i am once again asking people i know to do actual research on OCD and what it is b/c i saw someone equating POCD to actual predatory shit recently and i think im going to break out of my enclosure . OCD is not about “subconscious desires” it’s about fear. fears, aversions and repulsions, both subconscious and conscious.
OCD forces you to obsess over things that make you anxious, scared, uncomfortable, or disgusted. possibilities (about yourself, your future, your loved ones and their futures, etc) that would give you nightmares if you considered them for too long.
literally the second you start thinking OCD may be about “subconscious desires” you have lost. you made an immediate left turn when you were supposed to make a right and now you’re on a completely different road.
this applies to all forms of OCD by the way, even the most “disgusting”, taboo or “disturbing”. whichever form of OCD you’re thinking may be an exception to this rule, is not an exception. b/c there is none
(this post was made by @silly-solar-robot!!! please check reblogs for a version of this post without the credit, just thought at 14000+ notes I should mention it on the original post. no clue why they used my account, maybe cause I have more followers but please check his account out!! he’s wonderful)
i cannot write posts quick enough to gush about how much i love how the mighty nein love each other, and trail after each other, and doubt each other and question and check in with each other. its just so. it always reveals so much- the questions they ask, the insensitive comments they make, the way they offer some things and balk at others. There are years between all of them now, and its so clear. The quiet: we go in after him, right? and they're at a place now where they think about it, they plan out the tactics, they plot out how to scout. they try to be careful.
But the answer is always yes. It was always going to be yes. Trap or not. For better or for worse. Whether he wanted them to or not. He was never going to have to go in alone.
I know this is just a silly bad quality random screencap of a screencap that I found on facebook lol, BUT it's a succinct enough image to easily describe the concept in a quick/accessible way hopefully :
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(and of course, feel free to elaborate in tags, etc.! (especially elaborating about other senses as well.. can you "hear" in your mind just as well as you can "see"? taste? etc.) It's an interesting topic to me, as someone who's like a 4.5 at MOST lol. I'm curious what option will be the most common :0c )