Lately I’ve been hearing that criminality is a social construct and people agreeing and explaining and it’s super triggering with my sensitive ocd brain because then I start thinking my harm and horrible ocd thoughts are going to come true and that I’m going to start thinking it’s ok to do bad things ugh😭
i was thinking about this today too !! it stresses me out because if i start to not care anymore then i could also do anything that comes to mind. it’s terrifying to think that i only have self control because everyone says it’s wrong.
@Mack0213 THISSSSSS, like I feel like what if I turn my humanity switch off 😭😭
@alawryns im glad someone understands this 😌 but personally i think im coming to the conclusion that i should be proud of my current self control. i experience hocd on a daily basis and i haven’t committed any crimes so thats enough for me.
@Mack0213 What u mean self control?🥹
@alawryns well there are people in the world that have these thoughts AND act on them. i haven’t acted on any of my thoughts and im self aware that i don’t wish to act on the thoughts despite my mind constantly bringing it up. i am not my thoughts.
Well it's socially constructed in the sense that if enough people suddenly find something unacceptable, we tend to make laws to punish or limit said behavior. These unacceptable and acceptable actions drastically depend on local culture and what the society already values. Even if let's say you thought it was okay to do certain bad things doesn't mean you have to do them. What creates actual action is way more complicated than thoughts and urges. Do they play a role in actions? Yes, but they also play a role in people that every day decide its not worth their time to follow through with it because it's silly, weird, or not a path they want to take.
@ImagineSisyphusHappy So am I evil?😣
@alawryns Morality is once again something that's very subjective. We could find a group of people from different countries, religions and various other groups and ask them and they'd all come up with different answers. What I'd personally say is you're a human who is probably done something you or others would find unacceptable at some point in time because pretty much every human has. It's pretty hard if not impossible to be perfect which is why people that are claimed to be have some kind of Godhood or enlightenment because it's abnormal but something I think most people which they could achieve because most people have a conscious that tries to keep them in check according to their values and the values of the local community they want to be accepted by. Humans are social creatures, we want to be accepted by some part of society. It's very rare for people to be completely antisocial with no guilt or remorse which is why it's considered a personality disorder.
@ImagineSisyphusHappy I’m severely antisocial tho so what that mean?😳😳
@alawryns People misinterpret it all the time. I don't mean antisocial in common english use of word like someone that's introverted or has social anxiety. Antisocial Personality disorder is the real name for the disorder sociopaths and psychopaths have. It's called "antisocial behavior" because they do actions that are socially harmful.
The people saying that are the ones that are criminals and want anarchy 😂
@Nica Yea but I think they’re trying to say that there’s a lot of people and and higher power people that do stuff that regular people would be in jail for life for
@alawryns That’s not at all mentioned con the post. I’m not replying to anything else in discussion by others.
@Nica In the OP post*
Well it's a common argument by people that are communists and sometimes socialists. And the end goal of communism is anarchy but a structured one. So you're not entirely wrong though socialists tend to go more with the argument they should have to go to mental wards instead of prison and all that money that went towards prison would be redirected to those wards and the criminals would be treated for their mental health problems and released when found no longer dangerous to themselves and others.
@ImagineSisyphusHappy I’m not going into a whole debate about this topic on a app for OCD. It’s not a criminal justice or philosophy class where I would for a grade 😂
@Nica Oh totally get it. Just saying where the argument usually comes from. Very common far left leaning argument. Wasn't saying it's a good or bad argument, purely just sharing :)
Now i have been a little upset, and i just came across a post that asked people, "What's one of those things that people refuse to accept out of morality, but you believe to be true?" One of the most liked answers was: "Killing criminals should be legal", another answer said: "Imagine a carnage of p... To be in a better world where children don't suffer" I mean, i'm not advocating for those criminals, and in some ways i agree that the world would be better off without them, but my mind keeps assuming i'm already one of them and they're talking about me. It's torture. I don't know what to do or think, It's just that there's no point in "accepting that it could or could not be the fear in my mind", because if it's true, it would mean the most horrible thing in the world. That is, for ROCD, for SOOCD, yeah, it's that irrational and fault logic by definition. There is no shame in being gay, heterosexual or not, loving your partner or not is not a matter of live and death, but POCD doubt IS, i mean... Not only does it feel important, IT IS important for me and i would believe that for everybody, because that's a matter of hurting other people or not, it's a matter of ruining someone's live or not. I can't practice ignoring my mind, saying "ok, maybe", BECAUSE IT'S AN EXTRAODINARILY HORRIBLE TOPIC.
I’ve always struggled with maladaptive daydreaming I’ve stopped but I have harm ocd and my brain would hook onto a true crime story and I’d pretend to be a family member/loved one/victim of a k*ller and would make up elaborate stories abt it. That feels so disgusting I’m so scared this shows in a horrible person doesn’t it? And now my brain is telling me I have found k*llers attractive in the past I don’t think I ever did but what if I did I’m scared
Guys for the past couple of hours ive been spiraling! I wad researching and came across this harm ocd article question that has been worrying me. The title was "im scared of hurting someone when I'm mad. Can i trust myself?" And I was thinking "hey that's what ive been worried about for the past several months!" I even AVOID being angry. Im scared of it bc I get a lot of thoughts and I'm hyperaware of my hands and feel them tingly! Last time i tensed so hard to stay still as possible bc I was so so nervous from my thoughts and my hand twitched which made me SPIRAL. I never want to cause harm! And i always start crying after an argument bc the thoughts are so so scary! Anyway I got afraid bc the article said "research has shown that people with ocd don't struggle with impulse control- so if you find yourself intensely worried you could do harm based on the intrusive thoughts or urges you have, it's likely something else is going on." THAT SENTENCE HAS LEFT ME WITH A TON OF ANXIETY! Its so bad, my appetite is gone! I'm scared does this mean I don't have ocd and should be seriously concerned?!
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