Throw it out or keep it?

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If you are talking about porn, get a filter installed and have the person who installs it not tell you the password. Otherwise, I don’t have a clue what you are talking about.

As others have said, just go to confession. It is not up to some blog somewhere to dictate where you should go to confession. That sounds more like an excuse.

And as I suggested to another person on this site. Get off the computer when it is going to tempt you and do something else. It’s your choice and no one else’s, so take responsibility for it, acknowledge it and move forward.
 
scrupulousrvrt said:
I’ll continue to use it for the time being unless my confessor says otherwise. Or at least until I can muster up the courage to brick the dang thing.
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If you certainly do grave sin, each occasion of using it, then unsupervised use should be eliminated. I say grave, because we confess grave matter, even though it may be mortal or venial based upon “the affective immaturity, force of acquired habit, conditions of anxiety or other psychological or social factor” (Catechism 2352). Affective is concerned with sensitivity and tenderness and emotion.
 
No I don’t commit grave sin every time I use it. my mind is just stuck in this loop of “getteth thee to a confessory!” for some perceived mortal sin despite common sense and the 10 commandment for the scrupulous saying otherwise.
 
Then you know what to do. Let poor Brother Computer keep existing. Obey your confessor and the rules for the scrupulous. Go see him or another priest when you can reasonably do so.

If it is a nice day outside, why not go outside and do something fun?
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
Did you not read my post? Form your conscience. Not I nor anyone on this site can answer your question.
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Don’t be too harsh on him 🙂 I agree, forums are the worst place for scupulous / OCD people. 100%. But let me explain why they come.

With scrupulosity, your rational mind sort of tells you everything is fine, but there is this nagging worry that you might be wrong, and that consumes you. You need reassurance and you need it immediately. So it is hard to not turn Google for a quick answer. But you won’t get better answer than being told to talk to your priest, obviously!

Also, you mention in another thread that scrupulous people come on here with a “holier than thou” attitude. In such a case I would argue that they aren’t really scrupulous, because when you are scrupulous you CAN’T distinguish between mortal and venial sins (or a subset of mortal and venial sins I guess) and you need others to reassure you. It’s really a very helpless situation to be in; it’s not a lot of fun.

Maybe a good comparison would be people who worry when their husband / wife is on a business trip. There is no reason to suspect anything will go wrong, but they can’t sleep until they know that the person arrived safely, etc. Scrupulosity is like that. Sort of knowing you are over reacting but not being able to switch your brain off until you are reassured.
 
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