#tw compulsions

[pkmnearthbraingang]

atlas has a habit of being a loudspeaker for other parts that the host isn't aware of and pretending they're him. esp with compulsions + intrusive thoughts because he thinks they're funny. which means when the 7 y/o responsible for the compulsions speaks up herself it's a jump scare

[xnackery027]

I think Sun would be Christian. Like I imagine that getting out of the daycare and experiencing the outside world for the first time without Moon to hold his hand, he probably stumbled across some sort of church or flyer advertising one, and heard all about the Lord. He immediately starts developing obsessive compulsive rituals around religion; crossing himself, wearing a cross as a pendant, refusing to curse or say anything related to the devil. He doesn’t really understand that there’s different sects of Christianity, so he sort of just picks up whatever seems like it would work. When Eclipse shows up, he tries to exorcize him, to Eclipse’s utter confusion. When things calm down, he tries to stop feeding into his compulsions, and actually succeeds for a while. Then, the Bloodmoon hallucinations began, and he fell headfirst back into it, believing that they only showed up because he stopped. His obsession bordered delusions at times, only being able to recover with Moon acting as an authority in all things objective and true. He was being haunted, sure, but his brother was smart and right all the time, and he said that he’d be okay. Even later, he still wears a pendant under his vest, afraid that he’ll attract bad things if he takes it off.

He has a hard time with distinguishing scams in general, due to his lack of knowledge with science. There were several times where he tried to get the family to try out diets and fads, cutting everything from gluten to pasteurized food. Moon and Solar had to work together to explain to him how vaccines worked in order to get him to stop parroting misinformation from the Facebook moms that he gossiped with in the daycare. Moon handles most of the mail for this reason, since Sun is more likely to call spam numbers. Moon has his own delusions and hallucinations to deal with, but it’s mostly surrounding concepts like purity and sacrificial innocence. Sun’s are more focused on things like guilt and rot, both of their delusions stemming from the July 16th incident.

[chainsaw-headache]

This is what It feels like trying to ignore compulsions

[cringekind]

I have ocd and I just remembered my funniest compulsion from childhood. I watched jurassic park at like 6 and got VERY scared of dinosaurs, I was really convinced they would come get us. so, despite not believing in God, I would pray every night to save my family from the dinosaurs because OBVIOUSLY if I didn't do it the dinosaurs just might come and then it would be all my fault. straight up didn't think praying did anything EXCEPT keep the velociraptors out of my house

[weepingwillows-sweethibiscustea]

It is soo fucked up that managing OCD means ignoring your compulsions… what do you MEAN to make the gross feeling go away I have to STOP washing my hands?

[self-harm-harm-reduction]

could self harm be used to stop intrusive thoughts like how pwOCD have compulsions or am i thinking up bullshit

Hi anon, yes some people self-harm to district or interrupt intrusive thoughts. Self-harm can also be a compulsion.

Here are some ideas for less harmful ways to manage intrusive thoughts or compulsions.

[perpetually-unfunny]

guys it is in fact problematic to put "____ HAS to reblog/like/donate/share this post" even if there isnt a "or else____". no, you arent allowed to do it even if you have OCD. it is STILL not okay. that is triggering to a lot of people with OCD and other similar disorders/conditions/disabilities you are not an ally to the OCD community if you put "friendly reminders" like this in your posts. that is very shit of you.

and to those triggered by these posts, nobody has to do anything. nothing bad will happen if you do not engage with a post, no matter what it says.

[theyna-truther]

I do think Piper would revert to shoplifting/stealing at some point (((like after Jason’s death))), but only for her friends. Annabeth sees something cute but says she doesn’t want it after checking the tag? Boom, into the pocket. Leo only needs four bolts out of the pack and complains that buying the whole thing is a waste? Not a problem. They tell her not to do it but she does anyway. What they don't know is that she steals for them specifically to alleviate some of the guilt she feels afterwards, because she just can't stop.