#Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

[cenobitebf]

The ADHD/OCD comorbid struggle of being prone to both obsession (good, makes me happy) and obsession (horrible, makes me ill) and sometimes they combine on the same topic as a horrid ball of spiralling distraction

[daylillie]

If someone has advice on getting over a "need to confess" compulsion that is not "sit with the discomfort" or "let the thought pass", please please share it because istg people are never going to interact with me again and I'll lose all my followers out of annoyance or thinking I'm "insane" (Insane is in quotations because it's society's view. Yes, I needed to explain it so that I don't accidentally offend anyone)

How do you ERP this? I don't know where it's coming from I'm not even religious.

I had to edit this to further clarify that if you want to refer to yourself as insane, that's totally valid. I was trying to make a point that society applies the term to certain disorders that are generally misunderstood including ours. I think I'm digging myself into a hole while attempting to not offend anyone so If someone is offended, I'm so sorry.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Warning: the first photo of the five below shows a dead body. If you do not want to see it, either scroll past it quickly or skip this post.

On April 8, 1947, investigators finally found the body of Langley Collyer in his house on Fifth Avenue and 128th St. in Harlem. He had lived there for decades with his brother Homer, whose body had been found some two weeks earlier. Homer had apparently died of starvation. Because the ground floor was completely filled with 50 tons of debris, policemen had to enter through the upper floors. It took them several days to clear the ground floor.

The four-story building was crammed to the rafters with sewing machines, the body of a Model T, weapons, baby carriages, busts, mangled Christmas trees, thousands of books, 14 pianos, an organ, newspapers packed in boxes, and other items. The total came to 120 tons.

The brothers had lived there since 1909, when Langley, a lawyer, was 28. After the death of their mother 20 years later, they lived there alone. They were notorious for their extreme thrift—Homer walked to work on paper-thin soles to save money for the subway, they canceled their phone service in 1917 and, after disputes with utility companies in 1927, they went without water or electricity.

Some time in the early 1930s, they stopped working and became recluses. Langley left the house only at night, leading neighbors to call him "Ghost." Homer went blind and also suffered from severe rheumatism. The two became paranoid, convinced that thieves were out to get them, and installed traps all over the house. It is thought that Langley fell into one of his own traps.

Because the brothers had no heirs, their property passed to the state. The city had the brownstone demolished.

Over the years the Collyer story has inspired films, plays, and books. There have been off-Broadway stage productions such as Mark Saltzman's Clutter and Richard Greenberg's The Dazzle, a nonfiction book, Ghosty Men, by journalist Franz Lidz, Richard Finkelstein's series of drawings of the Collyer house, a Glasgow musical called "Tunnel Visions," which set the brothers' story to a music and light show, and, in 2009, the novel Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow.

All photos from the AP via Der Spiegel. Anthony Camerano took all but the top, which was taken by Jacob Harris, and the bottom, which was the work of Harry Harris.

[animeomelette]

I think a part of the reason that the reaction to the AO3 Monogatari tagging issue was so strong is that it's a series that deals heavily with themes of mental health and neurodivergence, and having three separate tags that are all functionally identical comes across a lot like a trap intended to cause issues for some people with certain types of OCD, even if that's obviously not the intention behind the decision.

For most people the difference between the novels, anime, and manga is so minuscule as to be completely irrelevant, but for a sufficiently OCD person having three separate tags could, for example, lead them down a path of constantly compulsively changing the tags on their work, because using more than one would mean that it's incorrectly marked as a crossover but using only one could mean they'd wind up spending more time obsessing over which tag it's more "correct" to tag their fic with

It also serves to create a sense of elitism around the fandom, projecting the false impression that only people who have read the novels are true Monogatari fans and potentially discouraging people from engaging with their hobbies or the community around the series if they've only watched the anime or read the manga

Really this sort of hyper-granular tagging being mandated upon users just has to potential to lead to a lot of negative obsessive-compulsive thought spirals that could be avoided by just having a single tag for what is ultimately a singular fandom

Obviously there are also just broader issues relating to search functionality here, but part of the reason I think I so passionately want to see this changed is because I can see this causing mental anguish to people who want to engage with a work of fiction I'm deeply fond of

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Queer Fiction Starring MCs with OCD

The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy (MG) Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (YA) History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (YA) My Heart to Find by Elin Annalise The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

[stories-me]

Potential Character for Mrs. Kelsey and Tumblr 5/7/2024:

Adrian Monk, OCD Police Consultant:

Premise:

A genius police detective whose mental health issues were exacerbated by the death of his wife.

What he’s from: Monk.

