanks for this video man. I had a massive surge of Moral scrupulosity OCD over the past few days (which is odd because to my knowledge I've never had it before) and it lead to nightmares of me getting abandoned and shamed by friends and family members, and even getting arrested and charged. I had trouble sleeping, socializing, and I didn't even get out of my room for a while.

Luckily I'm talking with a therapist about it now.

[Diana_]

Your voice is so relaxing. After taking notes from what you say in your vids, i press replay so that i can listen it again to help me sleep

[parisaalimohammadi]

This OCD makes you a doubtful person who doubts about every single thing you say or do.
Thank you nathan your videos are so helpful.
You have no idea how much you help people like me 😢❤

[grettaarzate]

100% me growing up. When I was really young I would ask my parents "will it dry?", then as i got older "is it ok if...?", then as a teen i'd ask my friends "are you mad at me?", etc. My OCD now has other flavors in addition to the scrupulosity, but scrupulosity is still underneath it all unfortunately. Great post Nathan.

[Jacob_Leiter]

Super helpful. I was expecting that is the way - to make a quick decission and action at once, without analyzing, leaving the thoughts in the background. But OCD was making me doubt it. Now I am determined how to behave correctly.
Thank you so much! You're the best.

[ProFesho]

I think the simple fact that someone with moral scrupulousityy does this kinda says their a good person in and of itself because bad people know their doing wrong but they DON'T CARE. People with this condition obviously DO.

[Alritealritealrite]

I was diagnosed with OCD as a child and religious scrupulosity is one of the diagnosis and recently I've been focused on 10-year time frame starting 30 years ago. I absolutely adore the dog I have now and it's getting old and for some reason I flashed back to a family pet that I wasn't always good to. I was younger then and had my own trauma. Honestly it's hard to tell what's a real memory and what's not. One thing about OCD is the present always gets neglected because we try to figure out the past.

[unanube]

this video just made me feel so understood and.... calm. thank you so much, I've been struggling a lot lately with this.

[ButterflyPasta_I]

All. The. Time. I always check what other people think and feel to see what "the right thought is" and if people are divided, its just pure panic because then my thoughts will be wrong no matter what i choose.