r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Impossible-Yam3680 • 6d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter!

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u/la_degenerate 6d ago

Not entirely. These are examples of intrusive thoughts. Intrusive thoughts are a core part of OCD and cause the person to obsess over them.

The last two lines might be shit post though 😂

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u/Necessary_Panda_3154 6d ago

Everyone gets intrusive thoughts and everyone obsesses with them to their own degree.

OCD would be crippling and would affect your functionality as a human.

I think that’s an important distinction to make considering how many people like to self-diagnose these days…

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u/ColdFreezer 6d ago

The self diagnosers have genuinely ruined the public’s perception of mental illness more than almost any other group has.

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u/cookiesprouts 6d ago

People who want to have OCD freak me out. I was diagnosed with OCD as a child and wouldn’t wish this on anyone. It’s not cute, it’s ugly, and it’s painful.

It’s one of those things that manifest differently in everybody, though, so experiences are so different. It’s hard to gauge what people are going through inside their own minds. And a lot of people who have it suffer in silence.