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so the compulsion i finally landed on to relieve all those intrusive thoughts? i simply had to go to sleep while holding something else in my hands. it had to be pressed firmly in my palms. that way i couldn't imagine the 'knife feeling' and i wouldn't be the first human being ever in history to somehow go on a sleep-walking murder-spree.

even after i did a lot of OCD therapy, it became such habit that for maybe 13 years i still felt most comfortable falling asleep pressing my blanket into my palms.

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A thoroughly fullered Storta,

OaL: 29.8 in/75.7 cm

Weight: 3 lbs/1360 g

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How to Start by rthwrms

for the times when you really truly want to do something, but find resistance or that starting feels impossible

most helpful action to get into a task is: look at it options include: review what you've already done open the tab on screen blur your eyes at first if that helps fullscreen the image browse or skim relevant texts let your gaze move around how it will JUST...LOOK!!!

Your brain has resistance towards starting the particular project in the way that you've previously conceived of it. Instead of fighting that resistance, try to change your approach to starting your work. Ie, start with colored pencils on a piece you were doing in gouache, include a new stitch in a crochet piece, Step one: identify the process Step two: identify places where something new can be included Step three: brainstorm new options to fill these spots Step four: select one or more options and try your piece from this new angle

encourage yourself by asking questions start with: "What am I actually trying to do right now?" then try: "What would this look like if it were more fun?" "How would I do it if anything was possible?"

divide into discrete tasks make the closest or shiniest one literally as small & specific as freaking possible

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there is a window now there is a door

A big part of ableism is the inability to understand that being able to do something occasionally with great effort being able to it for 40 hrs/week.