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rowanberry-marmalade -> naturesgender

hey gang it's ro! working on making a caard and maybe a pronouny! in the meantime, check my blog header for an updated description! mutuals please like if you read this so i know you know who i am! <3

have-you-been-here

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, United States of America

Have you been here?

I have been here

I have not been here

Voting ended onJul 28

#prev woah i did!!! ily too phoebe i miss you lots <3 #i have indeed been there!! was there last weekend [shooting a puppet short film lol]#i miss it!! shoutout the vassar preserve aka my fav job ever #also shoutout soco 1 i miss its denizens :'] best house

apolladay

What music app do you use

Spotify

Pandora (why?)

SoundCloud

YouTube (true neutral)

yt music

results

Voting ended onJul 26

#ugh. spotify #BUT!!! my goal is to eventually only use mp3s

sheepy-zephy

*small service bell ringing*

You're listening to

*hmph!*

102.3

*awawa*

Real Princess FM

*tea pouring*

Where we play nothing but the most proper music

*window opens*

*dramatic sigh*

This isn't your queen's station

*Imagine Dragons- Radioactive starts playing*

bedupolker

Paw paw tunnel- I did not know that wine berries (my problematic fave) could grow like that!

#waow..

eatingmarkerz

jarona guy

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