i wish the general population never learned the word "triggered" because as someone who actually gets triggered and needs to communicate that, it's been watered down and almost sounds like edgelord nonsense now even when i have to use it.

let this be a psa to stop using that term unless you are actually talking about having a trauma response. i hate it and when people use it jokingly i feel uncomfortable around them

similarly "i was traumatized" or "i still have ptsd from that" when talking about a mildly inconvenient ordeal. please stop.
just like being organized or particular are not OCD, an unpleasant experience you don't want to repeat does not make PTSD
@forestine ugh the fucking OCD thing bothers me the most bcs its so normalized and is absolutely infuriating how others use it

like no you arent OCD for wanting a tidy fucking work space like everyone else, please can we just stop it

-carrie

@aperture @forestine yeah >->

its bad enough that doll gets unsure if it should say it might have ocd because its scared of being like them
..even when for it its stuff like morality trauma and contamination hell and it just isnt sure if its constant enough to be ocd actually there arent really any conpulsions that clear it up, itd probably just be obsessions if anything

@azalea @forestine oh yeah i have/used to have some obsessions that would absolutely not clear up no matter what

couldnt get a ritual to fix them just had to wait till i forgot basically

idk its kinda up to that one if it does think it has ocd proper, i can only share my experiences but obviously every OCD is different

i was hesitant for a while but at this point i think ive destroyed my hands enough because of inane bullshit that shouldnt matter that i can say i have it albjgdsgkjbsdg

-carrie
@azalea @aperture i'm sorry. it's okay to look for resources on something even if unsure about a label, if that helps. books or websites for example
@forestine like ok that was a poor example since i dont really have the kind of OCD that requires a tidy space to exist, i just have contaminyation OCD so an example closer to my home is people equating needing to wash their hands because they touched something gross as being OCD whereas i have literally watched them pick things up off the floor, use the buttons everynyan else has used, eat out of the communyal food bucket, shook hands with a rando, handled wet materials, and touched their face after all this and finally then washing their hands and just like

ugh sorry i am so, jealous of people who can live a life that isnt constantly aware of what their hands have touched and how "dirty" they are

i miss before this was an issue i had

obviously my triggers for contaminyation ocd wont be the same for everynyan im just, expressing my experience here and how frustrating it is when non-OCD people use "OCD" as their quirky little joke

-carrie
@aperture yeah it goes to show that the common narrative of what these disorders are is so distorted. i hate if so much