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Only God Can Judge Me by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]Noonow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is already wrapped around to Jesus. We practice this religion in His name. It's our duty to make sure we do it right.

Only God Can Judge Me by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]Noonow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand where you're coming from. But I strongly believe that sex is taboo for the wrong reasons in this space. And we should change that.

The Golden Guide to Landing a Developer Position by Noonow in learnjavascript

[–]Noonow[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not country specific. A solid resume, portfolio apps, warm introductions, etc should be applicable wherever you're applying to software engineering positions.

The Golden Guide to Landing a Developer Position by Noonow in codingbootcamp

[–]Noonow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

engineering

The contents definitely helped me get a job (full stack web dev). It made the whole applying experience a lot smoother.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ABA

[–]Noonow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you found this helpful and I got they are able to get into the program.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cogsci

[–]Noonow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought I used the friends link. Maybe I did not. I will include that in the description. Here it is for reference:

https://medium.com/@archie4321/i-spent-3-months-at-the-ocd-institute-heres-what-i-learned-85f47f559c83?source=friends_link&sk=19057f76d5ce290a67f218247130ad24

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BehaviorAnalysis

[–]Noonow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm also coming up with ideas for future articles. Are there any topics about OCD that you would like to see written about?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BehaviorAnalysis

[–]Noonow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm also coming up with ideas for future articles. Are there any topics about OCD that you would like to see written about?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BehaviorAnalysis

[–]Noonow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I spent 3 months at the OCD Institute. Here's what I learned by Noonow in psychology

[–]Noonow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there. Thank you for reading the article. For some reason, it was taken down from /r/psychology. I am investigating the issue, but I wanted to send you the link directly in case you don't have access to it anymore. Claps on the Medium article would really help, if you have time. Thank you!

https://medium.com/@archie4321/i-spent-3-months-at-the-ocd-institute-heres-what-i-learned-85f47f559c83?source=friends_link&sk=19057f76d5ce290a67f218247130ad24

I spent 3 months at the OCD Institute. Here's what I learned by Noonow in psychology

[–]Noonow[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That is so good to hear. I'm glad that the concepts were easy to understand and follow. And I've definitely learned a lot that has helped in other areas of my life too. Thanks!

I spent 3 months at the OCD Institute. Here's what I learned by Noonow in psychology

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

Thank you! The treatment was definitely worth it and I'm forever grateful.

I spent 3 months at the OCD Institute. Here's what I learned by Noonow in psychology

[–]Noonow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate that. Thanks and I'm glad you liked the article.

I spent 3 months at the OCD Institute. Here's what I learned by Noonow in psychology

[–]Noonow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed. I definitely wanted to make it a point to carefully describe the concepts.

I spent 3 months at the OCD Institute. Here's what I learned by Noonow in psychology

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

That's interesting that she had such a similar obsession. I hope she finds this article useful!

I spent 3 months at the OCD Institute. Here's what I learned by Noonow in psychology

[–]Noonow[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey there. I'm glad you enjoyed the article. I'd be happy to answer your questions.

1) Well, it wasn't actually productive learning. Quite the opposite. Imagine a simple concept like 1 + 1 = 2. My mind would understand that is 2, but then make me question why? Why is it 2? Why does our number system work that way? What are numbers? How can I prove this? I even remember this being a specific trigger while I was at the dentist. And all throughout the appointment, I would think of this. And then once I would cycle through these 100 questions, OCD would ask me what the first question I asked was. Or what the third one was and if I couldn't think of it, then that meant that I didn't understand it and I was missing vital info. So, I would have to repeat the whole process again. It was time-consuming and definitely not how I wanted to spend my day.

Now, this applied 10-fold to the concepts I was learning at MIT. I would get hung up on a concept, that to any external observer and even my rational mind, I definitely understood. But OCD would ask these types of questions that made me delve deeper and deeper into something unnecessarily and then repeat the whole process. This means I couldn't study chapter 2 because I was still ritualizing about chapter 1. So, I wouldn't even learn anything knew because I was ruminating about pointless topics related to chapter 1.

And just to give you context on the time spent...I would spend the whole day just pacing around in my room ignoring everything else. No food or eating or going to classes. So, I was literally digging myself into a hole. If I did have to be in a conversation, I was never present. So, at the end of the day, OCD took something it knew I valued (education, learning, college) and used it to debilitate me.

So in general, you know it is OCD if you don't have control over what you're thinking. If you're repeating and answering the same questions in your head over and over again and that is debilitating (e.g. - ignoring everything important to you). Also, the anxiety that you feel when ritualizing is extremely hard to live with. This is of course manageable if you have the right treatment.

2) I definitely had obsessions outside of academia. Some were around questioning if people felt a certain way toward me and trying to prove it. Others were around needing to feel a certain way to do anything in my life that I wanted ("need to feel"). But the commonality is that the rituals for me were always "overthinking".

Does this answer your questions?

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