RE: ask a Pure O sufferer
May 24, 2015 at 2:10 pm
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2015 at 2:11 pm by Saxmoof.)
Quote:How much they impact my life? Boy, where do I start! Firstly they dominate most of my waking moments and it's exhausting. I spend a lot of time just ruminating. The worst part about them is how they make you question yourself over and over and over everyday. Imagine asking yourself the same question every 3 minutes and having to explain to yourself you wouldn't do that only to not be convinced of the answer again. Or spending hours online trying to get a definitive answer and never finding it. That's me.
When you question yourself are you questioning whether the thoughts might not be the illness talking? I ask because I know from experience with mental illness (depression and social anxiety) how hard it is to differentiate between a real thought and an illness related one, thoughts like that are hard to ignore because they feel as real as any other in the moment. I can also relate to how having your state of mind altered can make you doubt absolutely everything about yourself
I do tons of ruminating aswell, do you have to stop everything you're doing and isolate yourself from people while you ruminate? I can definitely relate if that's the case
Are you on any medication at the minute?
“The larger the group, the more toxic, the more of your beauty as an individual you have to surrender for the sake of group thought. And when you suspend your individual beauty you also give up a lot of your humanity. You will do things in the name of a group that you would never do on your own. Injuring, hurting, killing, drinking are all part of it, because you've lost your identity, because you now owe your allegiance to this thing that's bigger than you are and that controls you.” - George Carlin
