(guy who isnt beating the ocd voice) i know! maybe if i spend all night ruminating on something i feel guilty about until i’ve considered it from every possible angle and made myself physically ill, then i can finally forgive myself and i’ll feel better! 99% of morally abhorrent people stop self punishing right before they’re Absolved
wasn't planning to go more into detail on this, but I wanna touch on this tag real quick. Having done OCD advocacy work and some partnerships with mental health organizations, I've personally found that deciding whether something is "normal" is ultimately unhelpful (for many, at least) in figuring out your needs.
OCD is normal in that it effects hundreds of millions of people globally —making OCD about as common as having red hair.
Your intrusive thoughts are normal. Whether they're focused on morality, cleanliness, disease, sexuality, unreality—and yes, even the more stigmatized obsessions about sex and violence.
Everyone experiences intrusive thoughts. ("What if I drove my car off the road right now?" "What if I jumped off this balcony?" "What if I yelled a curse word really loud in this meeting for no reason?")
Not everyone gets stuck in cycles of obsession and compulsions. If you get stuck in these cycles, it's worth looking into OCD and how OCD treatment may benefit you.
But don't ask yourself whether you're "normal." You are. Ask yourself instead whether you're struggling. Whether you're in pain. Whether the way you think and feel harms you and whether changing the way you think and feel might help you.
Anyway, if you know me at all you already know I'm gonna recommend checking out MadeofMillions and their info on OCD for further reading. Okay I love you good luck <3
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that causes unwanted intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and mental or physical ritua
Found a 28~ yr old crab model mislabeled as 'Coal Cooking Stove' - don't tell me you wouldn't have done the exact same thing if you had found yourself in my shoes.
An animation of Tails waving, from the DoCoMo chara-den which were avatars you could use for videophone calls on keitai.
Thanks to @rockmancosmo.bsky.social for getting us the footage from DoCoMo’s tool’s, which were obtained from a P902i phone.
i've been obsessed with these animations ever since they were unearthed a couple of years ago, and even more so now that i work on tailstube officially, because these basically feel like the first vtubers to me in a way. i love them
stormborns
izzy806
tangentwithtanner
titsay
