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(((Juliana))) I understand the scrupulosity thing. I have issues like that. I used to have special ways to pray, felt guilty if I didn't read the Bible when I was trying to read a chapter every day, etc. It doesn't help when your parents and others instill guilt (not just religious, but that, too) in you and use guilt to control you.

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Most of my messed up depressed and anxiety-ridden thoughts as a child came from things I heard in church. The church my family went to messed with my young mind in a big way. My mum still goes to that church, but my dad stopped ages ago. When I was 12, he told me I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind about what I believed, so I decided to stop going. A lot of the stuff that was put into my head -- and the behaviours I developed to deal with all those fears -- stayed with me for many, many years though. Not sure they're all gone yet.