Carlos Castaneda

[mocomoracho]

"In the 19th century, Christian spiritual advisors in the U.S. and Britain became worried that scrupulosity was not only a sin in itself, but also led to sin, by attacking the virtues of faith, hope, and charity. Studies in the mid-20th century reported that scrupulosity was a major problem among American Catholics, with up to 25% of high school students affected; commentators at the time asserted that this was an increase over previous levels.[14]

Starting in the 20th century, individuals with scrupulosity in the U.S. and Britain increasingly began looking to psychiatrists, rather than to religious advisors, for help with their disorder."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrupulosity