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- 3y
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I’ve been considering getting a small wave tattoo to symbolize letting my thoughts go in and out like waves
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- 3y
I love the idea of the wave, or the "maybe". Some people aldo get the classic semicolon tattoo, or something like "you are not your thoughts". Or maybe "you're safe", or is that reassurance? Idk. I saw an article where someone got the diagnosis code for ocd tattooed on them to remind them that the thoughts aren't real, its just par of the illness. "300.3 is a diagnosis code for Obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD). As the owner of the tattoo jeherv mentioned in his post on Instagram, this tattoo is a reminder that the illness “is part of me whether I want it or not.” Now that he has recovered, the tattoo marks his fight against OCD and celebrates his courage along the way."
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- 3y
Oh my gosh I love this so much
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This Radiohead lyric: “just cause you feel it doesn’t mean it’s there” This John Berryman line: “Nobody is ever missing”
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Ooo John Berryman. Been a while, but I loved his stuff back when I read more poetry.
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@CaptainKierkegaard Read Dream Song 29. It sounds exactly like someone with ocd.
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No tattoo, but I got a button related to an art exhibit that kind of took on special meaning with my OCD struggle. I keep it on my backpack.
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- 3y
Oo I like that!!
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- 23w
Looking back, I realize I’ve had OCD since I was 7. though I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 30. As a kid, I was consumed by fears I couldn’t explain: "What if God isn’t real? What happens when we die? How do I know I’m real?" These existential thoughts terrified me, and while everyone has them from time to time, I felt like they were consuming my life. By 12, I was having daily panic attacks about death and war, feeling untethered from reality as depersonalization and derealization set in. At 15, I turned to drinking, spending the next 15 years drunk, trying to escape my mind. I hated myself, struggled with my body, and my intrusive thoughts. Sobriety forced me to face it all head-on. In May 2022, I finally learned I had OCD. I remember the exact date: May 10th. Reading about it, I thought, "Oh my God, this is it. This explains everything." My main themes were existential OCD and self-harm intrusive thoughts. The self-harm fears were the hardest: "What if I kill myself? What if I lose control?" These thoughts terrified me because I didn’t want to die. ERP changed everything. At first, I thought, "You want me to confront my worst fears? Are you kidding me?" But ERP is gradual and done at your pace. My therapist taught me to lean into uncertainty instead of fighting it. She’d say, "Maybe you’ll kill yourself—who knows?" At first, it felt scary, but for OCD, it was freeing. Slowly, I realized my thoughts were just thoughts. ERP gave me my life back. I’m working again, I’m sober, and for the first time, I can imagine a future. If you’re scared to try ERP, I get it. But if you’re already living in fear, why not try a set of tools that can give you hope?
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 21w
Looking for inspiration
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- 19w
What ERP or other techniques do you use to combat fear of cancelation? Especially curious about those with taboo thoughts, false memory ocd and event ocd based off of real events where the fear of cancellation may actually hold some validity. I once did my own ERP not under a therapist but just on my own I decided to create an anonymous account on Twitter and defend a friend who was receiving online criticism. I knew that this would be semi-controversial so I was expecting backlash and when I recieved troll replies it actually seemed to be a really helpful low-stakes exposure activity. Is this something that others have done? Low stakes online posts etc. that you know will recieve negative responses? I have had severe OCD as a kid as pretty much every subtype under the sun, and as an adult I pretty much have all the types under control except for this real event and false memory and taboo thought OCD. It seems like a different beast since it's somewhat realistic in the camcellation culture today, and it's confusing to address. Ive shut down almost all social accounts and it's keeping me from progressing in a career where I need to have an online presence :/
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