# Fell to 🌽 and m&o after a scrupulosity attack

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**Category:** Catholic Living\
**Created:** [September 11, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fell-to-and-m-o-after-a-scrupulosity-attack/4204 "2026-09-11T00:50:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![scrupulous\_revert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@scrupulous\_revert](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/scrupulous_revert)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fell-to-and-m-o-after-a-scrupulosity-attack/4204/1 "2026-09-11T00:50:02Z")

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Know good prayers for chastity when my nervous system starts triggering urges?

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**Author:** ![Susanne.Lee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/susanne.lee/32/1580_2.png) [@Susanne.Lee](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Susanne.Lee)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fell-to-and-m-o-after-a-scrupulosity-attack/4204/2 "2026-09-11T15:23:46Z")

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> **[Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel | EWTN](https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/prayer-to-st-michael-the-archangel-371)**
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**Author:** ![CanadianPriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@CanadianPriest](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/CanadianPriest)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fell-to-and-m-o-after-a-scrupulosity-attack/4204/3 "2026-09-11T20:09:46Z")

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It is very important to pray when a strong temptation like this assaults you.

But I would recommend that your prayer for strength be brief and that you mostly fight the temptation by something physical (e.g. exercise, household chores).

If you spend a lot of time praying about it, you keep forcing yourself to think about it. You are also stationary and likely alone, neither of which are terribly helpful in combatting these temptations.

May God give you the grace to firmly hope in him for forgiveness, help, and life everlasting.

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**Author:** ![scrupulous\_revert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@scrupulous\_revert](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/scrupulous_revert)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/fell-to-and-m-o-after-a-scrupulosity-attack/4204/4 "2026-09-12T18:40:29Z")

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thanks for the prayers. been over a month and then i fell. longest time ever was around 4 months, and that memory you my best record jogged my memory of how long scrupulosity has been in my life.