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fitzs-trained-monkey · 1 year ago
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So, apparently I'm OCD...
Just got diagnosed today. Professionally. But I just want to make sure I'm not getting screwed over by capitalism. (Wouldn't be the first time. Thank you America.)
So, for my peace of mind...
I'm not looking to start a fight or offend anyone. I'm just weary of the American healthcare system because it's screwed me over in the past. I'm not paying $150 per appointment for giggles, okay?
Spread this around please? I really want to know.
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incognitopolls · 15 days ago
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mxboxlocks · 5 months ago
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Whispering, fervent, hurried. As if the shadows cast by the pews would seize him if he stopped. A gentle hand lifted his chin, stopping his compulsion in its tracks. The kind eyes of the Devil leered down at him, arched crow wings hanging high above his head. "I've seen plenty of Godless men in churches, but few as desperate as you, doctor…" They said, voice soft and curious. "...just what do you think you did?" --
thought it'd be nice to play into wynslow's angel motif for my victorian au and turn it into fallen angel <3 especially since their victorian skin quote already makes a reference to it!!
and fun fact; wilson's nickname for wynslow in this au, instead of songbird, is morningstar. go figure, right? :3
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da-janela-lateral · 1 month ago
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My favorite flavor of Reigen to write is without doubt "smart, good with people and ultimately well-meaning, but lacking the right means/knowledge to deal with some very specific issues, which makes him fuck up while helping his loved ones". He did his best, but his best was flawed. He wonders if he could have been better, but he wouldn't have done it any other way back then. It's a difficult matter to bring up because even though there was care, he wasn't the wise and reliable guy everybody trusted him to be. Another proof against him as his mind endlessly condemns him as a fraud.
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panvani · 9 days ago
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The concept of sexual orientation OCD and the way it's discussed is so vile
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nshtn · 1 month ago
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I think my main contention with DBH is that Fallout 4 also does a very similar cardinal sin with their own Synths which is something I noticed when playing (it was so blatant it bothered me). But people still really like Synths and Fallout 4, they just ignore the parts of it that bother them.
I could also levy a similar but less elusive issue to Resident Evil 5, but most of my followers enjoy Resident Evil despite the fifth being tone deaf (at best.) on levels never before witnessed.
This is my confusion. I don't really have an interest in DBH, but I do enjoy both Resident Evil and Fallout, both of which also do similar cardinal sins.
For those who answered Yes to DBH, how do you process your consumption of Resident Evil, considering this? Does the moral confliction bare you no mind?
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morganbritton132 · 6 months ago
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I like that sometimes you’ll be doing something your whole life like it’s normal and then you’ll meet someone and they’re like, no. That’s actually an insane thing to do be doing.
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macbethz · 5 months ago
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i feel like i really drew the short straw with my ocd now i didnt know some people were getting gay sex variants :/
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in-sufficientdata · 2 years ago
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Why the Konmari method is pretty useless for people with genuine problems with hoarding and OCD, or OCD tendencies, at least without some caveats and definitions:
Hoarding is defined by a persistent emotional attachment to inanimate objects. Clutterers and hoarders often have an unconscious need to save items, whether for an imagined future ideal use, or just because otherwise they would end up in the landfill.
People with these issues often have difficulty discerning the difference between a truly useful item and something that should be given or thrown away because of their emotional attachment to the item.
They see themselves as the best curator of the items, which may range from useful items like craft supplies, display items, sentimental items, and stuff that is truly just junk.
"Sunk costs" is a term from economics that means that a cost that has already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Although the original term refers to finances, the sunk costs of the time and effort someone has put into an item can influence their decision to keep the item.
Therefore, another factor in this attachment is the sunk costs of money, effort, and time that a person has put into an item. A person may no longer be personally attached to an item, but will keep it because they have always meant to use it or simply because it's not yet ruined.
This is also a reason those with fewer economic advantage tend to be hoarders more than those with a comfortable financial situation. Someone like this realizing they've obtained two of an item will take on the responsibility of curating both instead of getting rid of one.
Because of all these factors, the expression that was translated as "sparks joy" in the English version is too easy for a clutterer to confuse or redefine in their own mind as they work to sort through their items.
In my case, for example, I had a situation where the basement, which was full of our excess saved items, needed to be cleared so the cracked foundation could be repaired. I had to decide what to save in the limited storage space we still had, and what to throw out or donate.
If Konmari had been in vogue at the time (this was in 2004) I'm certain I would have kept far more items than I should have. This language is too easy for a clutterer to massage and redefine in their own mind based on what the item is.
First, clutterers need to be clear-eyed about the fact that they suffer from excess emotional attachment to objects. Flylady's declutter method was in vogue at the time I engaged in this declutter session, and she has a whole checklist of questions to ask oneself about an object:
Do I love this item?
Have I used it in the past year?
Is it really garbage?
Do I have another one that is better?
Should I really keep two?
Does it have sentimental value that causes me to love it?
Or does it give me guilt and make me sad when I see the item?
This may seem needlessly complex to someone who is not a hoarder or clutterer but this addresses many of the reasons that a sufferer would keep an item that they shouldn't.
Another factor is that they are perfectionists. This seems at odds with the idea that they may have a huge mess in their home, but what happens is they often can't deal with their persistent need to have a perfectly clean home that matches their vision.
