My Digital Bulletin Board

Hi, I'm Liz/Elizabeth/Lizzie/Biz or whatever other combination you can create out of Elizabeth. I'm a bibliophile/book nerd and am always writing down quotes from books that I read and love. Usually when I can't sleep, I create graphics of those quotes as a way to save them and hopefully make them a little more interesting than just a list in my phone. I also like to save random posts about things that matter to me (mental health awareness, general social justiceness, politics and loads of other fun and light topics!). 

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Working on finding a few things a day that bring me joy. Today it's being able to sit outside on my back porch with my pup and enjoy a bit of sunshine #smallthingsinlife #joy #happiness

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One pan and a tray in the oven and 35 minutes later, an easy, delicious dinner #whatsfordinner #yummy #cooking

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In honor of Pablo Neruda on his birthday, one of my favorite poems that is beautiful when translated into English and even better in Spanish. #pabloneruda #theseaandthebells #poetry #biblophile #booknerd #booklove #bookworm #quote #canva

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Back from vacation and I read lots of great books and finally was able to cross a few off my list! #margaretatwood #thepenelopiad #quote #bookworm #booklove #booknerd #biblophile #canva

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Some days I'm just overly impressed with my ability to be an adult #dinnertime #yummy #summerveggies

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As a religious studies major, I love books that are based in religious texts but explore more on the characters and context of the times. #theredtent #anitadiamant #literature #quote #canva #bookworm #booklove #booknerd #biblophile #religiousstudies

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It's amazing how plays written so long ago can still echo themes of today. #williamshakespear #measureformeasure #biblophile #theatre #booknerd #booklove #bookworm #canva #quote

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When I'm sick, reading a book I've read so many times is comforting as it just feels like home. I still have the copy of this book from my high school that I never returned at the end of the year and even though it's tattered, I treasure it. #shermanalexie #thelonerangerandtontofistfightinheaven #literature #biblophile #quote #bookworm #booklove #booknerd #myfavoriteauthor

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#nathanielhawthorne #thescarletletter #literature #classics #quote #quotes #bookworm #booklove #booknerd #biblophile #canva

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Joint pain be damned, I'm finally done! One more to finish the trifecta. May need something a little less detailed for a bit

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Rappers would be unstoppable wizards in Harry Potter

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Question: There's seven chairs and ten kids. What do you do?

Hufflepuff: Have everyone stand!

Ravenclaw: Bring three more chairs.

Gryffindor: Fight for the seven?

Slytherin: Or just kill three.

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Everyone has these thoughts, literally everyone. however people without OCD can let it pass as some silly thought that has entered their mind. what we do, people with OCD, we see the tiniest or most ridiculous threat which would never happen, and amplify it.

We interpret it as a major threat which makes us feel horribly responsible. this feeds our safety behaviours and anxiety, which circles back and feeds the thought which we continue to interpret as a threat. it’s a vicious circle, and the main problem is that our OCD makes us interpret these thoughts as major threats. 

It makes us believe we can do horrible things or that horrible things will happen

Because we have this feeling of ‘evidence’ that doing our safety behaviours results in the bad thing not happening, we believe that we have stopped it, no matter how ridiculous and irrational it may seem. 

This gives us temporary relief from anxiety but its is only temporary and sky rockets again, looping like our behaviours end up doing, and amplifying the anxiety.

For example, there is a man on a train, he rips up paper and throws it out of the window to keep the tigers away from the train. He therefore believes what he is doing (a safety behaviour) is keeping the tigers (a thought interpreted as a real threat) away. Only if he were to stop the paper ripping, would he learn that there are no tigers, and therefore no threat.

Whilst that is extremely easy to say, its very, very hard for someone with OCD to do, but understanding is the first step to recovery. 

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[positive-affirmation]

You have made it this far, you should be proud of yourself