Tag: psychology

  • When Faith Feels Like Fear: OCD, Scrupulosity, and the Grace of God

    When Faith Feels Like Fear: OCD, Scrupulosity, and the Grace of God

    In the summer of 2018, I nearly passed out on a flight from Chicago to Tampa. I was crying intensely, praying compulsively, and nearly hyperventilating. In retrospect, I was probably experiencing a panic attack; but I didn’t have language for it at the time. I was deeply distressed by a recurring intrusive thought of someone…