Does anyone have tips or advice for people with moral ocd. I know spoify is being boycotted and I use the app for convince with music streaming app and don't support them morally. Does anyone have any tips for getting over rumination when I use the app. I also have been having no one respond to my posts which is honestly distressing and frustrating
What helps me is just not doing the thing I feel guilty about. Don't use Spotify. Find another app. That's all.
I stopped using many, many apps that supported wrong ppl and stopped consuming many things that I should boycott and thats the only thing that helped me.
I feel that I would be listening to the ocd and the distress the thought causes me of I do that. The thing is, the only reason I feel uilt is because of what my ocd is telling me, I truly believe if I didn't have ocd I wouldn't be feeling this. And also I think with ero you are supposed to sit with the discomfort of what you are fearful of
@Anonymous Boycotting is good but for music there's not a good alternative. YouTube Amazon oandora deeper tidal are all problematic so it's really pick your poison. The only reason om having this specific thought is bc of ocd attacking the idea of me being an evil person
@Anonymous This would be a compulsion
@Anonymous Also it depends on if you actually want to boycott or if it's ocd saying your a bad person if you don't boycott this thing that someone told you to boycott if that makes sense. I do boycott everything in the bds list but I feel like spotify is apart of selective consumerism than an actual boycott because there's a truly clear end goal to the boycott. I think that music streaming is always going to be unethical and you must pick your poison
@NatSwai But isn't it just doing the right thing? I'd rather I won't support wrong people. Like, genuinely. Not even my OCD talking.
@Anonymous Life is never black and white in that way. Maybe that’s “right” for you but if OCD is involved it’s probably better to tolerate the discomfort instead of avoiding “bad” companies. Literally every person, company, etc. makes mistakes
@Cleanmyselfup I'm really sorry if I said anything wrong. I didn't want to advise you in a wrong direction. Maybe I'm not in the right headspace myself 😕 At the end of the day, it's your choice to decide.
@NatSwai Okay. I'm really sorry I said the wrong thing. I'm so worried the OP will be worse cuz of me now:(
I am in a professional band. Every single one of us use Spotify, Amazon music, or YouTube music. We know they don't pay us right, but they are absurdly convinent platforms for music lovers. Sometimes you just have to not GAF
Spotify CEO invested in military company that supports izrael. I think that's a good reason to boycott.
@Anonymous What would be an alternative then?
@Cleanmyselfup Most streaming platforms support isreal, youtube music, Apple music, deezer supports ai, youtube music has ad space for isreal, I fear there's no alternative and piracy doesn't pay artists
@Cleanmyselfup SoundCloud. NoThanks on their inst have a post about alternatives!
@Anonymous Maybe for you but not everyone shares your values. And that doesn’t automatically make them a bad person
@Cleanmyselfup I am prop Palestine and still use spotify over convience there's no ethical consumption whe it comes to capitalism
@Cleanmyselfup Oh. I didn't think about piracy. I'm really sorry😕
@Anonymous SoundCloud doesn't nearly have the extensive library spotify has. Spotify is the most convenient for me to use bc it's free.
@NatSwai Okay. I'm sorry I said wrong things. I'm genuinely so sorry, I just wanted to help:(
@Anonymous No no your good I completely understand where your coming from, I just personally am using spotify out of convince, and if you don't want to that's totally fine
@Cleanmyselfup Okay. Sure, it's your choice. Whatever helps you beat OCD! I'm really sorry if I made things worse. I'm so sorry:(
@Anonymous No no no it’s okay!! Nothing you said is wrong! You don’t have to feel bad, im just sharing my perspective. I can tell you’re thinking in very black and white terms. I’ve admittedly said and thought the same things but I’ve learned through therapy to view the world through a wider lens and it has benefitted me and those around me
@Cleanmyselfup Okay. I'm sorry tho, I don't want to make it worse for you😕
@NatSwai Yeah, I feel like I do see word in black and white. Thank you for sharing your perspective with me!
@Anonymous No your good I promise
@Cleanmyselfup Okay!
This is so relatable
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