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does anyone else with moral OCD struggle with cancel culture? i dont even post online lmao but i have this constant anxiety still. i havent even done anything wrong i just get scared of rumours when im not even famous idk
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Anonymous 7w

Everyone tells me I would make rlly good video essays but I’m scared of posting online lol

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Anonymous 7w

People tried to cancel me once for saying I didn’t have trouble affording something and I flipped it on them. if you have a valid ADHD diagnosis use this exact phrase to undo a canceling, “I have an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex and I’m liable to say things that can be taken offensively, that being said, simply canceling me is more of a reflection of your moral shortcomings than of my cultural insensitivities.”

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Anonymous 7w

I totally get this! I get the fear that someone is going to dig into my past and find some shit I “did”

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Anonymous 7w

Yes I also don’t even post online but I still have these nightmares where I make a post and get harassed and doxed

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Anonymous 7w

I hate that cancel culture seeps into more than just targeting bigots and willfully ignorant people. I think it’s important to call out people who are homophobic, racist, sexist, etc, but in other cases, just disagreeing with something someone said/did doesn’t make it okay to cancel them. One of my friends in college got doxed bc she was trans living in women’s dorms (she had a private room) but a parent got so offended that she had to move out and change all her contact information. Sucks big

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Anonymous 7w

im getting psychic damage everytime i see someone complain about gooseworx

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Anonymous 7w

Nah. Sounds rough though. Makes me feel really fortunate to not really give a toss about whether people like what I say and think or not. Everyone who ever just ignored being “cancelled” has done fine. I have a difficult time picturing what OCD surrounding morality would be like since morality is such a spectrum of subjectivity to start with.

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Anonymous 7w

I have moral perfectionistic issues like no other

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

I’ve had this exact thought. Spending several of my formative years on Tumblr was NOT good for me.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

Genuinely it’s kinda so bad that this is my only form of social media (other than TikTok but I’ve never posted anything only reposts and sending memes back and forth w my friends)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

same I wanna make a video essays too but because of my ADHD, I have a hard time keeping my thoughts in a straight line😂

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 7w

Yes but no. Cancel culture is horrible, but we’re also responsible for educating ourselves and not letting diagnosis run our lives. But making a comment about being able to afford something isn’t a statement to be cancelled over. It’s meant for bigotry

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 7w

ngl you sound like my ex who cheated on me than tried to blame it on his adhd needing novelty as if I also don’t have adhd.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 7w

but i will use this when i dont feel like taking accountability fr

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

At least for me, with moral ocd, my brain picks a set of very high standards to hold myself to, and then freaks out about them all the time. I feel the need to constantly check and question my thoughts and actions to ensure that I haven’t done something Bad, according to those standards. Generally, they are impossible to meet in full, so I become convinced that I am a Bad Person and must try harder to meet said standards, and it’s a loop that feeds itself

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 7w

I struggle to understand the difference between severe anxiety with moral perfectionism issues and trauma, vs moral OCD

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

for me its more about public perception. im pretty forgiving of myself. i hold myself accountable when i do wrong but i dont beat myself to death over it. but with this whole cancel culture thing it seems like people genuinely want you to die for the smallest mistake. im constantly worried about what i say being miscountrued. im scared of the mob and their pitchforks. being doxed, being attacked. idrc what ppl think of me on a personal level but i do care for my reputation.

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 7w

moral perfectionism is having really high standards for your own morality and being anxious when you feel youre not meeting them. wheares moral OCD is about questioning your morality all together. moral ocd is usually illogical and isnt typically based on someones actual beliefs. for example, i know that i havent done anything “cancellable” and i havent broken my own morals. yet my intrusive thoughts will convince me that im actually a terrible person and covering up for myself

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 7w

Wait why are people complaining about her?

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 7w

because one of the voice actors of the show said “nega” & people thought it was the n word, & then they’re saying that jax is bad trans representation, when gooseworx is also trans

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 7w

Jax is also like gooseworx self insert… I’m also trans and I loved Jax’s story. She’s such a good character and so much works for her. I hate people policing other peoples genuine representation. it wasn’t loud rep, but that’s important too. It wasn’t stereotypical, it wasn’t offensive, ugh that’s so weird

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