OKAY back to the queue grind -mod t
you can always vent here (and/or ask us not to post it), or ask us not to post an ask if you accidentally left it off anon! it is NOT a hassle and we voluntarily do this to help you
stop triggering people's moral ocd and guilt tripping people who don't farm notes for you
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not your white guilt assauger. please don't vent about how being born white makes you feel guilty in my inbox. more in FAQ. tag to filter it out is #race related asks
not an internet discourse blog. don't debate in my inbox. however if you're radqueer, transrace, or don't believe in transandrophobia, you're not welcome here.
obviously no ableism. this includes people with cluster b disorders, schizophrenic disorders, and intellectual disabilities.
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check out links if you want more comprehensive answers/resources related to the question. written by mod teto so all the 'i' refers to mod teto
Q: why aren't we allowed to send white guilt vent asks
A: because i'm a person of color and im tired of reading them. i made this blog to spread awareness about harmful guilt tripping over internet clicks, not to console white people who feel guilty because they're white or because posts about racism make them feel uncomfortable. (i promise there are resources/communities out there if you do genuinely struggle with guilt or want to learn how to support people of color better.)
Q: mod are you pro-genocide
A: no.
Q: i didn't mean to trigger people's moral OCD
A: tag it #tw reblog bait or add a disclaimer that it is not mandatory to reblog or interact with it.
Q: okay but i didn't say they would go to hell if they didn't reblog
A: the existence of "reblog if you support poc" implies a "don't reblog if you don't"
Q: are note games/"tag a moot"/"reblog if you're"/this other thing okay?
A: does your post make people feel morally worse or evil if they don't reblog it
Q: what about "send this to xyz other people if you break the chain you (xyz bad punishment)"?
A: go directly to jail. lose your net worth. do not pass go
Q: but we're raising awareness for xyz group
A: don't care. nobody is a bad person for not reblogging your post.
Q: do you even support xyz group?
A: i'm not homophobic, i'm not transphobic, i'm not racist, i'm not bigoted, i just don't care about your performative guilt tripping and shaming techniques.
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does âwhy are you all too scared to repost thisâ count as a reblog bait phrase on a post or no? i scrolled by one that had those words and it gave off those vibes but Iâm not sure
genuinely asking
it can sometimes be, but it's less aggressive and i see it being used on more informational posts to provoke thought, it also doesn't say anything extreme like "you're a bigot for not reblogging"
I use anonymous (only ever good and kind) because of my ocd and paranoia around privacy but also because my blogâs views sometimes goes against someone elseâs and I donât want to intrude on their boundaries but I have two problems
1âthe anxiety from pressing ask. I immediately forget whether it was anonymous or not so I panic. Iâve just sent a question somewhere and I canât remember so now Iâm freaking out and debating deleting everything because people arenât kind sometimes. And I canât remember what happpened a literal moment ago, how do I know I havenât forgotten myself doing something awful?
2-I use anon even when my blog and their blog matches because of the previously mentioned privacy anxiety, but even then I get responses like âwhy is this on anonâ âdid this need to be on anonâ âwhy do you feel the need to be anonymousâ âitâs strange this anonâ and I understand because when itâs nothing bad itâs strange why someone will choose anon, and yet it still makes me feel terrible and like Iâve done something wrong.
Both of these are me problems and Iâm so exhausted with my problems being caused by me. It makes it seem like they should be easy fixes but they arenât
this sounds like a lot to handle, you're strong for continuing despite all of this and i'm proud of you
Iâm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but weâve noted that sometimes the tone of a post or a lack of certain information is all it takes to cause moral ocd to act up- we just saw a post with a more aggressive tone and not all the information we needed to fully understand the postâs message without worrying about anything and it freaked us OUT ;-;
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i completely understand this, posts that feel like they're being aggressive can be upsetting. especially the types of posts that decide to repeat something in all caps multiple times
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I had just spent an hour punishing myself over smth I said and when it was finally over and I was able to calm down I then saw a post where "you will never be forgiven for not donating just 5$ to save my father's life. if he dies and you didn't donate, it's your fault and just remember that I begged for your help and you caused this" so now maybe everything got worse because I literally CAN'T donate even if I wanted to. frustrating..
i'm so sorry this happened to you, we have resources on our blog of lists of words to filter out to avoid seeing triggering phrases like that!!
is it ok to go like "please reblog this, it's really important"? i think rb bait is like "if you don't reblog this you suck"/"reblog if you think this is important (so if you don't reblog you don't think it's important)" primarily but at the same time i just feel like the alternative to even this already is.. "you didn't reblog this really important thing. yikes."
i think that's a better way of saying it for sure. try to use it for actually important information though
Saw this post that was like âreblog this if you would be sad if one of your followers committed suicideâ and a lot of people said they will judge you hardly if you donât reblog. I just feel frustrated rn because like. I should not have to reblog something to prove that I care. I feel the urge to reblog it because Iâm so scared that my followers would think that Iâm a heartless monster (it especially hurts given that Iâve nearly lost multiple friends due to suicide) but at the same time, I donât want to spread that shit onto other people (I know some followers of mine that struggle with ocd or just rb bait in general)
I keep having to reassure myself that my morals are not determined by what I reblog but itâs just so frustrating cuz my brain will tell me otherwise and I get so scared of getting canceled and losing my friends.
