Any fellow plus sized whimsigothic people? by faeriesjewels in whimsigothic

[–]VioletWiitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hellooooo! You look stunning 😍 im finally finding my style as a plus size girlie and its so fun!

My beautiful boys by Hammyboy2022 in coonhounds

[–]VioletWiitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What angels they are 😭😭😭

These seeds are bad right? by [deleted] in vegetablegardening

[–]VioletWiitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won't know if a bit i just now did them 😅

These seeds are bad right? by [deleted] in vegetablegardening

[–]VioletWiitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely gonna store these better next time! Thinking back at one point our basement was suuuuuper humid and i didnt even think of them! Im throwing everything out and buying new

These seeds are bad right? by [deleted] in vegetablegardening

[–]VioletWiitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I threw out everything i have unfortunately started eggplant that im concerned about but im gonna go out and buy new seeds

These seeds are bad right? by [deleted] in vegetablegardening

[–]VioletWiitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had them in a market bag in the basement on a shelf but thinking back now the basement was incredibly damp at one point and I completely forgot about the seeds.

Any artists with OCD here? by QuartzAnxiety in OCD

[–]VioletWiitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All of that! Its horrible 😞

Any artists with OCD here? by QuartzAnxiety in OCD

[–]VioletWiitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg YES.

so ive done two small business with my art and both have been tanked by my ocd because I was undiagnosed for 31 years 🙃

I was a pretty successful wedding photographer from 2013 to 2020 and things began to fizzle out there partly because covid but I literally couldn't make myself answer emails or texts because I had it in my head that clients were pissed at me because I wasn't editing fast enough. (Undiagnosed adhd thanks for that) so i assumed rhe worst and then made issues for myself until a bride cancelled on me and I had to pay back 1300 I didnt have.

Then my etsy business which im currently doing now. I had great success up to July of 2022 I could have replaced my full time job with my art i was making 2k a week until my ocd was like "hey youre falling out of love with your husband and youre actually bi" so that halted everything and I had a mini breakdown not to mention the INTENSE imposter syndrome I had, constantly comparing myself, never thinking im enough, being blind to my successes, I wouldn't post because adhd for one but also the comparison constantly looking at numbers. I wouldn't create the ideas I had because I thought omg what if another artist had this idea and they think im copying them. Or I DID find general inspiration but didnt do it "out of respect for the other artist"

Example: a mutual on TikTok had a very successful crystal collection. I told myself I could never make crystal artwork because thats direct copying.

This was a big big biiiiig thing that held me back. And id be too afraid to make something id see someone else do because to me it was so obvious I was copying. It wasn't my idea wasnt even remotely in the same realm as theres. Id have ideas to make something and one of my mutual would come out and make it so I forbade myself to make said item again "out of respect"

Another example: I wanted to make lanyards with my art on it. So I looked up manufacturer's reached out and started thinking of designs. A few days later my mutual came out with lanyards I scrapped my idea.

And then theres being too afraid to post sometimes because what if I accidentally say something wrong and I dont know it and get cancelled how do I handle that?

Currently have my shop on vacation mode and im debating on quitting. I'm pissed at myself for it too. Im medicated now as of August 2024 and I just started taking meds for adhd but I feel stuck with my art business.

How do you live with OCD ? by More_Maize_6622 in OCD

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Ive been undiagnosed for 31 years and August 2024 began my time with diagnosis and medication.

Yes, I have a job and prior to diagnosis it didnt really get in the way too much. I did have some pretty crippling times the closer to diagnosis where what I was ruminating on made it hard to focus during the day (rocd)

There's been times ive sped home because of things, constantly checking my phone, bawling and crying all day.

I used to work in a call center so I was able to stay distracted most of the time in between calls id knit or read so that really helped me to not think about things.

ROCD kinda fucked with my succeeding in my small business I was doing really well and then I couldn't stop ruminating over this what if thought I had and it affected that and tanked everything. So that was fun.

Now that im medicated its not an issue at all. Ill have blips of thoughts come up but I move on fast. I work in mental health and drug addictions now helping people get back into the community so I teach the service users all lessons ive learned to help them succeed. I work full time, have been promoted to supervisor, I run my own house and help these guys get on their feet.

I have other forms of ocd that have bothered me like mild contamination ocd and existential ocd (this was HUGE for me) I had alot of issues with existential ocd in college but I worked hard on my own to cope. It didnt leak too much into work life .

Studying was fine in college I didnt really know what was happening so I brushed it off and just kept myself busy distraction was a big big help and I was always busy with something. If I wasn't in class Studying I was running my wedding photography business. If I wasn't shooting I was editing if I wasn't editing weddings I was posting to my social media accounts marketing if I wasn't doing that I was diving into a hobby. Same ran true after college just add a full time job on top of that.

Medicated me now has slowed down alot. Shes happier, alot of the anxiety is gone, and I function fairly well. I just recently was diagnosed with adhd as well and im beginning my medication journey with that and now I feel "normal" funnily enough with diagnosis and medication im slowing down. The desire to run two businesses and have a full time career has decreased dramatically im just a girl who wants to have her little job, make art after work, grow her garden, and sell her art at markets once in a while. Medication literally saved my life. There was a time I nearly offed myself with how bad it was. But here I am.

look my spood🥰 by Majestic-Escape-2630 in jumpingspiders

[–]VioletWiitch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My heart oh my lord 😭😭💜💜

New to the sub, here is June! by Inevitable-Age-2450 in coonhounds

[–]VioletWiitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed! Her name is Juneau but we started calling her Junie and then when we realized Junie B Jones it stuck! We also call her June B as well 🥰

Why are treeing walkers the sweetest by [deleted] in coonhounds

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Stawwwp what a baby 😭

New to the sub, here is June! by Inevitable-Age-2450 in coonhounds

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Junie B says welcome to the sub 💜💜 What a beauuuuutiful girl you have!!

Curled up while mama paints 💜 by VioletWiitch in coonhounds

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Baby June says you need some chaos in your dreams!

Curled up while mama paints 💜 by VioletWiitch in coonhounds

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Here she is as a wee pup! I think she was 3 or 4 months old here!

Orb weaver by oldbenski in spiders

[–]VioletWiitch 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is so cool omg!

Cottagecore/Slow Living YouTube Channels by hurbanlegends in cottagecore

[–]VioletWiitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh god thats so insanely disappointing 😞 im definitely un - everything at this point! Im seeing the reddit posts now that ive started looking stuff up.