- Date posted
- 41w
Just found out I have OCD (in a religious sense)
I am going to talk about my OCD journey but I want to bring religion out of it even though I will add in some religious reference to it. Back in 2022 was my darkest year when I first started drawing and religious thoughts about what I was doing is okay started creeping in. I started going in the internet for answers in a religious sense and somehow that got worse. I even joined some sort of mental health chat room and I found myself obsessively seeking for reassurance that it know got worse. My OCD kinda waned a little when I found a pastor who addressed OCD in a healthy manner and even though he was very much a godsend personally, I still wrestle with OCD. Just now I fell back into OCD very hard even though I’m still drawing and making YouTube videos of my drawings. I was part of a fandom that celebrates anthropomorphic animal characters yet right now I am having guilty thoughts about taking part of that. Recently I found myself being back to constant reassurances on the internet about what’s okay and what’s not okay when it comes to art. I have my own personal boundaries and morals when it comes to art but sometimes I question my morals. Just now I am very OCD about my drawings and my potential as a graphic novelist. I have some amazing story ideas for my anthropomorphic animal characters but right now this huge fear is holding me back from stepping out and giving my ideas a shot. Heck, I’m also interested in anime, video games, manga, graphic novels, animation and stuff like that. I have my favorite animators and artists on the internet and I really love them. But now, my creative spirit just got crushed because of past experiences and fears about what I am doing right now. I am currently avoiding animation, art, anime, video games, and other nerdy hobbies in fear of idolizing them and feeling like I’m not doing what religion wants me to do. I don’t know what to do anymore. I can’t make my art. I couldn’t make animations, I couldn’t enjoy manga, I couldn’t enjoy anime because of my religious background. I just couldn’t enjoy anything anymore. I am so anxious right now I am avoiding those hobbies altogether. I just feel like no one understands my interests and no one understands me. I feel pressured to conform to people’s and religion’s opinions about things and it just feels like my authentic self is being stripped away. I tried to follow religion’s ideals and stuff but I just keep falling back. Well it just so happens that I’m autistic too. I just want to enjoy what life has to offer without feeling guilty about it. I just feel like I’m done with church and I just want to pursue animation and all that.