#tw pocd

[time2bitch]

A reminder for those that need to hear it: inappropriate intrusive thoughts are not desires, dreams are not desires, even uncomfortable sexual dreams are not “unconscious” desires. OCD can work in mysterious ways. “testing” yourself to see if you have a bodily reaction to those intrusive thoughts is not and will never be helpful!

[ponyblvd]

pocd is worsened by people like antis who are constantly talking about killing all pedophiles in public and skinning them to death. btw. i'm gonna need antis to stop claiming to care about beings with pocd when they are literally worsening the pocd by talking about how evil all pedophiles are. you aren't helping.

[fee-is-not-a-bee]

unpopular opinion

This is a more serious post than what I normally do folks, just a forewarning.

Tw for the mention of pedophilia and discussion of POCD. If you want to skip this post because you feel you would be triggered by this, please do.

Does anyone else feel like the way the label radnormal is being used is in an inherently ableist way. A lot of posts I have seen have really incredibly triggered my POCD, due to their vitriol and misunderstanding of disorder vs. Just Being A Bad Person. There is so much stigma around having intrusive paraphilic thoughts, many of the posts I’ve seen under the radnormal tag have been totally ignoring that fact that many people with paraphilic disorders don’t want to experience what they experience surrounding attraction, and may be having intrusive thoughts and have not yet realised this (which had been my own experience).

I truly believe that saying that “if you think about this you are a pedo” is incredibly triggering for folks with POCD or other types of moral OCD. And I know for a fact that many people (although not all who are posting under the radnormal tag have said these things, but those who have) will not take real accountability for their actions and educate themselves on the type of language better used to not be ableist (whether this is an accidental or purposeful mistake).

tw for the next paragraph: mentions of SA, mentions of death threats (plus the same tw as the rest of this post)

My final point is that I myself am a survivor. People under the radnormal tag have this massive thing about “protecting survivors”, but I (personally) do not feel protected by the common radnormal rhetoric. I’ve seen posts detailing how anyone experiencing paraphilia should die. Does this include me with POCD which formed due to my trauma? I have no idea, and it scares me. The fact that people aren’t distinguishing between offending predators and people who don’t want to experience what they do and feel disgusted by their own thoughts and feelings, is disgusting to me. The fact that people are being so unconsciously ableist is disgusting to me. And the fact that I am yet to see a single person take accountability when a disabled person explains to them how they are being ablest via the way they are using the radnormal label, is disgusting.

I’m open to discussion on this, but I am not open to disrespect.

[unspeakablearchives]

I feel the tag "moral ocd" is kind of obvious for why it's tagged, BUT i wanted to ask anyways. What is moral OCD?

(Quick disclaimer that I actually have no idea what I'm talking about and you should probably look up real answers from qualified experts but hey what the hell let's give it shot lol)

So when people say "Moral OCD" they seem to usually be referring to a subtype of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) that's more officially called "Moral Scrupulosity". But I mean look at that weird fucking word, who's gonna take the time to write that out each time, am I right?

Anyway, moral scrupulosity / moral OCD is basically this obsessive fear that you may be immoral, evil, a bad person, harming others, not doing enough to help others, etc.

Someone suffering from this might, for instance, become fixated on how they had thoughts about something gross, cruel, or wrong and they become terrified that this must mean they're an evil person. Alternately, they might obsess over something relatively insignificant that they said or did, looking for any signs that it might have been ignorant or hurtful or whatever.

This subject comes up periodically when dealing with fucked up media because a (relatively small, but noticeable) number of people who seek that stuff out or enjoy it end up feeling this sort of moral OCD related to it, convinced that it makes them a bad person.

Personally I've never experienced anything like this - I just assume that I'm a delightful ray of sunshine no matter how much fucked up stuff I intentionally seek out. Not 100% sure what that says about me 😅

[luka6x]

my blog !!! is a safeplace !!! for people with POCD !!!

support all disorders. you absolutely cannot treat someone as if they are their intrusive thoughts,, bc those thoughts are out of their control and trust me,,, they do not wanna think any of those shit !!!

[malwareproductions]

people on tiktok be like “mental health matters! if you have pocd you should be put down like an animal”

[taxidermyskin]

Wanted to say thanks for your Daan POCD headcanon art. It's what made me figure out that I have POCD and it gave me a way to tackle it, and not hate myself for it. Whenever I struggle with it, I think of him, and it brings a smile to my face to know I'm not alone. I would've never thought what I deal with is OCD if I hadn't seen your art, my knowledge beforehand was basically all stereotypes.

I originally planned to thank you earlier, but the anonymous asks were off, and I'm way too terrified to type this without the anonymity.

I want to make art like you do, as in POCD (and probably other kinds of OCD) headcanon art, I can't tell if I will but you give me a bit of confidence that I won't be bullied off the internet like how my mind always pictures it.

Thanks for existing, and good luck, wherever you are.

IM SO SORRY FOR NOT SEEING THIS EARLIER!!!! YOU'RE VERY WELCOME FOREVER🫶 I was smiling when reading this it makes me very happy

[freakmoment]

Having OCD means being concerned that it’s pedophilic to find people MY OWN AGE attractive OMG