Iâm sorry if this is a lot. You donât have to force yourself to respond to this. I hope you have a good day, both teto and kev mod!
this isn't a lot & we're always happy to get asks, no worries. i understand how the post made you feel and im so sorry you had to see it. we promise that not touching it doesn't have any say on whether you'd be sad if your friends died or not
tw: vent, mention of parental abuse, mention of grooming
not reblog bait but i want to talk about my experiences with moral ocd. i genuinely hate how i constantly believe i have to be morally pure 100% of the time and every single time i make a mistake or get something wrong it feels like i just murdered someone.
as a kid, iâd be made fun of at school would make fun of me for making silly mistakes. iâd come home and my dad would do the same but itâs okay though because thatâs what his dad wouldâve done to him, even though his dad was abusive and coercive. the school system pressured me to be perfect: my skirt the perfect length to fit their standards and not rolled up, to have all my equipment and to not forget anything, to sit still and not divert my attention, not to make any noise unless prompted. later on, iâd join internet spaces that would shun anyone who makes a mistake instead of actual horrific shit like grooming. it was terrible.
i feel like such a bad person all the time. even my belief that i have to be morally pure makes me feel evil because that makes me self-centred. i sometimes question whether what iâm going through is really ocd, but, acknowledging the shit iâm going through with it, it makes me 100% certain.
i'm sorry you've had to go through this, anon, we're always here for you
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as someone who constantly gets stuck in ruminative cycles, figuring out a way to stop the cycle before it gets out of hand has been incredibly formative for me. if you find yourself ruminating or unable to stop the cycling, hereâs a place to start.
am i learning, processing, or ruminating? itâs important to be able to distinguish between the three. learning is when you receive new information that updates your frame of understanding. processing is when you study a situation to help yourself understand it. ruminating is when you cycle over the same thought repeatedly, often causing distress. learning and processing are productive, while rumination is destructive.
which theme is this? understanding the root of the spiral has helped me to untangle why the rumination feels so intense and scary. (example: iâve been ruminating on one specific interaction with someone where i think they mightâve misinterpreted what i meant. this is my theme of fear around being misunderstood.)
how do i respond? (example: okay, this is that theme of being misunderstood. but it is not my job to make myself perfectly understood. the people i have around me can ask clarifying questions if theyâre confused, and they are willing to meet me in the middle because they want to understand.)
donât feed the raccoons tuna. (this is an example from my therapist that i love! essentially, donât feed the beast or it will keep coming back. distract yourself, journal, listen to music, etc.)
Im not sure wether I have OCD or not, but I saw another anon talking about something similar to this and so I thought itâd be fine.
I hate thinking that Iâm a bad person for enjoying something.
That new series that I really like? Oh, people say itâs really problematic how dare I like it!!
A comfort YouTuber of mine that literally saved my life?? He said some not so good things, I should feel ashamed for liking him.
That game I really like??? Yeah no apparently some people think itâs not well made so Iâm not allowed to play it actually!!
I have no idea what this falls under but I simply needed to talk about it. Thank you for making this blog. I feel seen because of this.
this is completely fine to send! feeling like this can definitely be indicative of moral ocd, i'd encourage you to check out mocd resources and see how much you relate to them/the symptoms
Trying to be any kind of activist with moral ocd is hard. Trying to be the best person I can with my limitations is either ânot enoughâ or âexcusesâ for people who I share values with or âtoo muchâ, âdriving myself madâ or âtoo judgyâ for people that donât share my values/or at least not to the same degree. And both drive my ocd to be worse because I want to be the best person I can without making the people around me or myself miserable! No wonder Iâm constantly stressed and irritable
(This is aggressive, I just need to let it out)
"REBLOG THIS NO MATTER WHAT!!1!1!!!" "REBLOG IF YOU AGREE!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!"
FUCK YOU IT'S MY BLOG AND I'M NOT GONNA REBLOG JUST BECAUSE YOU TELL ME TO REBLOG YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS SHITSTAINS. GET OFF YOUR HIGH FUCKING HORSES. YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE JUST BECAUSE YOU TELL PEOPLE TO REBLOG/RETWEET/WHAT-THE-FUCK-EVER IF THEY DISAGREE WITH RUNNING OVER BABIES AND KICKING ENDANGERED ANIMALS. I DON'T NEED TO REBLOG YOUR STUPID POST TO PROVE I'M A DECENT INDIVIDUAL.
ACCUSING ME AND MANY OTHERS OF BEING EVIL BIGOTED MONSTERS FOR SCROLLING PAST YOUR OBVIOUS ENGAGEMENT BAIT GETS YOU BLOCKED.
AND YOU CAUSE PEOPLE TO SPIRAL BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE MORAL FAILURES. ALL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T STOP SNIFFING YOUR OWN FARTS ACTING ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY FOR SOME STUPID INTERNET POINTS
⌠having moral ocd, at least in my case, often makes it harder to be moral and do the right thing and whatnot⌠because it involves spiralling through the obsessive thought of every possible way you are being immoral or a hypocrite in every scenario you can imagine, which often makes it more difficult to just focus on the situation at hand and make a judgement call on a case-by-case basisâŚ
and if you spiral like that, you will either exhaust yourself into apathy, or you will back yourself into a corner where you canât function on a daily basis. either way, you are hurting yourself and generally helping no one.
this is my reminder to myself to just deal with one situation at a time, instead of overloading myself into not dealing with anything at all.
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OCD should really be less known as the âclean and tidynessâ disorder and much more known as the âevery decision you ever make feels like youâre being held at gunpointâ disorder
As someone diagnosed with OCD who didnât receive any actual information about it, this blog single-handedly helped me discover my moral scrupulosity and superstitions. I just wanted to express how grateful I am, since now that I know *what* I face, itâs easier to self-regulate and avoid content that hurts me.
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thank you for sending the ask! i'm always so happy when people tell me how much this blog has helped