not reassurance seeking, a genuine question

@Hyades Right? When I hear "Oh, the Monk in me wants me to use Arial as fond type.", or "I'm a little OCD, I want my shoes all needly lined up next to the entrance." I feel like ripping those people's heads off. Not only does the show Monk make fun of OCD, people think that the symptoms Monk shows are everything OCD is about. 😡 I sometimes would love to ask those people. "So you are a little OCD regarding your shoes? Well, do you get up at night and check several times, that your shoes are lined up perfectly? Do you go check your shoes, after you noticed that a family member, or pet walked past them? Do you obsess over and over, if your shoes really had been perfectly aligned the last time you checked? Do you get anxiety, when you are not 100% certain, that they are actually aligned perfectly next to the entrance?" I think all I'd get in response would be a big eyed stare and them thinking how weird I am.

@Zoë_84 - Yeah it's horribly mischaracterized and I think that causes a lot of people a lot more misery than necessary. When I finally gained some understanding of what was wrong with me, I could take some steps to dealing with the problem.

@Zoë_84 my biggest struggle is pocd/the more taboo kind of ocd and due to the lack of portrayal. i’m sorry if i didn’t explain this well enough or said something offensive.

@space girl 🪐 Oh, no you didn't say anything offensive, not at all. It annoys me, that people belittle the impact OCD has and see it as a quirk and not what it really is - a debilitating mental illness, but that has nothing to do with your post. POCD is a subtype of OCD. On this app I daily read at least on post of someone who suffers from POCD, so it's not that uncommon. As you said, it is a theme, that's more taboo, than say Order/Symmetry, or Health Concerns. Of course, I'm not a professional, nor do I know your sister, but I highly doubt, that an OCD sufferer you say "I'm so OCD, my picture has to be a certain way, or it annoys me." But I digress. When I was younger, I only found one article in my mother tongue that was about POCD and in that article it said, that only men can suffer from that OCD subtype, which left me crushed, as I'm a woman. I felt so horrible, as I suffered from something, I wasn't supposed to suffer from. I felt so alone. Then unfortunately only many years later, I thought "Hey, I am fluent in English, why don't I check and see, if there is more information available on POCD in English." So that's what I did and I found a lot of information regarding POCD, non of which contained anything about this subtype only effecting men. Moreover, everything I had felt was unique to me, like urges and groinal responses, was mentioned and I felt understood and, for the first time since POCD started, I didn't feel alone with this condition. As I don't know, how much you know about this subtype, I'll share some links here, I think they are worth a read: https://manhattancbt.com/pocd/ https://manhattancbt.com/pocd-or-denial/ https://manhattancbt.com/pocd-arousal/ https://www.treatmyocd.com/what-is-ocd/common-fears/fear-of-becoming-a-pedophile https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/pocd-symtoms-and-treatment https://www.madeofmillions.com/articles/monster-overview-common-features-treatment-pocd/amp If you haven't talked to a therapist specialized in treating OCD with ERP, please consider doing that. ERP does help. I went from leaving the sidewalk to avoid a child comming my way to spenind an afternoon with a friend and her daughter. My POCD still attacked me, but it was managable and I really enjoyed that afternoon, having BBQ and playing games together.

@Zoë_84 *spending

@Zoë_84 did you comment something else? only one comment came up if you did

@space girl 🪐 I commented a long answer and then the correction of a typo

@Zoë_84 oooh sorry i can’t reply to it because it’s not showing me it for some reason, only your comment correcting your typo

@space girl 🪐 Did you get this one: "@space girl 🪐 Oh, no you didn't say anything offensive, not at all. It annoys me, that people belittle the impact OCD has and see it as a quirk and not what it really is - a debilitating mental illness, but that has nothing to do with your post. POCD is a subtype of OCD. On this app I daily read at least on post of someone who suffers from POCD, so it's not that uncommon. As you said, it is a theme, that's more taboo, than say Order/Symmetry, or Health Concerns. Of course, I'm not a professional, nor do I know your sister, but I highly doubt, that an OCD sufferer would say "I'm so OCD, my picture has to be a certain way, or it annoys me." But I digress. When I was younger, I only found one article in my mother tongue that was about POCD and in that article it said, that only men can suffer from that OCD subtype, which left me crushed, as I'm a woman. I felt so horrible, as I suffered from something, I wasn't supposed to suffer from. I felt so alone. Then unfortunately only many years later, I thought "Hey, I am fluent in English, why don't I check and see, if there is more information available on POCD in English." So that's what I did and I found a lot of information regarding POCD, non of which contained anything about this subtype only effecting men. Moreover, everything I had felt was unique to me, like urges and groinal responses, was mentioned and I felt understood and, for the first time since POCD started, I didn't feel alone with this condition. As I don't know, how much you know about this subtype, I'll share some links here, I think they are worth a read: https://manhattancbt.com/pocd/ https://manhattancbt.com/pocd-or-denial/ https://manhattancbt.com/pocd-arousal/ https://www.treatmyocd.com/what-is-ocd/common-fears/fear-of-becoming-a-pedophile https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/pocd-symtoms-and-treatment https://www.madeofmillions.com/articles/monster-overview-common-features-treatment-pocd/amp If you haven't talked to a therapist specialized in treating OCD with ERP, please consider doing that. ERP does help. I went from leaving the sidewalk to avoid a child comming my way to spenind an afternoon with a friend and her daughter. My POCD still attacked me, but it was managable and I really enjoyed that afternoon, having BBQ and playing games together.

