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:
Just want to add that if you're on the spectrum, you may also experience Autistic Rumination, which is distinct from the obsessive variety, despite the two having some overlapping characteristics!
HEY DON'T CRY. 8,008 SPECIES OF FROG IN THE WORLD PER AMPHIBIAWEB AND THE 8,000TH FROG WAS DESCRIBED BY TUMBLR'S OWN FROG SCIENTIST DR. Scherz, ET AL., PEACE AND LOVE ON PLANET EARTH ‼️‼️‼️
funfact the first time the words "bamboozled" was spoken was in the ifrst episode of last life by grian to both scar and lizzie. they were jsut missing jimmy and they would have the bamboozlers + honoary bamboozler grian
im rewatching lizzies last life pov for context
uh you can use this for sillyness post if you deem it silly enough i just thought it was a fun little fact
I'll tag just a few to get us started: @miapanktrot @randomfic @bluetbluish @deltenner @hawkflame999 @multishipper33 @ranchersghost @showmetothefandom @ggeekc0 @phoenixrainsfire413 @onealonelynumber @nyx-theangel @iwillstabifnecessary @merthaevelynk @the-lil-circus-freak @sunshine-snake
I love wholesome Bloody Mary as much as the next guy but have we considered. Fucked up codependent Your The Only Thing In This Universe Like Me. Fucked up flesh eating monster on a planet without flesh or always just a little wants to eat his partner. But won’t bc he loves humanity and Grace Is humanity now. Simon who’s become more like Ellie bc of the blood ocean, and Grace, an Astro BIOLOGIST who wants to studie this one of a kind freak of nature
As more and more people are being forced to switch to Windows 11, Microsoft's most AI-malware-ridden OS yet, I've been putting together articles and links for how to undo the damage and save your battery, your RAM, your disk space, your privacy, and your sanity from this bullshit.
FIRST:
The easiest way to get rid of the majority of the bullshit that Windows is forcing on us, as of October 2025, is this one-stop-one-click debloat solution from a modern day hero:
A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customi
It's very easy, even if you're not tech savvy or get scared of pop up windows saying "ARE YOU SURE?" Yes, you are sure, I promise. This program takes maybe two minutes and will save you SO MUCH pain, time, and money (and exploitation).
Now that you've done that, here's the cleanup, to catch the little shit that the debloat might have missed (most of this will already be done by debloat, but hey, it's good to double check).
Microsoft wants to put AI everywhere on your PC, but you can take back control.
Even just reading about some of these features makes me angry. Fucking Copilot and "Discover" AI scrapers are in Notepad. NOTEPAD. And then there's this uncanny valley garbage:
No uncanny valley video calls for me, thanks! (Also, what else is it doing while it scans your face and listens to your calls? What else, microsoft? Because there was a lot of memory being assigned to this program for a simple "smooths your skin" add on).
Tired of Microsoft pushing ads throughout Windows 11? Here are the settings you can tweak to turn them off and reclaim some privacy.
The truly insane number of places they have stuck ads on your own home computer is sickening. Become Unmarketable.
Bonus:
Some background programs you probably don't need that are taking up space and how to remove them (Microsoft forums, 2024)
Your Samsung Galaxy Phone comes with 22 apps you don't need (Android Police, 2025)
How to disable the AI in firefox (still the only browser that lets you do this permanently) (Windows Report, 2025)
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace, Ryland Grace & Rocky
Characters: The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung), Ryland Grace, Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
Additional Tags: My First Fanfic, I’m Bad At Tagging, Some Plot, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff and Angst, The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung), Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung), Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung), The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Loves Ryland Grace, The Convict | Simon Has PTSD (Iron Lung), Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful, Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends, Ryland Grace Acts Like a Wet Cat, Ryland Grace Has Memory Issues, Ryland Grace Has a Bad Time, Rocky is the Best (Project Hail Mary), Rocky is a Little Shit (Project Hail Mary), He/Him Pronouns for Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Graphic Description, Graphic Description of Corpses, Blood and Gore
Summary:
Iron Lung crossover with Project Hail Mary because I discovered this and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I’ve never had such a strong urge to write fan-fiction. I’ve only watched these movies, but soon I’ll be reading Project Hail Mary. My science may also be… bad, but I promise I’ll try to make it as good as I can manage.
This is set after Simon (The Convict) mutates and he survives (obviously because otherwise how would Simon and Grace meet). Grace and Rocky are on their way to Erid after Grace goes to save Rocky from the Xenonite-adapted Taumoeba, and they enter a dead zone on their journey. No stars, no light, and uneasiness fills them as they realize that some stars had already been consumed. They detect a strange moon, static-y distress signals transmitting from a ship on this moon. They encounter a terrible scene upon connecting with the ship, and Grace finds something unexpected.
Fuck it at this point can y’all actually start supporting indie animation and indie games made by black artists/creators because I’m really getting sick and tired of everyone hyping these racist phase mediocre white people that get 90% of their humor from 2000s newgrounds animations
For the people asking “How am I supposed to find them?” Look them up, it’s that easy.
Here is an entire youtube playlist by Mannof1000Thoughts with a ton of indie animation videos AND a livestream he did where he watched some with the creators!!!
Black Indie Cartoons to watch https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2xOBojHKMmoATz6odc0Jo0KNcyO0yXJZ&si=XJ-bUub8_CoTEbUO______________________
For games, there are TONS of lists out there like these:
In celebration of Black History Month, here's a roundup of games made by black developers that should be on your radar.
The MIX is celebrating Black game developers by hosting a stream to talk organically about game development from the Black perspective.
The short of it is, yes, that's exactly what happens. There's no such thing as pure silence outside of a vacuum (and inside a vacuum you'd be dead). So basically your ears are constantly adapting to the noise threshold of your surroundings and slowly ignoring it. If you were in a perfectly silent room (anechoic chambers are cool!) you would actually start to hear the sound of existing!
Isn't there some room full of sound baffling foam or something that absorbs all ambient noise and most people go mad from the isolation because they start to hear things like their own circulatory system and their heartbeat pounding in their ears?
Ah, there it is. Orfield Labratories in Minnesota. They say the longest anyone's been able to stay inside was 45 minutes, as they could hear their lungs expanding and their digestive system working overtime.
Please give Survivability Bias by Audliminal on AO3 a read!! Half-baked art cause I loved this fic and needed firefighter Danny. Also forgive me I'm not a DC fan, I may or may not have butchered up Conner. Let me know if I need to change anything ^_^
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