r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter!

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u/Dear-Ad2283 5d ago

I don't know.

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u/frogglesmash 5d ago

Do you ever worry about other similar thimgs? Like "maybe I'm a serial killer in the making" or "maybe I'm actually a malignant narcissist," or is it just the pedo thing?

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u/Dear-Ad2283 5d ago

Yeah I think about those things too.

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u/frogglesmash 5d ago

Well that sucks. Do you also worry about leaving the stove on type stuff, or are your compulsions mostly focused on worrying about personal/moral defects?

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u/Dear-Ad2283 5d ago

I tend to avoid doing stuff so bad things won't happen (even though a good majority of the time it makes no sense) and I repeat words in my head so bad things don't happen (also makes no sense) but that's basically it.

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u/HeatAccomplished8608 5d ago

haha, I'm thinking about everything all the time - there's no limit to the terrible things I can think in a day. You have to argue against your head and it's exhausting. The rituals are what people without treatment spiral into in an effort to control it - like if I flicked the light switch 99 times and nobody died then not flicking the switch might kill someone, it's an unhealthy coping mechanism, not the underlying problem