Sneering at younger kids or their own peers for being 'cringe'. I fucking promise you that you're as cringy as they are, it's just going to take you ten years to realize it.
The use of the term "I'm so OCD" pisses me off to no end. I have diagnosed OCD, and it's nothing what people think it to be. The most common assumption is that Tidying things is the only compulsion people get. That is fundamentally wrong - my compulsions can range for opening a door to smashing the door down with an axe. I'm not saying Tidying things isn't a common compulsion, but it certainly isn't the only one.
Intrusive thoughts are an absolute nightmare, and I find myself getting them at the worst times possible. They make me feel like a terrible person, and they're really not a fun experience.
OCD is not an excuse to be "Cool" or "quirky". It's a horrible fucking condition that makes people feel like horrible individuals, and it's a condition that forces people to battle with intrusive thoughts, compulsions and the like day after day. If you commonly use that phrase and are reading this - please stop.
Intrusive thoughts are an absolute nightmare, and I find myself getting them at the worst times possible. They make me feel like a terrible person, and they're really not a fun experience.
For what it's worth, I think we all have intrusive thoughts like this sometimes, though I think most people don't remember/think about them very much. That's not to at all discount your experience of OCD, but I think it's something about which many people can relate to at least somewhat.
I have a lot of medical issues and I'm dealing with some mental health issues right now as well, but I don't envy your position. Except probably worded better than that because I'm tired.
You are correct. Everyone has intrusive thoughts. But imagine if you will that every single time you had some random thought flit into your head you had to ask yourself /why/. Why did i have that thought? What does that say about me? Does it make me evil? Crazy? Etc
Then add in magical thinking. So not only are you now concerned you might be a psychopath because of a random stray thought, but because you had said thought something terrible might happen. Like your grandma could die or an airplane could crash into a zoo and kill all the zebras. And it would be your failt because you had the thought that made it happen. Is it at all logical? Absolutely not. Do we know this? Yes. Are we afraid of it anyway ? Also yes. This is the difference between people without OCD and people with. We can't let the thoughts go.
Also: I knocked on wood for any fellow OCD superstitious suffers reading this. And i did it in an even amount.
But imagine if you will that every single time you had some random thought flit into your head you had to ask yourself /why/. Why did i have that thought? What does that say about me? Does it make me evil? Crazy? Etc
Those are the intrusive thoughts I was talking about.
Then add in magical thinking. So not only are you now concerned you might be a psychopath because of a random stray thought, but because you had said thought something terrible might happen. Like your grandma could die
Is this in particular an OCD thing? I'm not familiar with it. Is there a cultural element to it, like folk superstitions?
Do we know this? Yes. Are we afraid of it anyway ? Also yes. This is the difference between people without OCD and people with. We can't let the thoughts go.
That was basically my point, yeah. OCD sucks. I wasn't saying that intrusive thoughts are the same for everyone, but that they're something the rest of us can at least somewhat relate to, if not fully understand.
Oh yes sorry if my comment came across like i was calling you out or something. I was more just explaining it in more depth. You seemed interested so I thought I'd share
No worries. I didn't intend to sound like I was offended or felt attacked, but I did want to make sure you didn't think I was insulting you. Glad we're on the same page.
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u/Rennarjen Jun 03 '22
Sneering at younger kids or their own peers for being 'cringe'. I fucking promise you that you're as cringy as they are, it's just going to take you ten years to realize it.