Navigating Religious OCD
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.
Podcasting since 2025 • 7 episodes
Navigating Religious OCD
Latest Episodes
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 p...
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Episode 7
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What real OCD can look like: Part 1
In this podcast episode, Sariah 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 OC...
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Episode 6
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OCD Explained: It's not what most think
In this podcast episode, Sariah 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:...
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Episode 5
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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 differen...
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Episode 4
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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 lig...
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Episode 3
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