Scrupulosity latches onto the thing we hold most dear—our relationship with God. I didn’t know what scrupulosity was until I was 23 and sitting in a psychiatrist’s office. After months of extended ...

Derealization during a panic attack can make people and objects feel unreal or strange. Pinching your hand or holding something cold can help bring you back to reality during derealization. Slow, deep ...

Scrupulus is the Latin word for "a small sharp stone" or "a tiny pebble," often used to describe a sharp stone in a sandal that caused constant, persistent discomfort. Cicero and other Romans used ...

A Latter-Day Saint church building spire and the Y mountain. BYU researchers are at the forefront of the study of religious OCD and Latter-day Saint populations. (Andrew Bean) “Thank you for telling ...

For almost half a century, feeling unreal has been known as DPD, an abbreviation for Depersonalization Disorder. Now it is about a year since feeling unreal has been renamed. The new fifth edition of ...