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nema (aka joseph) | 27 | they/them | artist/animator (let me know if you want me to tag anything) do not repost my art without crediting please art blog

[nematodeneedles]

Oh, the dream, that I had last night, Melted into my pillow. I made peace with the time I had forgotten.

[forestgreenandgray]

Hey do you know what rumination is?

Rumination is probably the most common type of OCD compulsion, but I rarely see anyone talking about it. I've talked to multiple people diagnosed with OCD who didn't even recognize it as a compulsion.

Basically, if you have OCD you have terrible intrusive thoughts. They can be about anything, but common themes are fear of being a bad person, fear of hurting someone, fear of contamination. etc.

Rumination is when you get stuck in a spiral. Rumination is when you spend hours catastrophizing, overthinking, analyzing, telling yourself it's going to be okay.

I'll say it again:

Rumination is a compulsion.

Rumination is a compulsion, and that means you have to stop doing it.

I did ERP (exposure response prevention) for my OCD with a therapist! For 9 months! And it did help, but the idea didn't really click until I found this website a couple years later.

And Oh My God. It made things make so much more sense, and I was able to pull myself out of an episode even though I wasn't in therapy or on meds at the time.

Genuinely if you have OCD, or even if you suspect you have OCD, I'm begging you to read some of these articles.

Like this was genuinely life changing for me.

Here are some of the ones that were most helpful to me:

Defining Rumination

How to Stop Ruminating

ERP Exercises for Compulsive Rumination

What to Do When You're Triggered

[poketcg-art]

Shroomish – Midori Harada

[sianvarr]

oh to be carefree like this. theyre both so fucking epic

[screechingfartdinosaur]

She should be at the club

[ymutate]

Howard Shingler (British Artist, born 1953)

"Moonlight, Red Pike, Buttermere", 2001.

Oil on Board, 46 × 36 cm.

Private Collection

[jareckiworld]

Marek Żuławski (1908-1985) — People at the Seaside [oil, canvas, 1957]

[contemptible-scoundrel]

leave no noob unpwned

[fourleafisland]

attack on scawwy on artfight! watercolor + ink

[yaoibattlepass]

[rosieandthemoon]

Bence Hajdu

[ps1]

瓶ヶ森林道

[bruneburg]

[owowowowwoowoowow]

[rosiegbaby]

so true beastie *we are laying in a field of dandelions and i am petting your massive snout* *you are 30 feet long and i love you*

[toddstool]

[childhoodgrave]

this is gonna make me thriw up

[freshfreshsalad]

[eggerlandmystery]

*post from an apparently official unicorn kid blog on my dashboard* what the hell? unicorn kid? you're still active on tumblr in 2026? *checks post* *post is from 2012, last post on the blog was from 2013* ah, right then, i was about to say....