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   Rabbit Cohen (bathyspherehat@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 11:31:17 JST Rabbit Cohen

   Gatekeeping intrusive thoughts (eg "it's only an intrusive thought if it's repugnant to you", "it's only an intrusive thought if it's something you would never do", etc) only leads to further stigmatisation of intrusive thoughts, which, in turn, makes unwanted intrusive thoughts harder to cope with.

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     Princeoflonelymt (lonerfanatic@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 11:31:15 JST Princeoflonelymt

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     @BathysphereHat and also, they do not require anti-psychotic medication. Every psych I've ever seen, as soon as i start talking about my intrusive thoughts, many of which are violent, they want to put me on that shit and I'm not taking it. The last one wanted me to take something that could have given me involuntary movements even after I stopped taking it. Fuck that and fuck you.

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     Rabbit Cohen (bathyspherehat@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 11:31:16 JST Rabbit Cohen

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     Almost everybody has intrusive thoughts, although they're not a problem for most people. Telling people intrusive thoughts are just one thing doesn't help anyone.

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     Rabbit Cohen (bathyspherehat@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 11:31:16 JST Rabbit Cohen

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     I keep seeing people getting mad about people talking about intrusive thoughts that are funny or otherwise just not terribly serious, because they think it minimises the difficulty of disorders like OCD. But having an intrusive or even unwanted intrusive thought is not an experience limited to people with OCD or other mental illness.

     novatorine 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ repeated this.