Martin Luther's Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Osborn, Ian So great and so much like hell that no tongue could adequately express them."
That is how Martin Luther described the terrifying religious fears he suffered as a young man.
Up to now, no one has correctly diagnosed them. Dr. Osborn demonstrates that Luther's tormenting thoughts represented an unmistakable case of clinical obsessive-compulsive disorder. Remarkably, Luther overcame his fears through employing a form of modern "exposure and respo...