about hatred

[Significatif]

I suffer from scrupulosity.

I was watching a movie and I realized that I hated the evil character.

Is hating a character in a movie a mortal sin?

Or is it because I doubt it make it not a mortal sin?

 

[whitecrayon]

i just had to look up a definition for *scrupulosity *online (in merriam-webster’s dictionary). it basically means the quality or state of having moral integrity. good thing to be!

about your question: i personally strive to avoid hating others. however, my motto that i live by regarding that position is this: if there is any danger of hate creeping up in me, i leave the presence of the person(s) that threaten(s) to raise my hackles at once, and i stay away! this motto cannot always be put into effect, given that some situations (maybe at an office where one works, for example) require sticking around the offensive person(s).

regarding hating characters in movies: i try not to watch movies that depict evil characters, unless the movies have some redeeming qualities. that way i do not run the risk of allowing hate to rise in me. books provide a different emotional milieu for me, though, if that makes any sense. that is, i can find characters in books despicable, but my emotions are easily kept in check while reading, whereas while watching a well-directed and well-acted movie i might much more easily get emotionally wrapped up.

i hope this helps.

 

[Dorothy]

I suffer from scrupulosity.

I was watching a movie and I realized that I hated the evil character.

Is hating a character in a movie a mortal sin?

Or is it because I doubt it make it not a mortal sin?

Scrupulosity with regards to one’s conscience is NOT a good thing to be. Here is something to read about it and some good advice:

catholicpamphlets.net/pam…Scrupulous.pdf

 

[Karenfern]

From the old book “Counseling the Catholic” and from newer research on the subject, scrupulosity is a form of obsessive compulsive disorder wherein the person is constantly obsessing about sin and not certain that the forgiveness offered in the last confession is really effective. It can be treated but it’s not a good thing. First, it denies the power of the sacrament of penance to forgive sin. That is almost heretical. Then, it is a form of self-torture that makes the sufferer perpetually miserable.

Treatment is usually done in a collaboration between the confessor and a psychiatrist. Medication seems to work very well. The old recommendation, from the book and before the medications came online, was to refuse the sufferer confession more than once a week unless there is a genuine emergency involving his/her life or health and meeting with him or her in the office rather than the confessional. That became outmoded when used by itself but has some merit when combined with behavioral therapy and watchfulness on the part of the parish priest. Usually long-term treatment is not required.

The role of the priest involves reassuring the sufferer and at the same time asserting the efficacy of the sacraments themselves. The most important thing is for the priest to see i as a problem and for him to refer the patient for psychiatric evaluation and treament.

 

[Monica4316]

I suffer from scrupulosity.

I was watching a movie and I realized that I hated the evil character.

Is hating a character in a movie a mortal sin?

Or is it because I doubt it make it not a mortal sin?

PLEASE read this catholicpamphlets.net/pamphlets/Are%20You%20Scrupulous.pdf

I suffer from scrupulosity also and I suggest - don’t over think about this, read the article, and talk to a priest

God bless you!

 

[Monica4316]

Scrupulosity with regards to one’s conscience is NOT a good thing to be. Here is something to read about it and some good advice:

catholicpamphlets.net/pam…Scrupulous.pdf

lol I posted that also it basically describes scrupulosity exactly. I recommend all scrupulous people to take a look.

 

[Monica4316]

Treatment is usually done in a collaboration between the confessor and a psychiatrist. Medication seems to work very well.

I was never told to see a psychiatrist or a psychologist or be on any medication… the treatment for me was simply following the confessor’s guidance. In my understanding medication is not necessary at all, unless there’s an underlying psychological/physiological condition, for example if the person suffers from extreme OCD. But if all they have is scrupulosity… I think methods without medication work just as well if not better. In fact I’ve learned things that I wouldn’t have learned if I had been placed on meds. I don’t even know if meds would have been effective in this case.

The old recommendation, from the book and before the medications came online, was to refuse the sufferer confession more than once a week unless there is a genuine emergency involving his/her life or health and meeting with him or her in the office rather than the confessional. That became outmoded when used by itself but has some merit when combined with behavioral therapy and watchfulness on the part of the parish priest. Usually long-term treatment is not required.

I was told otherwise following the guidance of a confessor can be enough, not every case needs meds/behavioral therapy etc… the main thing about scrupulosity is the conscience is improperly formed so the person should rely on their confessor’s guidance until they learn to trust God more and have a properly formed conscience. The link that Dorothy and I included describes the process.

God bless

 

[Dorothy]

lol I posted that also it basically describes scrupulosity exactly. I recommend all scrupulous people to take a look.

Hi Monica,

I saw that site on your post first, in another thread, and thought the op should read it.

 

[Lucky102]

Scrupulosity with regards to one’s conscience is NOT a good thing to be. Here is something to read about it and some good advice:

catholicpamphlets.net/pam…Scrupulous.pdf

when I clicked this link I got an error message.

 

[Rock_Happy]

when I clicked this link I got an error message.

I don’t know if it is a sin to hate a fictional character. But I think that hating another actual person is like drinking poison, and then sitting back to wait for the other person to die. Serves no purpose but to blacken the soul.

 

[Dorothy]

when I clicked this link I got an error message.

Sometimes trying it again later helps. It was okay yesterday.

 

[Karenfern]

I was never told to see a psychiatrist or a psychologist or be on any medication… the treatment for me was simply following the confessor’s guidance. In my understanding medication is not necessary at all, unless there’s an underlying psychological/physiological condition, for example if the person suffers from extreme OCD. But if all they have is scrupulosity… I think methods without medication work just as well if not better. In fact I’ve learned things that I wouldn’t have learned if I had been placed on meds. I don’t even know if meds would have been effective in this case.

I was told otherwise following the guidance of a confessor can be enough, not every case needs meds/behavioral therapy etc… the main thing about scrupulosity is the conscience is improperly formed so the person should rely on their confessor’s guidance until they learn to trust God more and have a properly formed conscience. The link that Dorothy and I included describes the process.

God bless

Scrupulosity is a **form **of OCD and obviously varies in severity. I don’t think you need the medication route if you are able to stop yourself in the middle of your ruminations about whether your confession works or not and tell yourself that the Church says that confession and penance work. It is only if it tortures you so much that you worry that a bus will run you over and send you to Hell. There are people like that.