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Tw: pocd, cancel people My thoughts were acting up when the day is almost over. (I saw a few minutes of a video of another artist getting cancelled for being weird with kids again as a fully fleshed adult.) of course it triggered me and reminded me of my real event. I tried thinking about the things my therapist told me to chill out but im having a bit of trouble right now. Does anyone have any nice videos to watch? Nice quotes to share? Anything they find comforting? I had such a nice Christmas eve and Christmas today with my family i dont wanna ruin it.

🌊Anonymous🌊

Date posted: 34w

Hii, I am also a college cartoon student so I follow a lot of artist and sometimes this things happen and affect me a lot. The cancel culture it is really toxic itself, a lot of times it is just people repeating something they just read. Or trying to look better than the people being canceled. Try always to have a flexible mind about yourself, try to avoid black and white thinking. Breath, keep strong, you only can control the present, any rumination wouldn't be enough, we have to acept the uncertainty Modern family its a serie I really like, is simple, fun and really long. Bluey, it a serie for kids but is perfect in terms of not having any triggers, in my worst moment I use it to stop thinking. If you like playing games, stardew valley it is perfect to relax

ughhhh

Date posted: 34w

@🌊Anonymous🌊 Hi, thanks for relating to me about this specific trigger. I actually really like modern family and ive heard of bluey but ive never actually sat down to watch it. Maybe ill give it a try since a lot of people seem to like it. Thanks for commenting

nae nae

Date posted: 34w

If I need something nice (simple and not overstimulating) to watch, I'll usually watch Spilled Ink. It's an art channel on YouTube. I used to watch one of the creators on there a lot when I was younger (Emirichu), but I still really enjoy her content all these years later, especially her cafe vlogs. A quote I saved a while ago is, "And so, time will do what it always does—heal." And, since it's Christmas, one of my favorite movies to watch during the holidays is Home Alone. My entire family used to travel to Colorado every Christmas, and we'd all stay with my aunt and uncle at their place. All the cousins would be huddled in the basement, and we'd watch the entire Home Alone trilogy every single time without fail. It's just nostalgic. I'm sorry you're having a rough time with thoughts right now. I've been triggered by similar things in the past. Especially now a days, it seems like there's always something or someone online being involved in those things. In reality, it's a small majority of people, but it seems like a lot when you hear about it online all the time. I hope you're able to find some peace and shift your thoughts elsewhere. :)

ughhhh

Date posted: 34w

@nae nae Thanks for sharing your memories here! That sounds really nice i actually like home alone too! I haven’t watched it in a million years though- Im feeling a bit better now that i myself busy. And thanks for always commenting positive things on my posts! So nice to optimism on here ^^

nae nae

Date posted: 34w

@ughhhh It's a great movie. I used to beg my cousins to watch something different since we'd watch it so often (multiple times in the span of a week lol), but now it's such a comfort movie. I'm glad you're feeling a little better, though. Keeping yourself busy definitely helps a lot! Also, of course! I'm not always the most optimistic, but I try to be! This little community has been such a game changer for me, honestly. I appreciate the comments you've left on my posts, too. They're always really comforting and just what I need in the moment! Everyone is so kind and supportive of each other. It's great😭

Lulu~

Date posted: 22w

Shut up and dance with me - Black mirror. Help pls

Hello, so I’m currently spiralling so so so bad and I want someone to help me and tell me what to do rn. I have dyslexia so there might be some misspelling 3 months ago I read a manga that triggered my POCD to start The manga was cute, I enjoyed it tbh, but it had pedophilic themes (idk why I continued on to read it?!) and in the end it got quite sexual. I was sick while reading it so sadly I don't have much memories. Anyways afterwards I read some comments about how this was smth only pedos like. And since then, intense POCD. Stopped eating, isolated nyself, tried to commit multiple of times and called 991 on myself too. I kept on going about and thinking if I wanted smth sexual to happen, I know I thought there would be a time jump. And thought that something sexual might have happened then. But I can't stop doubting myself or thinking "what if I liked it when it started to get sexual" and the memories of such feel so real that I can't ignore them. I've never ever enjoyed CP before, or manga with SA (honestly I don't enjoy smut much overall, but they're pretty common in romance mangas) but if it has sexual themes and the characters look like kids/are kids/a weird age gap ect. I drop it, but idk why I didn't drop this one. Then I realised that I had never been attracted to kids, and this scenario doesnt have to mean that I am a pedophile. I also have ALOT of trauma around pedophilia (CSA survivor, started making CP as a coping mechanism. It ruined my childhood and took loads of cptsd therapy to stop relapsing.) And I didn’t have a spiral for weeks, I did epr fully and thought I had finally figured out a way to ignore the intrusive thoughts. Nope lol, today I was insanely bored and decided to watch black mirror. “Shut up and dance” I knew that there was an episode that I had been warned about being triggering bht naive like I tend to be I watched it. And now I’m deeply spiralling again. I’m so tired T_T

Uhhhh15

Date posted: 21w

I feel gross

I shouldn’t have done this (trigger trigger trigger!!) So about a month ago..maybe I watched this video (as a compulsion to prove to myself) The video was called “interview with a p3d0” And basically it was what it says, I watched or more like listened to half of it…after I was disgusted by the person, but now all I can think of is every little thing I do, I feel as if tho I’m monitoring every thought/moment and feeling I have it’s torturous and I hate it..I feel disgusting, the person in the video has empathy and sympathy and had those feelings yk, I can’t explain it you’d have to watch the video yourself but please don’t it will ruin your journey…I feel more hopeless then before, my OCD is telling me so many things trying to convince me things that Ik aren’t true, I’m just really scared I don’t want to be that person I want to be a good cousin and person to my family, I’m sick of my head and myself, I’m so tired that sometimes I can’t even think straight, my head is always in pain and idek how to help myself..compulsions have been becoming more and more exhausting… I need advice or even someone to relate to, I understand I shouldn’t have done what I did but idk how to forget it.. I had made this post already but when someone replied I couldn’t see it for some reason so I’m uploading it again

Mitu_001

Date posted: 17w

Hey

How do you deal with pocd. I mean...things that trigger you.For example someone said something really really disturbing on tik tok.And I am scared.I am scared this triggered me in the first place.Like what does it mean abt me? And I wont say what they said because is disgusting.I am scared I am a bad person and a disgusting......I am scared to go outside ( i am scared i am a...p) .And bcs of people who think like that.I am I am like them.Any advice?

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