#ocd talk

[nebulabasket]

Hey, to all the rest of y'all out there with moral OCD, especially in the US, please remember that you shouldn't center your entire life around politics. There needs to be a healthy balance. That also means not entirely cutting yourself off from everything. I know it's really hard.

[therapeutic007]

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[ocdculture-is]

Suspected OCD culture is - Being afraid to tell others about your thoughts, cause you know that you'll probably be fakeclaimed for whatever fucking reason at this point

OCD Culture is

[f4ggydog]

ocd in pop culture: oh my god, I’m like super organized! like everything has to be tidy for me or else I just go nuts!!! like my folders aren’t color coded rn and it’s pissing me offffff. hold on, I gotta go adjust them. sorry, it’s a little quirk of mine, y’know?

ocd in actuality: did i look at these corners enough? no, i have to scan the corners again or else everything feels unclean and dirty.

-i had to wash my hands so much that my skin started cracking and now I’m bleeding all over the sink, but i still feel unsatisfied.

-oh, i’m zoning out? sorry if it looks that way or if I’m not talking. my brain just keeps repeating this extremely offensive slur that I can’t even reclaim and I very badly do not want to repeat it but my brain keeps telling me I’m going to do it. so I’m just keeping my mouth shut because I’m afraid the word will slip out even though I don’t want to say the word and have no intentions of doing so.

-i wanted to go hang out with my dog today but while hanging out i got thoughts I didn’t want about having sex with my dog. and even though I don’t want to act on them and I think they’re disgusting, I still feel the need to stay away from her in case I harm her because I’m afraid.

-real event ocd has completely ruined my memory. i no longer know who i am as a person and i never trust myself morally. my memory has been sabotaged and past events feel like a blur because I can’t trust my brain to recollect them properly.

[thegirlsarethriving]

in five years you won’t be thinking about it. It’ll be a thought that passes by once in a blue moon. The pain will seep through the cracks and leak away, bit by bit. It’ll hurt less because it’ll have less space in your mind. Lay a weary head down and rest easier knowing that it’ll pass someday. You’ll be free, your mind will be yours again

[astralvoids]

Funny thing to explain that tends to fall on people's ears even with immense research is how versatile OCD is.

OCD simply refers to obsessive compulsive disorder. It's a disorder around an obsessive thought which distresses which then triggers an compulsion or urge that is done or is on the mind in order to sooth the obsessive thought.

Nowhere in this disorders description refers to cleaning or cleanliness so it does irk me that people still use the term "I'm so OCD" for referring to not standing mess. It's not only immesly rude but also further perpetuates the social myths of what OCD is vs the actual disorder.

I could elaborate further and have spent a long time researching the negative effects of disorders like OCD being buzz terms negatively effecting the people who struggle with OCD but that's another thought.

TLDR: OCD is not a cleanliness disorder or peak organization and schedules disorder. But an actual disorder that affects people in a variety of ways that's not silly goofy

[maripr]

After unlocking all achievements in pathologic 2 and 72 hours of playing (and that's JUST haruspex! Imagine what I will be like when (🥹) the other two campaigns come out), I have Thoughts about the game just like I did for Patho 1 that I find myself currently unable to explain but I will maybe try to find a short description for this game: a masterpiece of pain.

Also you must play imago at least once, because it's worth it. I don't know what but it is worth it. (And also once you've beaten that every other playthrough is gonna feel easier)

Just like fear and hunger 1 and 2, although I loved both games in both series, the thought of replaying the respective first one, despite my love of the ambiance and characters etc, fills me with DREAD. Replaying the second game? I'll do it. It'll be painful and annoying and maddening and I will have to be very careful it doesn't trigger my ocd obsessions about having to finish that section now and today because oh boy then I'm gonna lose 4 hours of my life in the fucking abbatoir but I will replay the game and in the end, I'll enjoy it.

Idk even with both second games not being fully completed yet, I find the experimentation you can pull in a playthrough incredibly interesting. While the respective first game is doomed to remain a somewhat unfinished beauty.

[gentlergunler]

I would like to apologize to the part of my brain responding to my health OCD. The poor neurons must be in overdrive! I am causing them burnout. 😭