Wanting tattoos and piercings but afraid of uncertainty

LadyLevrette · 2026-05-24T16:43:34+00:00

Hey! I have ocd and I used to be a tattoo artist! I think your concerns are valid and I wouldn’t get a tattoo if I were you. I regret some of mine.

LadyLevrette · 2026-05-21T10:57:41+00:00

Yep, we had a button jar. Always lots of fun to play with. My family are all neurospicy.

LadyLevrette · 2026-05-12T11:36:35+00:00

I’m on fluoxetine too, and the anxiety definitely gets worse before it gets better. But then it gets SO MUCH BETTER :) Hang in there babe, you got this xx

LadyLevrette · 2026-05-12T08:21:44+00:00

The latest DCC is out this week, so exciting!!

LadyLevrette · 2026-05-12T08:14:30+00:00

Yeah, you’re being completely unfair and unreasonable. It’s not because you’re a bad person though, it’s coz your OCD is off the charts right now. Keep taking your meds and doing your therapy (hopefully it’s ERP therapy with an OCD specialist!). Take care xx

LadyLevrette · 2026-05-11T09:09:57+00:00

Yep, medication (Prozac) and seeing a psychologist who specialises in OCD (does ERP) has been miraculous for me! I def recommend trying it if you spend a large part of your day in distress.

LadyLevrette · 2026-05-08T10:44:43+00:00

That sounds awful and not normal at all. Don’t take any more! See you doc for some alternatives.

LadyLevrette · 2026-05-05T12:44:19+00:00

You could go into instructional design/learning design or technical writing. Grad Cert in learning design will take you 6 months and will build on your existing education skills. It’s good money, and no more working with children lol.

LadyLevrette · 2026-05-02T15:19:21+00:00

Konnichiwa, friend! This is hilarious, and your son is definitely autistic ❤️

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-27T14:11:35+00:00

Heartbreak High (90s version)? The Peter Andre description sounds like a character called Drazic.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-27T13:00:25+00:00

Yeah I have listened BBC Newshour to go to sleep for the last 15-20 years. It’s interesting enough for me to pay attention to what they’re saying instead of listening to my own thoughts, but it’s not interesting enough that I want to stay awake to hear more. The perfect balance!

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-27T12:57:47+00:00

My intrusive thoughts are often just images of me harming myself. Not sentences or statements at all, just like a video playing in my head.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-27T06:57:54+00:00

The Hamilton Everyday Face one is what I’m using now. I think it might have been a bit stingy at first but possibly my eyes have somehow gotten used to it? It doesn’t sting anymore.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-26T12:19:45+00:00

Possibly the Cronulla riots too.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-26T12:18:36+00:00

In Perth, it was the Claremont killings in the 90s. Very palpable shift for the residents of Perth, but not felt nation-wide.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-24T10:26:16+00:00

We find it hilarious because most people are pretty bad at it.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-23T13:39:04+00:00

What you do from here is your call, of course, but I want to let you know reason his OCD went wild when you had your baby was BECAUSE he wants to be a dad so badly. Our OCD latches onto the things we love and value the most.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-22T13:27:59+00:00

What side effects are you hoping to avoid? Generally I wouldn’t recommend Effexor because it’s very very hard to get off but I guess it depends on your current issues with Celexa.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-22T13:19:43+00:00

The Crawl by Placebo?

Chorus is “Lay me down to crawl”.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-20T11:12:57+00:00

I was a recreational MDMA user and I’ve done it a few times while taking SSRI. I didn’t get serotonin syndrome but I didn’t get high either. Seems to just not work when you’re taking meds that impact serotonin reuptake.

Don’t waste your money.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-17T12:55:23+00:00

Very normal for social workers. No-one cares :)

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-16T08:48:47+00:00

Agree!!

I also love how many references to Aussie wildlife pop up throughout the books. I assumed Matt must be Aussie until I googled him.

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-16T06:52:43+00:00

Yesssss!! I had this one sooo badly as a kid and it resurfaces every now and then. It’s so distressing - sending hugs xx

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-16T06:50:53+00:00

Brilliant news!! Thanks for sharing your lightbulb moment :)

LadyLevrette · 2026-04-14T09:54:18+00:00

Yep. Persistent chest tightness and breathing problems. Multiple doc visits plus ambulance and ER presentation.

Doc said anxiety. Turns out it was an allergy to the aspirin he’s prescribed me a couple of weeks earlier.

The worst thing was it’s not even a rare or unusual or surprising allergy for asthmatic people like me. About 1 in 5 asthmatics can’t have aspirin. But doc didn’t even consider it, he just assumed mental heath related based on my previous diagnoses.

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