@space girl 🪐 Can you see it now?

@Zoë_84 no :(

@space girl 🪐 Hm, they might block it, because it contains links

@space girl 🪐 "@space girl 🪐 Oh, no you didn't say anything offensive, not at all. It annoys me, that people belittle the impact OCD has and see it as a quirk and not what it really is - a debilitating mental illness, but that has nothing to do with your post. POCD is a subtype of OCD. On this app I daily read at least on post of someone who suffers from POCD, so it's not that uncommon. As you said, it is a theme, that's more taboo, than say Order/Symmetry, or Health Concerns. Of course, I'm not a professional, nor do I know your sister, but I highly doubt, that an OCD sufferer would say "I'm so OCD, my picture has to be a certain way, or it annoys me." But I digress. When I was younger, I only found one article in my mother tongue that was about POCD and in that article it said, that only men can suffer from that OCD subtype, which left me crushed, as I'm a woman. I felt so horrible, as I suffered from something, I wasn't supposed to suffer from. I felt so alone. Then unfortunately only many years later, I thought "Hey, I am fluent in English, why don't I check and see, if there is more information available on POCD in English." So that's what I did and I found a lot of information regarding POCD, non of which contained anything about this subtype only effecting men. Moreover, everything I had felt was unique to me, like urges and groinal responses, was mentioned and I felt understood and, for the first time since POCD started, I didn't feel alone with this condition. As I don't know, how much you know about this subtype, I'll share some links here, I think they are worth a read: manhattancbt com pocd manhattancbt com pocd-or-denial manhattancbt com pocd-arousal treatmyocd com what-is-ocd common-fears fear-of-becoming-a-pedophile treatmyocd com blog pocd-symtoms-and-treatment madeofmillions com articles monster-overview-common-features-treatment-pocd/amp If you haven't talked to a therapist specialized in treating OCD with ERP, please consider doing that. ERP does help. I went from leaving the sidewalk to avoid a child comming my way to spenind an afternoon with a friend and her daughter. My POCD still attacked me, but it was managable and I really enjoyed that afternoon, having BBQ and playing games together.

@space girl 🪐 Can you see it now?

@Zoë_84 nope, idk why it’s not showing 😭

@space girl 🪐 No worries, I have a few more ideas. ;)

@space girl 🪐 "@space girl 🪐 Oh, no you didn't say anything offensive, not at all. It annoys me, that people belittle the impact OCD has and see it as a quirk and not what it really is - a debilitating mental illness, but that has nothing to do with your post. POCD is a subtype of OCD. On this app I daily read at least on post of someone who suffers from POCD, so it's not that uncommon. As you said, it is a theme, that's more taboo, than say Order/Symmetry, or Health Concerns. Of course, I'm not a professional, nor do I know your sister, but I highly doubt, that an OCD sufferer would say "I'm so OCD, my picture has to be a certain way, or it annoys me." But I digress. When I was younger, I only found one article in my mother tongue that was about POCD and in that article it said, that only men can suffer from that OCD subtype, which left me crushed, as I'm a woman. I felt so horrible, as I suffered from something, I wasn't supposed to suffer from. I felt so alone. Then unfortunately only many years later, I thought "Hey, I am fluent in English, why don't I check and see, if there is more information available on POCD in English." So that's what I did and I found a lot of information regarding POCD, non of which contained anything about this subtype only effecting men. Moreover, everything I had felt was unique to me, like urges and groinal responses, was mentioned and I felt understood and, for the first time since POCD started, I didn't feel alone with this condition. If you haven't talked to a therapist specialized in treating OCD with ERP, please consider doing that. ERP does help. I went from leaving the sidewalk to avoid a child comming my way to spending an afternoon with a friend and her daughter. My POCD still attacked me, but it was managable and I really enjoyed that afternoon, having BBQ and playing games together."

@Zoë_84 Now?

@Zoë_84 yesss i can see it now thank you

@space girl 🪐 I posted all the links in the main comment section just a few minutes ago titled "OCD articles", in case you are interested, check them out.

@Zoë_84 finally it’s showing me all the comments with the links 😭 thank you so much for commenting

@space girl 🪐 You are very welcome.

@space girl 🪐 I hope the articles are helpful for you as they had been for me.