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Sunsets and summer colors 🌻✨🌞

#a lil something positive for ya 💕

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People are all “mental illness acceptance” until someone has homicidal urges and empathy issues and intrusive thoughts and

#i think if anyone could take possession of my brain for over a minute they would go permanently insane and have to be locked in a psych ward #idk how i do it sometimes #ocd #intrusive thoughts

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hey i just wanted to give a shout out to people with personality disorders real quick. your disorder doesn't make you evil, it doesnt make you an abuser, and it doesnt make you unlovable. you're just as deserving of respect, care, and support as people without personality disorders. stay safe, i love you and i hope you have a happy holiday season. we're in this together <3

#ocd #intrusive thoughts

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you will never be a bad person for not reblogging a post on tumblr, please remember that

#chain letter type posts still scare me #bc one of my major ocd fears is that everyone i love is going to die #and it's like REBLOG THIS OR [insert whatever] WILL DIE #and i physically cant keep myself from reblogging it even though i dont believe in it #bc otherwise ill panic about it for the rest of the day or week or month

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does anyone else ever have intrusive thoughts and images about someone you love dearly doing something unspeakable to another person/animal that you also care about and you know it's not real but you can't stop panicking because what if it is or is that just me--

#ocd #intrusive thoughts #:/ #does that make sense #my head is trying to form the wildest conspiracies right now like STOP IT ITS NOT TRUE #UG H #i keep worrying like BUT THIS AND THIS AND THIS #BUT ITS LITERALLY SO STUPID #MY BRAIN KEEPS GOING 'ITS REAL THOUGH SO TIME TO FEEL SICK ABOUT IT' IT LITERALLY IS NOT REAL STOP IT

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My thoughts goes out to everyone who has experienced/does actively experience intrusive thoughts involving murder, rape, beastiality, paedophilia, and abuse towards your loved ones/people in general.

These kinds of intrusive thoughts aren't spoken about near enough because it makes people uncomfortable and they're not something online influencers can make into some quirky, fun thing that everyone wants to have.

It's okay to be frustrated with yourself for having them. It's okay to be upset and to wish that you could make them go away. I do, too.

But it's also important to remind yourself that these thoughts do not define who you are as a person.

#Needed that 🥲 #my head has been going crazy for like a week now to the point I can’t study for my midterms #like 😭 #ocd #intrusive thoughts

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"de-stigmatize mental illness!" very cool now can you please extend like one or two ounces of support towards people who have intrusive thoughts related to sexual violence.

#PLEASE 😭😭😭😭 #I don’t WANT this #I HATE IT #IT MAKES ME SICK TO THE POINT I CANT FOCUS #the other day I was freaking out so bad that I spent like six hours straight just researching ocd and stuff to make myself feel better #and it actually made me feel worse #ocd #intrusive thoughts

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#intrusive thoughts #ocd #:/ #i never even thought about the fact #That constant fear of loved ones dying is intrusive thoughts #mine are typically either sexual or violent so I didn’t even consider that

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Recently saw an insta vid where a musician was singing lyrics that described their intrusive thoughts as a person with OCD, and in the comments every so often there would be people writing like "bro what is this 🤨🤨" and "keep this between you and your therapist dont post it on the internet" and it just further fueled my belief that OCD symptoms and intrusive thoughts need to be talked about more because a majority of the struggle with the disorder is the shame surrounding its symptoms. OCD is not able to be easily romanticized or 'quirky'fied like other disorders or neurodivergencies have been*, and as a result its symptoms are more quickly met with disgust or repulsion.

Other people in the comments were thanking OP because it captured the struggle of real intrusive thoughts instead of impulsive ones. Impulsive thoughts are more of the 'I'm gonna dye my hair randomly on a thursday night' thoughts vs the intrusive 'what if I drove my car into that family and suddenly killed us both' thoughts, the latter of which make OCD as a disorder truly debilitating. And the people that immediately assign bad morals to intrusive thoughts? They only further condemn people with OCD to never wanting to talk about the symptoms they've already been struggling with shame about.

I feel it needs to be made more blatantly explained to the public that OCD intrusive thoughts aren't desire based. They're fear and disgust based. You fear hurting anyone so badly your mind can't stop thinking about what if you hurt someone. You fear molesting anyone so you never want to even touch anyone. Your mind fixates on the 'what ifs' and distorts them into the idea that, because you think this way, you must want to act this way--when the reality is the exact opposite.

If a person with OCD ever confides to you one of their intrusive thoughts and you feel a knee-jerk reaction of disgust towards them, it needs to be reiterated that:

1. the person does not want to be thinking about this, their brain is legit hardwired to make those thoughts pop up

2. the person themselves also feels this disgust, often intensely, and they very likely resent themselves for ever thinking it

and

3. they have no desire to enact the intrusive thought, because its intrusive nature hinges on the person's fears and dislikes.

*And to clarify what I mean by romanticization and 'quirk'-ifying, I do not mean to imply that romanticizing any disorder or condition is inherently a good thing. It's only to state that conditions like anxiety and ADHD have been made such common/'trendy' topics recently that they're less taboo to speak about--leading to more people talking about their struggles with it, and helping others realize they might have it too and aren't alone. Because certain OCD traits aren't as marketable (obviously) a lot of those with it are left rather isolated.

#Ocd #obsessive compulsive disorder #reminder #intrusive thoughts

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things to remember today:

you are not a burden

the world would not be a better place without you in it

there is always something to laugh at

it may feel horrible now but it will not always be this way

kittens exist

there is nothing wrong with asking for help

somewhere in the world, flowers are blooming

your thoughts do not define you

take one step at a time. breathe deep and slow. someone out there cares about you. please don’t forget you are alive

#Things to remember #mental health #ocd #depression #Encouragement #intrusive thoughts #reminder

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good things to pay attention to more often

the color of trees

clouds and how they look different throughout the day

the different colors the mornings can have. sometimes it's an orange hue and sometimes pink and sometimes it's too misty to tell

pretty color schemes in random places (the trees and your neighbors wooden patio and the color of their car)

the states of the vehicles passing you by, dents and scratches and the different trinkets suspended from their rearview mirrors

the sound of silence

the shadows the lights cast in your home, like how sunset looks different than sunrise, and the shadows the sun casts look different than those of your lamps and candles

pretty details in buildings and houses like certain types of windows or doorknobs or archways

the movement of things in the wind. flags, leaves, flowers, people's hair and coats

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In case you are full of doubts while stumbling upon this post: You are more than your bad days. You are more than your sadness. You are more than these bad thoughts telling you that you have no purpose. You are loved. You are important. You are irreplaceable. You are so damn worthy. Nothing and no one can ever take that away from you.

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Your exhaustion is not shameful. It is not a moral failure to be physically, mentally or emotionally tired. It is okay to be overwhelmed. You're not inferior to anyone just because it's hard for you to keep up with a fast-paced life.

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maybe mediocrity isn’t wrong. maybe you don’t need to be the best at everything you do. maybe you don’t need to be the best at anything you do. it’s ok to simply do things because you enjoy doing them. its ok to not want to advance in your job. nothing has to be a competition. you don’t need to be better than anyone. you can do things just because they’re fun. you don’t need to read up on the history, and know everything about it. its ok to just exist. its ok.

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Even when you can't open your curtains to welcome the sunlight. Even when your heart feels twice as small as it usually is. Even in the deepest dark you know. Especially then.

Inspired by @wetheurban

#Reminder