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i saw somebody say “what if you’re gone and i haven’t become anything yet” and basically that broke me on a random thursday evening

Me: sure let me check

Me in the back:

Archery x flower arranging

This was actually really fun!

Anyway, don’t forget I’m still raising money to test a bunch of things in a suit of armour:

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Rumination is probably the most common type of OCD compulsion, but I rarely see anyone talking about it. I've talked to multiple people diagnosed with OCD who didn't even recognize it as a compulsion.

Basically, if you have OCD you have terrible intrusive thoughts. They can be about anything, but common themes are fear of being a bad person, fear of hurting someone, fear of contamination. etc.

Rumination is when you get stuck in a spiral. Rumination is when you spend hours catastrophizing, overthinking, analyzing, telling yourself it's going to be okay.

I'll say it again:

Rumination is a compulsion.

Rumination is a compulsion, and that means you have to stop doing it.

I did ERP (exposure response prevention) for my OCD with a therapist! For 9 months! And it did help, but the idea didn't really click until I found this website a couple years later.

And Oh My God. It made things make so much more sense, and I was able to pull myself out of an episode even though I wasn't in therapy or on meds at the time.

Genuinely if you have OCD, or even if you suspect you have OCD, I'm begging you to read some of these articles.

Like this was genuinely life changing for me.

Here are some of the ones that were most helpful to me:

Defining Rumination

How to Stop Ruminating

ERP Exercises for Compulsive Rumination

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Today White Wolf made an announcement that they are working at a new in-house VTM project.

Some information was given during the last Darkness Emergent LA event, but has not made public at the moment.

The note describes it as such:

The new project is our love letter to the 30+ years of vampires that have led us here. We’re celebrating the connection between lore and mechanics, rules and storytelling. The design is focused on player agency, collaboration, and making the experience feel personal. The art direction is built around illustration, with a strong commitment to human-made work.

The project will be fully announced during Gen Con 2026, starting on July 30th, including a presentation, playtesting groups and live Actual plays.

Also as a side note, the post also mentions the following:

We’ve been reading your chronicles, your Discord, Reddit, and Tumblr posts, your correspondences, your house rules, and your feedback about what's been lost and what still matters. We’re making sure your voice matters to the future of White Wolf.

I know White Wolf and Paradox are no strangers to Discord and Reddit, but Tumblr??? that took me off guard, the community here is much more smaller and kinda different, but there's a non zero chance that White Wolf staff have seen our posts and activity here.

OK that's all, link of the full note bellow, now to wait until Gen Con