Tefilah and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
QUESTION
Washington, D.C.
The following is a personal and complicated question, and I totally understand if you don’t have time to answer it, but I thought I’d give it a shot:
I have been diagnosed with OCD for a few years, and one of the ways that manifests itself for me is that, on a daily basis, I doubt whether I have said parts of davening correctly (especially Shema where wrong pronunciation prevents fulfilment of the mitzvah, as far as I know), and repeat myself several times, or at least have a really strong urge to repeat myself.
I’m wondering if you think that […]