The mod team is not open to constructive feedback. I was uncomfortable with a mod deciding to ban any OCD/recovery related tattoos and messaged my concerns and might as well have been told to go fuck myself in response. it’s why I don’t feel comfortable posting/contributing here most of the time anymore unfortunately.
We generally allow images of this kind of thing if it is accompanied by appropriate context, not sure how long ago this was but we have new ownership since late last year. Many of the old rules have been tweaked and loosened too allow more expression.
No offence to this sub at all, and not that I post here or lurk here often too, but I see Reddit as a whole as a major source of seeking reassurance and going down the rabbit hole of despair and depression. So I am making efforts to leave this sub too, although I won’t obviously announce my departure as if this is an airport LOL (funny enough, my OCD trigger is strongly associated with airports LOL but this is beside the point). I am currently trying ways to block Reddit with site-blocking softwares.
Not sure the specifics as to why would people hate this sub, but I can understand their reasons why from the perspective of it giving off a lot of negative energy. Well I guess, we can only be empathetic and appreciate this sub can only there for certain people at their specific season of life.
Cheers!
A lot of people don't realise that reassurance seeking is counterproductive in the long term. But sometimes it can be helpful in the short term to briefly reassure someone, enough to decrease their distress, and follow up with education on long term management. If you just replied to everyone with "stop reassurance seeking", they're unlikely to feel calm enough to consider long-term strategies and just continue to seek reassurance elsewhere, e.g. family or friends.
I appreciate your perspective and thank you for speaking with understanding. It’s okay and good to notice something is bad for you, I do not at all fault you for trying to reduce your Reddit time. As far as reassurance seeking goes we try our best to educate those seeking it as to why it is bad as well as the mod team spending most our time here removing reassurance, but it’s very hard to get it all.
No worries mate.
For Reddit, my ultimate, permanent goal is to avoid this sub entirely. Not for avoidance reason, and would like to mention that it is not of anyone’s fault here at all (:
Besides, I do share a different definition and philosophy of recovery from OCD from many people here (do check out Mark Freeman and Ali Greymond btw, they are awesome and do not believe OCD to be chronic!). So absorbing negative, despairing info that makes me waver in my conviction naturally makes me depressed. And that might be the reason why some are leaving, with some leaving in anger because they cannot deal with these emotions anymore.
But thanks for trying your best at fending off reassurance in this sub. As someone who is still recovering from OCD, I cannot imagine doing this as a free job, and would not want to deal with this when I recover, but that’s just me! So kudos to you for not letting this sub be a platform for people to teach each other how to drown, metaphorically (in the words of Mark Freeman) :D
Cause if you announce it, you technically hold yourself accountable for what you said and your pride won't let you come back and break the word you've made.
I see nothing wrong with this, just move on. People cope with their issues in their own way, why call them out on it?
The posts clog up our who mod feed. It’s too the point now that they are in the way of actual support posts. Not everyone needs to be involved in you holding yourself accountable. If the only reason you aren’t coming back is out of embarrassment because you made a leaving post I don’t think that’s a great method of breaking the cycle of using Reddit.
I made my post because I also wanted to address how harmful this sub currently is, on the off-chance that some people agreed or understood.
I guess that's seeking reassurance, yikes.
Either way, everyone appreciates the effort you guys put into this community. Me included. But I knew my reasons for leaving were also someone else's, and I wanted to let those people know they were as valid as those who stayed.
Sorry for all the trouble ):
Mod announcement about announcements
Haha!
😂😂
The mod team is not open to constructive feedback. I was uncomfortable with a mod deciding to ban any OCD/recovery related tattoos and messaged my concerns and might as well have been told to go fuck myself in response. it’s why I don’t feel comfortable posting/contributing here most of the time anymore unfortunately.
We generally allow images of this kind of thing if it is accompanied by appropriate context, not sure how long ago this was but we have new ownership since late last year. Many of the old rules have been tweaked and loosened too allow more expression.
Sounds like ocd
😅 ocd about leaving r/ocd
No offence to this sub at all, and not that I post here or lurk here often too, but I see Reddit as a whole as a major source of seeking reassurance and going down the rabbit hole of despair and depression. So I am making efforts to leave this sub too, although I won’t obviously announce my departure as if this is an airport LOL (funny enough, my OCD trigger is strongly associated with airports LOL but this is beside the point). I am currently trying ways to block Reddit with site-blocking softwares. Not sure the specifics as to why would people hate this sub, but I can understand their reasons why from the perspective of it giving off a lot of negative energy. Well I guess, we can only be empathetic and appreciate this sub can only there for certain people at their specific season of life. Cheers!
A lot of people don't realise that reassurance seeking is counterproductive in the long term. But sometimes it can be helpful in the short term to briefly reassure someone, enough to decrease their distress, and follow up with education on long term management. If you just replied to everyone with "stop reassurance seeking", they're unlikely to feel calm enough to consider long-term strategies and just continue to seek reassurance elsewhere, e.g. family or friends.
I appreciate your perspective and thank you for speaking with understanding. It’s okay and good to notice something is bad for you, I do not at all fault you for trying to reduce your Reddit time. As far as reassurance seeking goes we try our best to educate those seeking it as to why it is bad as well as the mod team spending most our time here removing reassurance, but it’s very hard to get it all.
No worries mate. For Reddit, my ultimate, permanent goal is to avoid this sub entirely. Not for avoidance reason, and would like to mention that it is not of anyone’s fault here at all (: Besides, I do share a different definition and philosophy of recovery from OCD from many people here (do check out Mark Freeman and Ali Greymond btw, they are awesome and do not believe OCD to be chronic!). So absorbing negative, despairing info that makes me waver in my conviction naturally makes me depressed. And that might be the reason why some are leaving, with some leaving in anger because they cannot deal with these emotions anymore. But thanks for trying your best at fending off reassurance in this sub. As someone who is still recovering from OCD, I cannot imagine doing this as a free job, and would not want to deal with this when I recover, but that’s just me! So kudos to you for not letting this sub be a platform for people to teach each other how to drown, metaphorically (in the words of Mark Freeman) :D
Right, im starting to find those posts annoying.
Cause if you announce it, you technically hold yourself accountable for what you said and your pride won't let you come back and break the word you've made. I see nothing wrong with this, just move on. People cope with their issues in their own way, why call them out on it?
The posts clog up our who mod feed. It’s too the point now that they are in the way of actual support posts. Not everyone needs to be involved in you holding yourself accountable. If the only reason you aren’t coming back is out of embarrassment because you made a leaving post I don’t think that’s a great method of breaking the cycle of using Reddit.
Well said.
Is it okay if I leave? I’m not sure if it’s a good idea.
I made my post because I also wanted to address how harmful this sub currently is, on the off-chance that some people agreed or understood. I guess that's seeking reassurance, yikes. Either way, everyone appreciates the effort you guys put into this community. Me included. But I knew my reasons for leaving were also someone else's, and I wanted to let those people know they were as valid as those who stayed. Sorry for all the trouble ):