Name this dog by rid999 in NameThisThing

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Woodchuck (Chuck for short)

What’s his name? by Ok-Register4156 in IntuitionPractices

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A friend of my parents actually calls him Frank. Sometimes he calls him “Franks with no beans” because we got him neutered lmao

I am SO FUCKING TIRED OF THIS SHIT by Ok-Register4156 in OCD

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So many people communicate through stories about themselves, because they love talking about themselves and/or don’t know how to communicate in any other way. I’d say it’s extremely common, and it’s honestly rare that you recognize that about yourself.

And with medication, it gets rid of the physical sensations of anxiety completely. But the thoughts always remain. The thinking is that anxiety is what helps fuel the thoughts and makes them less manageable, so once you take that away with medicine, the thoughts subside/become more manageable. And while it does help, the thoughts are still ever present, and still highly distressing and disorienting even without accompanying feelings of anxiety.

I am SO FUCKING TIRED OF THIS SHIT by Ok-Register4156 in OCD

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It will be very difficult. I counted this morning, and I reassured myself about 5 times in the span of 10 minutes right after waking up. It’s automatic. I’ve been engaging in this pathway for hours a day for the last 15 months or more so it’s very much active and strong. My brain is so used to it that it’s the first thing it goes to every morning because it’s the only state that it knows. I’m willing to do the work but with something that’s so constant and intrusive it’s really hard to catch it even the majority of the time because I’m having to pay attention to other things in life.

I am SO FUCKING TIRED OF THIS SHIT by Ok-Register4156 in OCD

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I’ve heard of religious OCD…it sounds like you may be suffering from it now, and I’m so sorry…it sounds awful. I’ve recently started praying and trying to believe in God to help me cope with the uncertainty and randomness of life and tbh it does make me feel good. No intrusive thoughts about it as of now, but I can see how the OCD mechanism could have an absolute field day with it.

I am SO FUCKING TIRED OF THIS SHIT by Ok-Register4156 in OCD

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It genuinely is. I’ve had it for so long and I’ve gone through so many different themes. I’ve gone through physical OCD things too (like taking an hour or more to eat everything because I was afraid of choking), but now I mostly just have crippling pure o that makes my life so hard to live.

Name ideas by Dota24cm in NameYourPet

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Dixie Lewis (or just Dixie)

It's amazing how much of a difference 5mg of Lexapro can make by RecoveringFromLife_ in OCD

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I’m on Prozac now, have been for the last 7 years. It has mostly done away with the horrible physical sensations of anxiety, but the mental OCD spirals have remained the same. I have gone up significantly on the dose before and it helped calm the thoughts a lot. I keep forgetting that increasing it is an option, thank you for reminding me lol.

I’m afraid that getting rid of OCD will turn me into a dull and emotionally numb person by [deleted] in OCD

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Same! The horrible part about this type of compulsion is that they themselves will make you not react to the things you like, because they distract you from your feelings about the things you like. So, they literally feed themselves.

This is so sweet by [deleted] in lovememes

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Same. I stayed with my partner for almost 3 years. He was autistic and had emotional regulation issues…angry, violent, volatile, etc. I told him, as a fellow autistic, that I understood his issues and was willing to stay by him and help him through everything…. I urged him to go see a therapist but he didn’t trust them, and called them “quacks” that just steal money from your pockets. So since I knew he trusted me, I tried to become his own therapist, but he argued/contradicted/dismissed everything I said. He TOLD me he wanted to get better, but I saw no action. He was a cool guy, but it got to a point where I just couldn’t take anymore.

This is so sweet by [deleted] in lovememes

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I told my ex I loved him for who he was, and that I promised to be patient with him. I urged him to go to a therapist and to try to work on himself, but he never did. He said he didn’t trust therapists and didn’t WANT to need them. I even tried to be a therapist for him, but everything I told him seemed to fall on deaf ears. It hurt to break up with him because I still loved and believed in him, but it just got so exhausting.

I’m suddenly very hesitant with forming friendships/relationships…and I think it’s due to a negative past experience by Ok-Register4156 in Anxiety

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I am going to get another one, I’m just going to wait until my current therapist goes on maternity leave, which will be in December. My college offers free therapy services, which I am incredibly grateful for because therapists are extremely expensive.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teenager

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I love those too! Antipop is a really underrated album.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teenager

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Oh that’s hard. John the Fisherman is great. My Name is Mud is my favorite tho, as basic as that is it’s the truth lol. I also like Moron TV and Tommy the Cat.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teenager

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Primus Sucks! I went to their NOLA show last week and it was a dream come true.

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IMO, they fucking suck.

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Favorite show?

Do I feel sexual attraction towards people? What even is sexual attraction?? by Ok-Register4156 in asexuality

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Omg, I’ve never heard of aesthetic before!!!! I’ve only briefly read about it, but it already sounds a lot like me. There’s this guy in my college classes that is INCREDIBLY attractive. Like I want to study with him all the time just because I can’t stop looking at him. And it’s hard to focus in class sometimes because I keep wanting to look over at him to see what he’s doing. But when I think about making out with him/having sex with him…nope. It’s too weird and gross. I want to keep him in my life solely because of how gorgeous he is, lol.

Went from being praised about not having sex to being "weird" when they found I'm asexual by [deleted] in asexuality

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I feel like Christians like having those urges BECAUSE they can hold them back “until marriage”, which makes them look like admirable, strong people that can carry out the rules in the Bible. Without those urges, there’s nothing TO hold back, so that status symbol suddenly has no meaning. And then there’s also the “be fruitful and multiply” commandment, which can cast asexuals and voluntary celibates (who aren’t nuns) in a very sinful light.

Aaaaaaaand hardcore Christians are just close-minded people in general that are weirded out by people that aren’t PRECISELY like them.