[saltlamp420]

list of tags so i stop forgetting my systems

[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

[20thcenturystarlet]

Bathroom, (1997) from photographer Justine Kurland's collection Girl Pictures

[whysp]

[aaaaaarchive]

[scruq]

This study is being done by Dr. Lisa Littman, Dr. Kenneth Zucker, and J. Michael Bailey. The same people behind the “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” and other Transphobic pseudoscience. Do NOT give information to them via ayagdos, they have a long history of retractions and reported misconduct.

Report this ad wherever you see it. The fact that staff allows this kind of shit yet still turning a blind eye to everything else is just pure hatred.

Burden of Proof:

Scientists Behind the "Social Contagion" Myth Are Recruiting Trans Young People For Study, Community Leaders Warn

The project is called AYAGDOS—brought to you by the same names behind “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” pseudoscience.

Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net)

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access

[stonerparty]

[stjohnstarling]

One of the most pernicious illusions the internet creates is that things need to reach a large number of people quickly in order to matter. The opposite is true. Culture is created through social connections - and stable social connections are built slowly. New subcultures and art styles need to move at a slow and stable rate of growth, or they’ll collapse under their own weight before they reach full maturity.

[queenrhaenyras]

in case you haven't heard, parts of venezuela were recently hit by a series of earthquakes, affecting communities across the country.

as venezuela is my home country, all of this hits especially close to home. thankfully, my family and loved ones are safe since they were in cities not as severely affected. however, many others have not been as fortunate and are now facing the aftermath of these events.

years of political and economic instability have left many communities with limited resources and infrastructure, making it even more difficult to respond to emergencies like this. there are reports of people who remain missing, and many families are still waiting for news about their loved ones. rescue efforts have been made even more difficult by shortages of equipment, ambulances, and other emergency resources needed to respond to a disaster of this scale.

if you're able to, please consider sharing information, supporting verified relief efforts, or simply helping spread awareness about what is happening.

here’s a link where you can donate if you can

Emergency Relief for Venezuela Earthquake Victims, organized by I Love Venezuela Foundation

Venezuela needs our help now. After a devastating earthqu… I Love Venezuela Foundation ha bisogno del tuo sostegno per Emergency Relie

i’ll try to get more help resources to post here!

keep my country in your prayers 💔

[indolentjellyfish]

tiny glass aphid

[zegalba]

Laurent Gauthier: “Manipulations” (2013)

[nemfrog]

Spider group. The illustrated natural history. v.3. 1880s.

Internet Archive

[rfsnyder]

Frida Kahlo Self Portrait Along the Border Line Between Mexico and the United States, 1932

[epileptiform]

if you see hardware on yhe ground like a washer or a hex nut you have to pick it up because it’s lonely and scared. if you see any metal on the ground you have to pick it up because it’s alone and scared and lonely.

[epileptiform]

they are deserving of love

[aesths-deactivated20220604]

[transfixmagazine]

Issue 10 | Summer 2026 of Transfix Magazine is HERE! Get your free digital copy of the new issue (and all the other ones) here!

On the cover: Testosterone Injection, 2026, oil and acrylic on canvas by Quinn Thomas.

The team:

Achilles Toledo - Staff Writer Azuli Rodriguez - Social Media Graphic Designer Korbin Richards - Social Media Copywriter Leo Oliveras - Layout Designer silas denver melvin - Social Media Graphic Designer Wren Coulter - Editor-in-Chief/Creative Director

[storyweavingspider]

Go listen to Maangamizi by Akala

“Maangamizi meaning African Hellacaust, cause we’ve paid a hell of a cost and don’t really know what was lost, and the process ain’t ever stopped.”

[storyweavingspider]

Go listen to Sundown Town by CENSORED dialogue

“Wish I could go back to Ghana without a hitch but slave ships cut ties I don't know how to mend. I would follow the bread trail of black bodies, but thosе crumbs were laid four hundred yеars ago”

[storyweavingspider]

Listen to Prisoner 1 & 2 by Lupe Fiasco

“The orange wings of the new Jim Crow are dyed klansman sheets and court papers. Dreadlock nooses hang from his neck as the new Jim Crow Corporations feed him seeds, yet unborn”

And if you feeling froggy, go check out the movie Sing Sing (2024), trailer below