WOW - I feel like I've come home to the place where everybody GETS IT. I have OCD too, and I am also a practicing Christian, but a "brain" about sciences and such. (My degree is in the sciences.) I too have struggled with the marriage b/t faith and science and I tell you, it dont get any easier as the years go on. My OCD manifested itself viciously after my husband joined the USMC. Once I found myself in the military life, it was like I finally fit, and I was comfortable enough to "come out." Now, with the help of some good drugs, the OCD is livable. . .I no longer have to have all the cans in the cupboard facing the same way, in alphabetical order, or the same brand so the lables all match. If the towels are not all the same SHADE of blue, the ceiling won't come crashing down. If I don't check the door exactly NINE times, its still ok. When my stress cranks up, or when therapy gets really rough (I'm also a SA survivor) then the OCD tendancies tend ot manifest themself a bit more feircely, but I have learned to live with them, and manage them, as opposed to letting them control me.

I was quite surprised to learn that OCD is so closely linked with GAD and other forms of anxiety. I did not realize this until just this past year. It is amazing how it all ties in together.