Religion has long been a means of supporting connection to God.
But what of times when a religious experience, previously hoped to bring connection and peace, becomes a source of serious anxiety and deep fear?
This podcast creates space to discuss the journey of navigating religious OCD by sharing experiences, resources, and practical tools.
Publisher
Sariah Harrison
Category
education · health & fitness · religion & spirituality
Quinn's Experience with Scrupulosity: "You can struggle for a decade AND things can get better"
In this interview, Quinn Kunz shares his personal journey with scrupulosity and how deeply it’s impacted his life. From his early experiences in middle school, where guilt and anxiety began to take hold, to the challenges he faced in relationships and his faith, Quinn shares an honest account of living with this condition. Quinn discusses how scrupulosity led to a relentless cycle of doubt and compulsive confession, affecting his ability to connect with others and maintain a healthy relations...
20 Dec 2025
"The distance between me and God just decreases"
In this podcast episode, Sariah Harrison and Lydia Pitt share pieces of their experience with Religious OCD or Scrupulosity. They discuss how an experience with scrupulosity can feel like having a contingency based relationship with God that's driven by anxiety and fear. They discuss resources that have been helpful in their efforts to navigate this struggle. They also discuss pieces of their personal experience with exposures, the gold standard treatment for OCD. Youtube ...
4 Dec 2025
My prayer was fueling the OCD
In this podcast episode, Sariah Harrison shares a moment of anxiety and concern where she turned to God in prayer and then realized that her prayer was actually fueling an experience with OCD. She shares what God told her when she recognized this. Sariah discusses how her perspective on prayer has changed. She discusses how she's had to consider what role prayer is playing in any given moment or her instead of just believing prayer is always good. She had no clue prayer at differe...
27 Nov 2025
What real OCD can look like: Part 2
In this podcast episode, Sariah Harrison explains many different subtypes of OCD including purely obsessional OCD, real event OCD, relationship OCD, responsibility OCD, suicidal OCD, and religious OCD or scrupulosity. She shares pieces of her personal experience with many of these, breaking down what obsessions and compulsions- the O and C in OCD- can actually look like. OCD can be so debilitating and it can also be so disguised- especially for religious OCD. YouTube “What real O...
21 Nov 2025
What real OCD can look like: Part 1
In this podcast episode, Sariah Harrison explains many different types of OCD including checking OCD, contamination OCD, hoarding OCD, and just right or perfectionism OCD. She shares examples for how some of these have shown up in her experience with OCD. She also shares an experience with Religious OCD that happened this past week after giving a talk in church. OCD can be so debilitating! At the end of the episode, Sariah discusses a super common misconception that she believed & s...
13 Nov 2025
OCD Explained: It's not what most think
In this podcast episode, Sariah Harrison explains how OCD makes a lot of sense when you understand the anxiety cycle. OCD is not what most people think and it can be disguised in an individual's experience. YouTube “OCD Explained: It’s not what most think” Video: https://youtu.be/v0c5rA8k0l8 Website: Navigating Religious OCD https://www.navigatingreligiousocd.com/ Email: navigatingreligiousocd@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/navigatingreligiousocd/ Facebook: https://www...
30 Oct 2025
The Anxiety Cycle: We All Experience It
In this episode, Sariah expresses that we all experience the anxiety cycle and it can be a powerful tool to keep us safe. However, when we're consistently in the anxiety cycle, this can be unhealthy. Sariah uses stories to explain some differences between healthy and unhealthy experiences with anxiety. She shares a resource she has found to be so valuable in learning more about the anxiety cycle and how to navigate it in healthy ways. Website: Navigating Religious OCD https://www.nav...
23 Oct 2025
Anxiety is at the Core of Religious OCD or Scrupulosity & Anxiety vs. the Spirit
In this episode, Sariah expresses that anxiety is at the core of Religious OCD or Scrupulosity. She discusses an article by Psychologist Debra Theobald McClendon that brings the differences between anxiety and the spirit to the light. Website: Navigating Religious OCD https://www.navigatingreligiousocd.com/ YouTube: "Anxiety is at the Core of Religious OCD or Scrupulosity & Anxiety vs. the Spirit" Video: https://youtu.be/FzQwb6zENx0 Instagram: @navigatingreligiousocd Facebook:...
16 Oct 2025
My LDS Mission Experience: Returned Early due to Religious OCD
Sariah Harrison could not have been more excited to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Dominican Republic back in 2022. Her mission experience was far from what she ever expected. Shortly after arriving in the Dominican Republic, everything about life became incredibly heavy and dark. She felt like she was living in an absolute mental hell & wanted nothing more than for it all to end. Having never experienced debilitating mental health ...
6 Oct 2025
Introduction to Navigating Religious OCD
Religious OCD, also known as Scrupulosity, is commonly misunderstood. Podcast host, Sariah Harrison, begins to shed light on what Religious OCD can look like by sharing pieces of her personal experience while she was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The purpose of the podcast is outlined as a space to discuss the journey of navigating religious OCD by sharing experiences, resources, and practical tools. Website: Navigating Religious OCD https:...
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