Personality:

Monk is described as being “a modern day Sherlock Holmes”, only “nuts”. In the introductory scene of the episode, he is examining the scene of Nicole Vasques’ murder, and picks up several important clues, but frequently interrupts himself to wonder aloud whether he left his stove on when he left the house that morning. Monk has mentioned that he has 312 phobias. The strongest of these phobias are: germs, dentists, sharp or pointed objects, vomiting, death and dead things, snakes, crowds, heights, fear, mushrooms, soccer riots and small spaces. In addition, new phobias develop at seemingly random intervals, such as a temporary fear of blankets. Though it is impossible to determine his strongest phobia, there does appear to be some form of hierarchy between them: It has been made clear that his fear of vomiting is greater than his fear of death. He has also stated, “Snakes trump heights!”.

Monk’s phobias and anxiety disorders make him depend on personal assistants, who drive him around, do his shopping, and always carry a supply of wipes for his use. They also take active roles in organizing his consultancy work, and sometimes investigate cases themselves. 

He strongly prefers familiarity and rigorous structure in his activities. While his obsessive attention to minute detail cripples him socially, it makes him a gifted detective and profiler. He has a photographic memory, and can reconstruct entire crime scenes based on little more than scraps of detail that seem unimportant to his colleagues. His trademark method of examining a crime scene that helps him solve cases involves him wandering around seemingly aimlessly gathering information and putting things together in a way that people don't get.

Monk’s delicate mental condition means that his ability to function can be severely impaired by a variety of factors.

Over the course of the show, Monk overcomes many of his phobias and some aspects of his OCD. Though he has not been cured of many of them, if any at all, he has been able to put them in the back of his mind when involved in casework.

How he is like me:

We both have a good support group. We also are learning and growing in a world that’s hard to understand for us. Full of things that are hard to understand, sometimes. Things like why are some people are so frustrating to be around? Why is the world so frustrating, sometimes? Why do some people at Inspire grate on my brain?

Kelsey Notes:

For some adults, independence means moving away from family and supporting yourself financially

For individuals with autism this isn’t always the case and having a support system to help you navigate the community and life situations are always needed for you to maintain a level of independence and that’s ok

Sometimes your support systems is important because they remind you that your frustrations and anxieties are more fixations that your brain has more difficulty moving away from

Monk is a great example of how support systems are necessary to help you be independent even tho the idea of having someone by your side doesn’t “look like” independence in someone else’s eyes

Monk’s brain differences makes him a great detective because he is able to see things and details that other people might dismiss as unimportant

Monk is able to improve throughout the series because he contributes to the team at his job, his input is valued

Being valued and having a job that gives him a sense of purpose is what helps Monk overcome some of his challenges

[cannibalguy]

“…CANNIBALISTIC URGES” – Man on trial for brutal murder of four Idaho University students

A forensic psychiatrist has told Newsweek that the man charged in connection with the slayings of four University of Idaho students in November 2022 had battled with “cannibalistic urges“. Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University, was arrested at his parents’ home in Albrightsville,…

[macksting]

Let’s put on some World Hoppers

I sometimes have to take in some piece of media or another to process my feelings on a real event, especially by watching someone else feel a thing that I have trouble giving myself permission to feel. It's why my favorite film is Omoide Poro Poro a.k.a. Only Yesterday; even before I knew what it was about, it gave me countless opportunities to feel things I needed permission to feel, be it a sense of loss for a girl childhood (or just a less traumatic childhood) I never had, or a wish to have something I hadn't been told I could want. Makoto Kino is a tough girl, tall and socially ostracized; she is so tall that there are no school uniforms in her size, and as such she stands out despite genuine efforts and wishes to not be seen as strange or different. She is an orphan, and lives alone, and has missed out on many normal experiences of childhood. She is called boyish, because she can fight very well, and because she is not afraid to do so when it is right to do so. She also has a very vulnerable heart. From her earliest introduction, Makoto is tough, yet also the walking wounded, heartbroken and in recovery yet unwilling to see anyone else suffer needlessly. If Makoto is allowed to have a broken heart from being deceived and trampled by one who she loved, I am too, but I needed to experience it by seeing someone else feel it, because I do not trust my own feelings, my own motives, or my own merits. No small amount of that's the OCD. I am simply driven to disbelieve that I am not, at heart, awful.* My heart was recently trampled, in such a way that it was hard not to believe that it was simply hir response to my own terrible faults. None sie would tell me, none I knew, but with a sudden sharp cruelty that implied that simply being around me was so hazardous that sie couldn't bear even those sie knew to be around me, let it endanger hir or everyone else. I could barely dare feel anything but self-loathing from it myself. But when it happens to Makoto, it's different. When it happens to other people, even or especially real people, it's different. I can look at that person and say, why should that matter? Who's perfect? Nobody I know deserves this. * Another thing Omoide Poro Poro has: Taeko ultimately feels like a monster and a fraud, and that anyone who knew what she's *really* like would know it. It doesn't help that she's certainly not known well enough yet; her send-off is pickled onions, somehow the culmination of every food she's told she should want and doesn't. That would be her going-away gift, and is perhaps a sign that she shouldn't leave, but is certainly a sign that she's staying with people who barely know her. Addendum: I bet I could find a lot of this in Anne Of Green Gables, too. With trivial ease, I bet. Yup, right there, chapter 22, Anne returns from tea with Mrs. Allen so very impressed with her and saying to Marilla that she can’t be naturally good like some people are, and will never be able to make as good a go of being a good person as others. A natural extension of the history she describes in chapter 5, where anything bad that happens to her isn’t really such a big deal, and “Oh, they meant to be—I know they meant to be just as good and kind as possible.”

