I've Never Met Anyone Who Wasn't Important

***SEMI-HIATUS because life is a rollercoaster*** No idea what I'm doing anymore.

[boltlightning]

I DONT CARE HOW MANY BEDS THERE WERE. WHAT IS YOUR BOOK ABOUT

[trekkiesagainstchastity]

(tearfully) w- working at the mattress store

[boltlightning]

i'm so fucking sorry. can you ever forgive me

[ooppo]

Idk why but as a kid I used to get hysterically upset everytime I would imagine a gif of a rotating cow because I could never stop the cow from rotating no matter how hard I tried and I would be crying and no one knew why

[ooppo]

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[chetungwan]

This is probably an unnecessary addition, but OCD is missed in cases like these because it's deeply misunderstood by most people.

It's talked about like being obsessively neat or repeating pointless tasks is the main part of it, when really those are just potential symptoms.

The main thing behind OCD is not being about to turn off a thought. There's a thing where most people can just stop thinking about something. If it's over, it's not relevant, it doesn't matter anymore, people can turn their attention away. For OCD, that mechanism can get stuck. And some thought that was supposed to just temporarily pass through your head just stays there. An image of an object rotating. An anxiety about something bad happening. A wish that you made on a dandelion. These are all things that have at some point gotten stuck in my head, sometimes for years at a time.

The compulsions, the rituals, are the person trying to address the thought so it can go away. After all, if you're worried about the door not being locked you can check the lock. But for someone with OCD, that doesn't make the stuck thought go away. So they check it again. And again. And they made a ritual, maybe if I check it exactly five times, I'll know that it's locked and I can let this worry go.

It helps a little. It feels like you're doing something. But it doesn't solve the problem. Actual therapy for OCD involves not doing the compulsion. Instead, you ignore the thought, move around it, try not to give it space in your life. Your mind won't let the thought go normally, so instead you fill yourself with other thoughts. Other parts of your life.

It's not easy at first. Your mind fights you on it. But as you get practice, it gets easier. You learn tricks around your own mind, ways to look at the thought and go, hm. I guess I'll go distract myself now. It does get better. I promise

[penrosesun]

You know, other people have pointed out that ADHD is perversely named for the ways in which it affects others, rather than for what it actually feels like to have ("are you always worried that your friends hate you and incapable of achieving your goals specifically because they are your goals? you may have 'trouble sitting still in class' syndrome!) – but I think that OCD is in many ways a similar case, especially because "primarily obsessional" OCD (that is, OCD without compulsions) absolutely exists, and is likely under-diagnosed. If people with OCD were naming the condition from scratch, we'd probably call it "Persistent Thought Disorder" or something similar, and consider the rituals that people assume character OCD to be common but non-universal symptoms.

[pingintech]

@ocdheritageposts

[kelpforestdwellers]

Don't take Tumblr's word for it.

Learn about OCD

Browse OCD content reviewed by experts. Learn about OCD, its symptoms, and treatment options.

[boasamishipper]

[moniquill]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

[et-in-arkadia]

do you ever laugh nervously to keep yourself from screaming

[roseillith]

CHOCOLATE BABIES (1996) dir. STEPHEN WINTER

[dizzymoods]

Stephen Winter put the full movie on his vimeo (for free ) ages ago

[mumblingsage]

This was a kind of sweet dashboard coincidence.

[twelvesonic]

Hi hello to anyone who hasn’t interacted with me in years I am alive and logged in, and wow I was a fascinating teen.

[chibird]

This comic is the result of my first livestream yesterday with my Patreon community as a celebration of 250+ patrons! The chat helped me come up with the idea of the heart being passed along and growing with each positive addition, as well as the appearance of the red panda and ghost. : ) Everyone was super supportive and kind, and hoping I can stream again (maybe for everyone next time) when I get the time!

[dankmemeuniversity]

[systlin]

I saw a thing and thought it seemed like something you might find cool

-This is GENIUS-Systlin-

[witchycrochet]

I want to be this badass in my yarn crafting one day!

[dankmemeuniversity]

[twelvesonic]

I caught/traded 33 Pokemon in 2 days and I've never been prouder, I guess I'll finish the dex after all.

[empty-altars]

A quick reminder for folks in the US: if you haven't seen anything about ACA open enrollment this year, that is by design. Secretary Azar wants to lower enrollment numbers to justify pulling funds from medicare/medicaid. Here are your dates:

And the link.

[cumaeansibyl]

The 2020 Open Enrollment Period runs from Friday, November 1, 2019, to Sunday, December 15, 2019. If you don’t act by December 15, you can’t get 2020 coverage unless you qualify for a special enrollment period. Plans sold during Open Enrollment start January 1, 2020.

[alittlefellowinawideworld]

https://www.healthcare.gov/quick-guide/dates-and-deadlines/

[msilverstar]

The US ACA (Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare) 2020 Open Enrollment Period will end on Sunday, December 15, 2019!

Please at least try to get started with an application, even if you don’t have all the info they usually let you finish after the deadline. 

[awesome-picz]

Wholesome Cat Posts That Will Hopefully Make Your Day.

[toastbutteregg]

“hey lets go out tomorrow”

“cant. i need 5 business days before i ask my parents”

[ultrafacts]

Source

Video of Tama

Follow Ultrafacts for more facts

[majikkant-deactivated20180504]

The picture in the background of the second one

[pizzaismylifepizzaisking]

Tama is boss

[ultrafacts]

[cat-fandom]

THE TRAINS HAVE CARTOON TAMAS ON THEM

[ultrafacts]

Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]

[retro-geek-deactivated20220412]

For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.

[karinanotcinerina]

Beautiful.

[system-fail-ure-deactivated2021]

Now I’m crying thanks

[sapphic-matriarchy]

and a new cat was hired right?

[clarenecessities]

yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy

she works very hard

[beasti]

Everytime this crosses my dash, I reblog. It is the law.

[lafayettelabaguette]

Law

[tooiconic]

I’m crying at 11pm over train cats

[sighinastorm]

Nitama, already now a mature cat (born 2010), has a protege named Yontama (fourth Tama, b. 2016).  There is no information available for either the physical befellment or tragic self-disgrace which has removed Santama from contention.

^Nitama majestic, and below with Yontama

Yontama.

[linkislost]

a legacy

[bemusedlybespectacled]

okay but actually what happened to santama (or sun-tama-tama, which is her name because it’s a pun on santama) was that she was basically sent to train for the position in okayama and they liked her so much they refused to send her back

[kindaoffkilter]

“Sun-tama-tama” (a pun off of “Santama”, lit. “third Tama”) was a calico cat sent for training in Okayama. Sun-tama-tama was considered as a candidate for Tama’s successor, but the Okayama Public Relations representative who had been caring for Sun-tama-tama refused to give the cat up writing, “I will not let go of this child, she will stay in Okayama.” [25]

As of September 2018, Sun-tama-tama is working as the stationmaster in Naka-ku, Okayama and appears occasionally on Tama’s Twitter account.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Every time I see this post there’s new info and it gets better

[northeastartist]

You are only allowed to scroll pass this after you pay tribute to the great Tama Station masters.

[starrspice]

I will always reblog this

[twelvesonic]

Mistakes were made (by which I mean I decided to try to complete my Pokedex this time).