BeachedMermaid
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Carl CornettCarl Cornett
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Sure. First, the brain has a job it takes pretty seriously: making sure you don’t die. That’s like its first priority. 90% of what it does is dedicated to that. The other 10% is just us doing stuff we like or looking at cat videos on the internet. Because it takes its job seriously, it looks for threats. World ending threats could happen, right? It’s within the realm of possibility. All of humanity knows this, but not as many spend their days absorbed in questions about it. So why do you? Well, you’ve got a structural difference in your amygdala that infuses this information with an intense fight/flight/freeze response. As far as your brain is concerned, knowing this information is no different than running into a bear in the woods. And what does the brain do when there’s a bear in front of you? It freaks the fuck out. Then it tries to figure out how to get away. That’s what your brain is doing now. What helps is realizing ALL of those processes happen independent of your conscious choose. What you DO get to choose is taking those signals seriously.
aurokoiaurokoi
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I’m not the original poster but I wish I could’ve sent this to 10 year old me omg.
BeachedMermaid BeachedMermaid
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Thank you so much for the support and validation! I did not know that about the brain :D
Iwashere2Iwashere2
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Following because when I was younger (23 now) i used to CRY AND PANIC over any idea of how the world could end. I would be shaking after watching Deep Impact. 2012 urked me. And the movie The Road, i still can't watch cause its wayyy to realistic. Should have seen the signs for OCD but alas, i only got a diagnosis a couple months ago.
Iwashere2Iwashere2
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I dont really get that freaked out anymore about it. Honestly sometimes making a joke about the an asteroid destroying everything is weirdly comforting for me Lol.
BeachedMermaid BeachedMermaid
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@Iwashere2 Lol I do the same thing, I’m trying to be like “welp if we all die then we just die oh well.” 😂
Iwashere2Iwashere2
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@BeachedMermaid Hey you can't have the fear of missing out if a an asteroid makes EVERYBODY miss out Lol
aurokoiaurokoi
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@Iwashere2 Are we the same people?? I’m 20 now and the world ending spontaneously had me running to my parents on more than one account, and the nightmares, omg. Now I make jokes about it all the time 😭
Iwashere2Iwashere2
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@aurokoi Its nice to know thaf maybe one day we'll joke about our current themes like this
aurokoiaurokoi
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@Iwashere2 Ikr. (Can it hurry tf up and get here faster 😭)
BeachedMermaid BeachedMermaid
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@Iwashere2 True lol😂
aurokoiaurokoi
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omg yes I used to have those exact same fears as a kid! Both about doomsday and aliens. They used to keep me up at night, and it was like I watched every alien or 2012 related video on YouTube. I had no idea this could even be ocd related. They faded for me surprisingly with the ‘maybe, maybe not’ response! My parents used to tell me that all the time. Like maybe it’ll happen but we can’t know, so are you gonna let your life stop now?
BeachedMermaid BeachedMermaid
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It is so nice to know that I’m not alone in this! I’m much better with this recently, earlier this year it was unbearable, I’ve been trying to adopt that attitude of maybe maybe not like you said. It’s become exhausting so I’m trying to just be like if aliens take over so what lol.
aurokoiaurokoi
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@BeachedMermaid I know exactly where you’re coming from. I remember how terrifying it was. You can do this though! I believe in you. I got over it, and so can you. 😊
BeachedMermaid BeachedMermaid
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@aurokoi Thanks so much for the encouraging words 💗 glad to know someone has gotten over it
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