The Theological Reason Why Many Fundamentalists Suffer from Anxiety by Dr. Eitan Bar

Having spent over 20 years in a fundamentalist Messianic movement in Israel, one troubling observation was clear: a significant number of adherents struggle with anxiety and OCD, often resorting to antidepressants to cope. I was unaware at the time that Fundamentalism is scientifically linked to anxiety.1 The root of this widespread mental anguish, however, seems to lie not just in individual circumstances but in the core theology of fundamentalism itself.