Free Resources for Learning About Scrupulosity

If you've recently learned about scrupulosity and thought, “Wait—this sounds like me,” you may have a lot of questions.

For Latter-day Saints in particular, scrupulosity can be difficult to recognize because OCD often attaches itself to things we genuinely value: faith, repentance, personal revelation, morality, covenants, relationships, and our desire to be good people.

At Mountain Home Center for Religious and Moral OCD, one of our goals is to make accurate, evidence-based information about scrupulosity accessible to as many people as possible.

That's why we've created a growing collection of free resources for people with OCD, parents, missionaries, Church leaders, therapists, and anyone who wants to better understand scrupulosity.

If you're wondering where to begin, here are four places to start.

1. Take Our Free Scrupulosity Course

Our newest resource is the free online course “Is It OCD? Recognizing Scrupulosity in Latter-day Saints.”

I created this course because one of the biggest barriers to effective OCD treatment is simply recognizing OCD in the first place.

Scrupulosity doesn't always look like stereotypical OCD. Instead, someone might spend hours wondering whether they need to repent, repeatedly seek reassurance about their worthiness, analyze whether a thought was a prompting, review past mistakes, or continually evaluate whether their testimony is strong enough.

From the inside, these concerns can feel profoundly spiritual. But, if you have scrupulosity, your feelings aren’t coming from a lack of faith. They’re symptoms of OCD.

The free course introduces scrupulosity in a specifically Latter-day Saint context and helps participants begin identifying patterns that may be driven by OCD. It's a great starting point if you're wondering whether your experiences—or those of someone you love—might be scrupulosity.

And it's completely free.

2. Explore Our Scrupulosity Blog Library

If you prefer to learn by reading, there is now an extensive library of articles here on the Mountain Home blog.

I've written about many of the questions that come up repeatedly in my clinical work with people who have OCD.

You can learn about intrusive thoughts and why having a disturbing thought doesn't make you a bad person. You can explore common misconceptions about scrupulosity or learn why scrupulosity is not the same thing as a faith crisis.

There are also articles explaining evidence-based OCD treatments, including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT). If you're trying to understand the difference between ERP and I-CBT—or wondering why traditional talk therapy may sometimes make OCD worse—you'll find resources addressing those questions as well.

We've also developed a growing collection specifically for missionaries and their families, including resources about mission preparation, missionary anxiety, scrupulosity, and ways parents can support anxious missionaries without inadvertently becoming part of the OCD cycle.

You don't have to read everything at once. Find the topic that sounds most like what you're experiencing and start there.

3. Listen to Podcast Interviews and Talks About Scrupulosity

Sometimes it's easier to understand OCD by hearing people talk about it.

Over the past several years, I've had opportunities to speak about scrupulosity on podcasts and in other educational settings, particularly within the Latter-day Saint community.

These longer conversations allow us to explore questions that can be difficult to capture in a short article: What does religious OCD actually look like in everyday life? How does scrupulosity affect missionaries? How can someone pursue OCD treatment while maintaining a meaningful relationship with their faith?

You can find links to podcast interviews and talks through the Media section of the Mountain Home website.

These resources can also be helpful to share with someone who doesn't quite understand what you're experiencing—a parent, spouse, missionary companion, Church leader, or even another mental health professional.

4. Follow Mountain Home OCD on Social Media

And now there's another way to learn about scrupulosity.

Mountain Home OCD is on social media.

You can follow @mountainhomeocd for short, practical education about religious and moral OCD, including content specifically created for Latter-day Saints.

We're talking about the signs of scrupulosity people frequently miss, the ways OCD can show up during missionary service, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, reassurance seeking, I-CBT, ERP, and the sometimes surprisingly subtle ways OCD disguises itself as a spiritual problem.

Social media also gives us an opportunity to address questions and experiences that may not require an entire blog post but are still important.

If you've ever seen an OCD post and thought, “I had no idea anyone else did this,” that's exactly why these conversations matter.

You Don't Have to Figure Out Scrupulosity Alone

Learning about OCD isn't a substitute for individualized mental health treatment. But understanding what is happening can be an incredibly important first step.

For many people with scrupulosity, there is tremendous relief in discovering that the endless cycle of doubt, checking, analyzing, confessing, and seeking reassurance has a name.

More importantly, scrupulosity is treatable.

Start Receiving Support From an OCD Therapist in Provo, UT

Whether you're just beginning to wonder if OCD might explain what you're experiencing or you've been working on recovery for years, I hope Mountain Home can be a place where you find trustworthy information that respects both evidence-based mental health care and the things you value most.

Start with the free course. Browse the blog. Listen to a podcast conversation. Follow @mountainhomeocd.

And share these resources with someone who might need them. Start working with Mountain Home by following these simple steps:

• Schedule a consultation or start the free course

• Meet with a trained OCD therapist

• Start finding trustworthy support!

Other Services Offered with Mountain Home Center for Religious and Moral OCD

The free OCD course is not the only service that I offer to support clients. I’m happy to provide a variety of evidence-based therapy services to support Latter-day Saints and others seeking faith-compatible care work through scrupulosity, religious OCD-related concerns, anxiety disorders, and relationship challenges. I am happy to offer support with I-CBT, ERP for OCD, SPACE treatment, and I-CBT intensives. Feel free to visit my blog or FAQ page to learn more!