Oh hey it’s OCD awareness week, I have that!!! Be aware of me!! Beware me and my compulsions!!!!
In all seriousness tho it’s exhausting how so many people just throw around the term OCD when for much of my childhood I was in a constant state of fear and frustration. Even with medication, which I started at a very young age, symptoms still persist to this day. My illness is..
..less about obsessive compulsions now, which is great! But it’s been replaced by debilitating intrusive thoughts. And the anxiety has never gone away. It’s just worry worry worry about every single thing, every interaction every decision every impulse. I joke that it’s my...
...double Gemini that makes it impossible for me to make a decision but my OCD has more than once driven me to tears over something like choosing a color for a product I want. And I’m always being asked “what’s the worst thing that happens if you choose ‘wrong’?” My answer is...
...the fucking world will end!!!! Or at the very least I’ll be unhappy about it for the rest of my life. But seriously guys it feels like there will be a nuclear fallout if I pick the wrong case for my kindle (my latest internal dilemma) so take it easy with me if I ask you to..
...make a decision for me/us/whatever group we’re in. Believe me when I say it’ll take a lot less time and result in far fewer tears. Okay end thread bc I’m ranting now. Thanks bye!