#i WANT to say the stigma around ocd is much worse but i don't feel like i can say that bc i'm not an amputee
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#“OBSESSIVE CAT DISORDER”???!#STOP MAKING MY DEBILITATING MENTAL ILLNESS A FUCKING JOKE#all mental illness (and physical disabilities) have stigma but out of all the ones i have the stigma for ocd is the worst....#if i saw someone wearing that shirt i would implode. or explode. or maybe both#also it remind me of that post of the girl w/ ocd finding a shirt like that in target (“obsessive christmas disorder” w/ a gingerbread man)#and she posted a picture of it and talked about how it perpetuated stigma/how it was hurtful and even angering#and then some guy who was an amputee posted a response with a a shirt that had a gingerbread man with a snapped leg and talked about#how sensitive/stupid she was being etc#(i think that's how it went at least)#and it was just... so enraging and made me feel so like.. helpless#i'm not saying amputees don't face any stigma#but at the very least the stigma surrounding ocd and amputation are VERY VERY different#i WANT to say the stigma around ocd is much worse but i don't feel like i can say that bc i'm not an amputee#i just.#that girl was not being “sensitive” or “playing victim” or “looking for things to get mad at”#she had every right to take offense to that#she had every right to say people should stop#ocd#actually ocd#obsessive compulsive disorder#rant#rant in tags#vent#vent in tags#unityrain.txt#no image id#no id#no image description
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