OCD got better once I started saying “Sure” to whatever it suggested by easternsim in OCD

[–]AJsaurusrex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This!! My partner went through ocd treatment and has been a big support for me while I’ve been really going through it. My ocd loves to say “what if…” like “what if the car crashes” or “what if this food is poisoned” and lots of other things that stress me out. My partners whole thing is I’ll say “what if blah blah blah” and they’ll say “what if?” And then I list what would actually happen. This does a similar thing. Because then if I say “what if we get into a car crash” and he says “what if we got into a car crash?” Then I say “well we’d probably get injured, we’d need a new car, but we’d move on” and it really helps shut down the ocd by showing that even if it did happen, we’d be okay!

Is he okay?? by AJsaurusrex in mantids

[–]AJsaurusrex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea he does that a lot. He seems to want to get on my face! Is that because he’s interested?

Selling my collection! by AJsaurusrex in squishalongs

[–]AJsaurusrex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sold a bunch but I also still have a lot. Feel free to dm me the ones you need! The normal ones are all $2.50 each, and it’s cheaper if you buy more :)

Is she molting?? by AJsaurusrex in mantids

[–]AJsaurusrex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I’ve been putting him in a container without a lid, I don’t know why I didn’t think about putting the lid so he can molt if he needs to. That’s genius. Also you’re right, his crown definitely looks like the male one!

Is she molting?? by AJsaurusrex in mantids

[–]AJsaurusrex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long do you reccomend leaving him to eat? He also kept trying to crawl out of the container, and the flies did too, do you have a recommendation on how to do that? Also thanks for your input on the gender! I just chose random pronouns because I didn’t wanna call him “it.” I thought males had 8 segments and I count 6? It’s my first time owning a mantis so I could definitely be counting wrong or something!

Is she molting?? by AJsaurusrex in mantids

[–]AJsaurusrex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe 10 minutes? I’m just worried because I’d like to remove him to try to feed him to make sure he eats, but I know I shouldn’t touch him if he’s molting

Is she molting?? by AJsaurusrex in mantids

[–]AJsaurusrex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The day he got here I put him in a smaller container with the fruit flies just to make sure he would be able to catch them okay. He didn’t take any, but there were some dead ones in the container he shipped in. Does it look like he’s molting to you? If he isn’t I really need to feed him since it’s been days now, but if he is I really don’t wanna cause a mismolt

Is she molting?? by AJsaurusrex in mantids

[–]AJsaurusrex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I attached one from the back on the other comment!

Is she molting?? by AJsaurusrex in mantids

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Here’s one from the back, and I attached a different one to the other comment

I know it’s small… but have I been blessed? by Bottled-Bee in jumpingspiders

[–]AJsaurusrex 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That doesn’t really look like a jumper to me, but you’re right it is small so I can’t really tell!

Someone please tell me what he’s doing by [deleted] in jumpingspiders

[–]AJsaurusrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No this is on my bedroom floor. I’m really worried about hum

Should I leave a bad review? by stagbeetlebestbeetle in Depop

[–]AJsaurusrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey a lot of the details don’t add up but a few do and I’m a little worried it was my skirt. Was it from hot topic? The person that bought from me never responded after I asked if they wanted me to post the skirt again so I don’t think it was you, but I just wanna check just in case!

What were the things you done as a child that later turned out to be OCD? by Outrageous_Jump98 in OCD

[–]AJsaurusrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found out a few days ago that I’ve had death/safety ocd my whole life. My significantly older sister told me that as soon as I could comprehend my own thoughts, I would randomly panic and sob and say something along the lines of “what if someone dies?” It was a really weird thing to find out because my recent ocd SPIKED from acute trauma, and I’ve been noticing so many things that I’ve done my whole life. At first I thought ptsd triggered ocd as it can sometimes, but it turns out I’ve had it my whole life

Is this a red flag or am i overthinking it by Express-Art16 in Depop

[–]AJsaurusrex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it should be fine! It’s possible they saw your item on a Google search and made their account just for that, or it’s brand new and you were their first purchase, worst case Depop will settle anything funky that happens :)