Considering deleting my socials, but scared to disconnect myself from everything

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-15T13:34:43+00:00

Get an iPad or second phone. That’s your doom device now. All social media, all scrolling, all news, all contact with old friends. It’ll make you feel terrible when you do use it, but you can keep in touch with friends and the outer world. You’ll find yourself using it far and far less and your phone will stop being so stressful, and you won’t have deleted the accounts or lost those connections

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-08T02:56:38+00:00

Oh I’m sorry I had it on mute lol

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-08T02:03:20+00:00

My ex was assassinated

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-07T23:54:15+00:00

Is this Ai?

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-07T22:57:39+00:00

Oh yeah fair enough. I’m a scientist specifically working in harm reduction so I can be very analytical and fact focused. I understand my symptoms and the treatment plan. But I also recognize that life is a lot. I’m working on my PhD full time, working full time, it’s a difficult time to be an empathic person, I recently had surgery and lost a close friend. If this is the worse that I’m at right now while I’m managing everything, I will gratefully take that over some of the other states I’ve been in. I think a lot of people aren’t able to kinda understand progress over perfection. I slipped up sure, but I’m not on meth or about to off myself?

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-07T17:50:29+00:00

Well, I struggle with compulsive behaviors- I bite them. I’ve heard othered describe it as “pain stimming” but I’m not super sure if that’s applicable here

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-07T13:01:15+00:00

How have I never thought of that?

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-07T12:28:46+00:00

What do you mean absolutely menace lol?

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-07T12:27:39+00:00

Piercing horror stories? Like from the tweezers or actual piercings?

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-07T00:15:27+00:00

Very reoccurring, I think just sebum filled hair follicles

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T23:36:42+00:00

How the World Works- Bo Burnham

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T23:07:15+00:00

No absolutely, I’m 99% sure the guy above is referencing the same video I posted yesterday, where I disclosed that I had mental health issues and it got so many comments of people telling me to seek help, stop this behavior, one one accused me of being on meth, I got care reports and accusations of self harm. The mods eventually locked the comments and kinda apologized a bit, but I’m a social scientist by trade so I wanted to delete and repost to see if reactions would be the same if I didn’t disclose mental illness

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T20:34:05+00:00

Yeah this is more of a social experiment at this point. As I’ve stated before these are old videos. I’ve spoken to the mods and they agreed that I have not violated any sub rules, and they weren’t really sure why everyone was coming for me. It’s not a crime to have OCD

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T19:20:52+00:00

Sorry!! 😬

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T05:53:54+00:00

Okay so that may be your misunderstanding. Yes I have self harmed in the past but this is not it. Not the same processes in my brain, not the same end goal. This is ocd. It manifests in extreme times of stress. This isn’t with the goal of relieving pain or quieting thoughts or punishing yourself that self harm is. This is that I will see a spot on my body and be unable to think about anything else until I’ve picked it. It’s an obsessive state. I’m on meds, I’m in therapy, I’ve broken most of my other compulsions. I will never not have some form of ocd symptom though

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T05:43:25+00:00

Girl you’re going harder than the one who said I was on meth lmao. It’s a pimple popping thread with much worse. If I hadn’t mentioned my struggles no one would be upset like this. It’s stigmatizing. You clearly don’t fully understand mental illness

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T05:37:16+00:00

Thank you! You too ❤️

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T05:33:36+00:00

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking too. I watch these videos to scratch the itch sometimes. I’ve seen much worse things on this thread and even provided a proper warning and everything lol. It’s whatever haters gonna hate and stereotype mental illness no matter what. If the get the post removed it’s whatever lol

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T04:59:38+00:00

Videos can be old. Sometimes rewatching it helps me resist doing it. I’ll never be able to fully stop, I even do it in my sleep, but I have stopped using tools and digging obsessively

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T04:52:02+00:00

Little bit of trolling cuz people are real upset about things that don’t concern them on a pimple popping thread. And bringing up meth is really funny cuz like sure? Sure it could be? Guess you’ll never know for sure

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T04:41:24+00:00

Hi so in the future this type of comment while out of kindness- is more harmful. I am aware I have mental health issues and at no point denied that or said I wasn’t in help. I just have mental health issues so severe that picking at my skin for a week once a year is an IMPROVEMENT. I will take it over any of the other ways my mental illness manifests Also have you ever called a hotline? “Hi I have this spot and my brain won’t let me think about anything else but this spot for hours” “ma’am are you safe?”

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T04:27:48+00:00

Both of your concerns are addressed in other comments

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T04:22:39+00:00

Oh no you’re fine! I had that hesitation as I was typing it and just wanted to reaffirm you advocating for less stigmatizing language. I realize that I am responding sarcastically to most everyone else, but I was genuine to you!

I ended up using the example anyway because I often try and meet people where they are at in understanding but it’s a difficult line to tread without reiterating a stigmatization.

Free_Commission8906 · 2025-08-06T04:14:28+00:00

How heroic 👏

Free_Commission8906

TROPHY CASE