@hyaenax
I know this is going to come as a shock to you, but OCD can manifest in several different ways. For example, some people have OCD that has them washing their hands a metric fuckton of a time a day. Others have their OCD manifest in flicking light switches a certain number of times or repeatedly checking to make sure doors and windows are locked or unlocked. Mine manifests in a combination of those, as well as in getting severe anxiety when my organization systems are fucked with. They don’t have to make sense to you - They keep me from being left in a constant state of anxiety over something as silly as not finding a specific post.
“No thats not ableism.”
I’m so glad that there is someone out there who can dictate to a person with a specific disability what ableism towards them is or is not. Thank fuck. I mean, it’s not like I have to live with it day in and day out or anything.
“letting your phobia control your life is fucking bullshit grow up”
Letting it? Do you honestly think that it’s as simple as telling my mental illness to fuck off and leave me alone? I’ve been on numerous medications, some with side effects that were worse than the condition they were treating, and none of them worked for me. For awhile, I was on a dose of prozac so high that my doctor told me it could drop a horse - I was 14 years old at the time and was feeling absolutely NO benefit from such a high dose.
Here’s the thing with most phobias: The person suffering from it is perfectly aware that it is irrational fear - but they can’t really control it. That doesn’t mean they don’t want to get better, it’s just a misbalance in their brain chemistry.
Suggesting that it’s as simple as “not letting it control your life” is just plain ignorant.
“youre 27 and act like a bitchy 12 year old”
Maybe it’s because I have my life altering disabilities and mental illnesses invalidated by a bunch of teenagers on the internet on a regular basis.