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Ok this is conflicting because as a black person I think that it is harmful to be so freely saying the n word because it is derogatory and offensive no matter what way u use it but as someone with ocd tendencies I understand that all you want is to get better and u do this exposure as a way to feel peace again and I commend u for being so brave but I feel as tho there other exposures you can use besides saying the nword maybe try writing it down instead
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@Anonymous255 Ur fine I don’t think that ur a racist because if u were u wouldn’t take accountability for ur mistake as an exposure I think it’s fine for you to do say it but not around people and make sure while trying to get better it doesn’t become apart of ur daily vocabulary
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@Anonymous255 Ur fine I don’t think that ur a racist because if u were u wouldn’t take accountability for ur mistake as an exposure I think it’s fine for you to do say it but not around people and make sure while trying to get better it doesn’t become apart of ur daily vocabulary
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I know confessing is not necessarily positive all the time but it’s important for me to say this anonymously so that I can say it one day to my therapist. I have become terrified to look at Asian people. My ROCD attached to my boyfriend’s racist past in his early teens, and despite his genuine effort towards change and the fact he’s been an incredible partner to me as a POC We’ve had some amazing conversations and he had made so many choices (dropping friends, reporting racism in institutions, standing up for me, advocating for minorities online, boycotting) that prove he has truly changed over the years. However my OCD’s attachment to his past has become the main theme of my life and was the reason I first sought therapy- I felt like I was going insane, like there was a physical, staticky, black wall between us. I’d have images of people of colour and things I knew he had said flash in my mind. I feared and imagined the judgement of all around me, while being genuinely happy to be with him. Last summer while in conversation he almost said a racial slur regarding Asian people (while reading it and referencing it). He stopped himself before he finished the word and apologised profusely. But it spiralled me into a depression- for a while I almost couldn’t even get out of bed. I felt debilitated. It made me realise there was something wrong. Since then (over a year) I feel genuinely fear, sometimes edging on terror when I see, talk to or interact with Asian people. On social media I can’t watch them in videos, in person I find myself between staring and being unable to look. It makes me feel disgusting. I’ve convinced myself it means I must be truly, deeply racist, even though I’m a POC. I’m getting better, over time, but also I’m so afraid still. I want to watch their content, I want to form authentic friendships, but my brain tells me I have betrayed them, that they wouldn’t want to be my friend, that they would hate me, that I don’t deserve to be in their spaces, that I’m racist and so is he. I’m not yet ready to tell my therapist. But u am grateful to have told all of you.
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so with ocd i say words but ocd makes the intentions seem bad so this time i just said a random word because it was a urge and the intensions were bad and i didnt realze it was ocd, im panicking and dont know why i said that
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