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Hence it is folly and overscrupulousness to add restrictions of one's own accord except in critical instances, as indicated above.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

Psychasthenia is a neurosis or psychoneurosis similar to neurasthenia, characterized by an exhaustion of the nervous system, also by weakness of the will, overscrupulousness, fear, and a feeling of the unreality of things.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.