[somesecretpie]

Greetings bugs and worms!

This comic is a little different than what I usually do but I worked real hard on it—Maybe I'll make more infographic stuff in the future this ended up being fun. Hope you learned something new :)

If you are still curious and want to learn more about OCD, you can visit the International OCD Foundation's website. I also recommend this amazing TED ED video "Starving The Monster", which was my first introduction to the disorder and this video by John Green about his own experience with OCD.

The IOCDF's website can also help you find support groups, therapy, and has lots of online guides and resources as well if you or a loved one is struggling with the disorder. It is very comprehensive!

Reblog to teach your followers about OCD

(But also not reblogging doesn't make you evil, silly goose)

[t0rschlusspan1k]

My OCD is winning over my depression now. I can't explain but...

For a person like me, I guess it's nothing but natural. It was just a matter of time. I need to do everything even if I'm exhausted. If I'm tired I'll just do something else I need to do. I won't find peace until things will be perfectly tidy and until all the unnecessary items in my room will be gone. Maybe I could also hide or sell or give away other things my parents aren't using or that just don't fit with the room. I will make everything perfect. I'll get rid of my mother's plastic clothing and make her buy others in natural fibers. Same for my father (more difficult). Order. Neatness. Tidiness. Harmony.

[gaeilmeta]

I'd Like It

I’d like it

what’s that

I’d like one

as if

I didn’t know

what

you would like

my friend

I’d like to have

a coffee

we made a deal

you signed

the contract 

yeah

so

you will

have a coffee

let’s see

next one’s

at two

I’d like a coffee

now

at two my friend

you’re walking

pretty tenderly

did you have

a visit

from Father Rat

yeah

black syrup

yeah

why did he

do that

to you

I don’t know

he does

why don’t you

stop him

I can’t

why not

he’s too fast

can I

have a coffee

soon

I need

to send

a coffee

to Red Jedbo

did Red Jedbo

tell you

to send him

a coffee

no

how

do you know

he wants one

I don’t know

I just do

sometimes

I hear people

talking

in your room

who are they

they

come through

the walls

who

comes through

the walls

funny face

Mister Lee

god rat

the twins

Yvonne

who is

god rat

he’s over

Father Rat

I think it’s

coffee-time

it’s coming

in

a little while

does Yvonne

sing

sometimes

how old

is Yvonne

Father Rat said

eleven

she’s a good

singer

she sings

in French

why

she’s from

Quebec

so are you

yeah

have you

written

your letter

today

yeah

where

will you

mail it

Dana

told me

the toilet

goes into the

sewer

in the lane

outside

so I can mail

the letter

in the sewer

instead of

the toilet

Saint Jacques

monkey

run rat run

run run

Father Rat

sees it

one, two

[1863-project]

This is sometimes called Pure-O, because the compulsions are hidden from other people. My OCD actually manifests as Pure-O for my main subset so people couldn't tell things were wrong with me unless they were really close to me and noticed I was off.

A lot of OCD isn't visible to others at first glance.

since im awake and talking about ocd again - something not a lot of people know is compulsions can be completely mental, it doesnt always manifest in a way another person could notice from the outside

you’ll have an intrusive thought; you’ll try to analyze it and logic it away, mentally reassuring yourself. “I would never do [x thing]”, “[y thing] would not happen”, “[other person] wouldnt do [thing]” or even just “don’t think about that”. things like that.

but no matter how much logic or reason you use, it doesnt go away, ‘cause thats not how it works. So you keep repeating whats now become like, a frenzied mantra of re-assurance unable to think about anything else. 

and this can go on for hours. or on and off for days (or even longer, unfortunately)

here’s more examples of mental compulsions for the curious: 

[healthymindssj]

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[feelinghtrtms]

RTMS for OCD and PTSD: A Breakthrough Treatment for Mental Health

Mental health conditions like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Rtms Treatment for Ptsd can significantly impact daily life. While traditional treatments like therapy and medication can help, they don’t always provide the relief that people need. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is an innovative, drug-free treatment option for individuals struggling with OCD and PTSD, offering new hope for those seeking lasting relief from symptoms.

[tmcphotoblog]

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