Because of this they put off starting on the project until it can be done perfectly.
This is why methods like Flylady and Unfuck Your Habitat (which is really just Flylady without the cutesy rhetoric) help these people so much, because people with differences such as ADHD become clutterers because they don't know how to regulate their own time or how to organize.
The emotional attachment to their possessions is, incidentally, why decluttering on behalf of your hoarder friend is a very bad idea. The person will need to work through this process on their own, in order for it to stick.
Getting rid of these items can be intensely emotional and difficult for someone with these tendencies.
Time limits, routines, consistency, and persistence are the best tools for someone who needs to declutter. Don't try to do this all in an afternoon. Not only is it a difficult process, it should become a consistent habit.
For resources and further reading please check out Squalor Survivors (archive.org link).
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awfullybigwardrobe44 · 1 month ago
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Hey quick question, how do you believe something when everything in you is screaming that it's wrong? Asking for a friend
#yes this is about Jesus loving me :)#like this seems like a stupid and simple question but#I can intellectually believe it to be true but feel it's 100% false#and then at that point#what good does it do#took a page from my sort-of OCD mentor's story today and “acted as if”#aka#ok well if I were sure Jesus loved me and felt it#what would I do?#and that's all fine and good because it got me to do what I needed to do (spend time in prayer)#but if I don't feel it#and not even that#but feel it's wrong#what benefit is it?#I derive no comfort from it#Idk wise sources would probably say that the intellectual believing comes first before the feelings#and I'm ok with that#but will it actually? Because I cannot for the life of me figure out how I'm going to get around this weird mental roadblock I have here#usually with things I believe (aside from OCD at least) I have at least some feelings of certainty that help me through any doubts that com#so like#if I read a passage of the Bible that has me questioning God's goodness#or I see something happening to someone I care for that makes me doubt God's goodness#I have enough of my own experience and enough Bible verses to back up that He IS good#that I can feel pretty confident in telling myself “I'm just not seeing the full picture here”#With this#I do believe God has done incredibly loving things to show me He loves me#I have story after story with God in my life not to mention the actual Bible#but I cannot wrap my head around Him actually fully loving me or liking me personally
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incognitopolls · 8 months ago
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nexus-nebulae · 2 months ago
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does anyone have any genuine resources on how to know if you have moral ocd without focusing on religion. all the symptom lists i can find literally include "not feeling worthy of gods love" and like i only just now started thinking seriously about god for the first time in a decade less than a few months ago. i dont care. i just want to know if quite literally crying begging for people to tell me whether I'm doing something wrong nearly daily is uh. not average.
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thelocalcoyote · 7 days ago
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ok ok, I’d like to settle this once and for all.
My mom is convinced I have OCD. I don’t think I have OCD. So let me ask y’all this:
It’s normal to wash your hands after taking a shower or washing dishes, right?
Please tell me this makes sense to somebody else.
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rainandsugarcane2000 · 1 month ago
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i wish slurs were never invented
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questioning sexuality is so exhausting
#(edit: sorry for the rant in the tags and i just. i want someone to talk to me)#i keep on doing it for no apparent reason#someone was talking about lust yesterday and i realised today that.#even tho id thought i don't experience it. i possibly do. but exclusively towards women.#i hate it here!#for a multitude of reasons i will never have a relationship with a woman but! i may be incapable of having a relationship with a man!#at some point in the last few months i have abruptly pivoted from definitely wanting marriage and kids to being ambivalent on marriage#and not wanting kids. that's such an outlier in my life that it might just be a mental health thing tho idk#but at the same time i. want to be loved.#i don't know what i want anymore and im tired of questioning myself#i definitely overthink it but idk how to stop it#and i hate hate hate how the moral obsessions have bee lately#this isn't entirely related but it kind of is#like Am i a terrible morally bankrupt person for having certain thoughts or is it just religious ocd go brrrr?? am i overthinking it?#i don't know. i don't know!#for a while labelling myself as arospec ace kinda calmed that down but. i don't know#i do't want to be attracted to women. i don't want to have to look away so often. i don't want any of that.#but i don't know how to stop it.#i don't even know if i'm attracted to men at all.#this is a cry for help and encouragement and prayers no matter what your views on these matters are#queer stuff tag#i nearly fessed up to my friend yesterday about same sex attraction and i might've except that it would have probably outed me as#the person who anonymously sent in a question several months ago about the side b movement to a church thing#ive only told one person at church about any of that sort of stuff and it was very vaguely worded#also see: this friend is the mother of the boy i?? i don't even know how i feel about him#i increasingly think it wasn't romantic at all. but i don't know#i would love any encouragement you got. anything at all.#i don't know how much this stuff is affected by the fact that i consider myself unloveable and think it highly unlikely any boy will ever#care for me#now im rambling. sorry
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coldasyou · 3 months ago
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Sorry I know everyone hates the terms special interest and hyperfixation now and thinks they’re overused for ppl who just have a hobby but they really describe how I can get about certain subjects or media where it’s like to the point that it’s actively hard for me to think or talk about other things…like I will do it but god is it hard. you did not want to know me as a kid, if you tried to talk to me about something other than horses or the tv show bones I probably would have started crying
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