A young man reads from the Bible. Outward symptoms of scrupulosity include studying and praying excessively. (Kylie Swann) On- and off-campus resources offer hope and help to students who struggle ...
While NFL players were in the trenches of a grueling season, Braden Smith was fighting a different battle: the one going on inside his own mind. In the middle of what was meant to be a ...
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 ...
This story explores suicide. If you are at risk, please stop here and contact 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for support. INDIANAPOLIS — Courtney Smith hung up the phone, a realization she’d dreaded ...
Braden Smith is experiencing the joy of football again, freed from the stranglehold of an obsessive-compulsive disorder that he first spoke to IndyStar about OCD no longer has a hold on Braden Smith, ...
“Pure O” is not a formal mental health diagnosis. It refers to a form of OCD in which people may have compulsions that involve mental rituals more so than specific actions. Although pure obsessional ...