I Feel Like I Would Have Been Diagnosed With OCD A Lot Earlier If The Vast Majority Of Screening Questions

I feel like I would have been diagnosed with OCD a lot earlier if the vast majority of screening questions (for mental illnesses in general) weren't based on the person's perception of their own behavior, in isolation. and what i mean by that is asking someone with OCD "do you wash your hands excessively?" is not a good question.

a person with OCD believes they are washing their hands the correct number of times. it's not excessive. we believe we're exhibiting best practices and helping to keep everything clean.

better questions might be, "does it seem like you wash your hands a lot more than your friends or family?" "do you get dry patches or cuts on your hands from washing your hands?" "do you find it deeply distressing, more so than how you've seen other people react, when you get something on your hands that you can't clean off right away?"

being asked "are you overly preoccupied with bugs, symmetry, and contamination?" also got "no" responses from me years ago in my life. what they didn't ask for, and didn't know, was what *exactly* I was doing in my day to day life that genuinely ate up my time and mental space to a concerning degree, but I *didn't know* that other people don't do this.

"do you spend a lot of time cleaning?" -> no, it's not a lot. it's a good amount. why?

"do you become frustrated because it seems like no one else meets your organizational and cleanliness standards - do you often 'take over' for other people because they can't do it right - do new friends seem surprised by how strict you can be about your living space?" -> oh. yeah. yeah I get it now.

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I put up some older masks on my etsy! I also am open to possibly doing some commissions, but only one or two at most (shoot me a message either here or on etsy if your interested)

The ones already made are older and not the highest quality so are only around 30 bucks when I would say my current mask making skills are around 60-100 depending on things :3

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6 months ago

This is so cool 😭

Do you sand the base coast first or do you use a primer for the paints?

my newest cane is so pretty, it's probably my best work with decorating

cane. handle is grey. shaft is painted bright orange with dark blue splashes. it has a chain wrapped around it, a keychain with fluffy orange, keychain with satanism symbol, keychain with a giraffe. and two twigs with yellow and orange leaves
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