四六级、考研英语同源外刊精读《赫芬顿邮报》道德强迫症

It’s common to have fears about being a “bad person”, but for most people, these are fleeting⁽¹⁾ thoughts and not true fears about being immoral.

担心自己成为坏人是人之常情，但对大多数人而言，这类想法转瞬即逝，并非发自内心惶恐自己品行不端。

However, this isn’t the case for people who suffer from a form of obsessive⁽²⁾-compulsive disorder known as moral scrupulosity or moral OCD.

但患有"道德洁癖型强迫症（道德强迫症）“的人群却截然不同。

For folks with moral OCD, these “Am I bad?” thoughts can become permanent⁽³⁾, leading to guilt⁽⁴⁾, worry and rumination⁽⁵⁾.

深陷道德强迫症的人，脑海中 “我是不是个坏人” 这类念头挥之不去，进而深陷愧疚、焦虑，陷入反复思虑内耗。

According to Joshua Curtiss, an assistant professor in the applied psychology department at Northeastern University in Boston, moral OCD is “a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder that’s characterised by really intense⁽⁶⁾, intrusive thoughts of being immoral⁽⁷⁾, bad or unethical in some way”.

波士顿东北大学应用心理学系助理教授约书亚・柯蒂斯表示，道德强迫症属于强迫症的一类亚型，典型特征是频繁冒出强烈的侵入性想法，总觉得自己品行败坏、为人不善、处事失德。

It’s all centred around the fear of being a “bad person,” added Erin Venker, the founder and executive director of the OCD and Anxiety Center of Minnesota.