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I'm glad it helps you to know that they are people who genuinely care about your welfare here. We're all struggling in our own ways so it's good to spread the love.

What I was going to suggest is you should add a line in your signature saying "This post will self destruct in 10 seconds"

We are all on our own Mission Impossible and some days are just better than others.

I'm sorry you have a hard time reading about this type of thing. You honestly don't have to post here if you don't want . I hope you feel better soon! I know how reading certain things can trigger so much anxiety. We're here for you, but please don't feel like you should post in this thread if you don't want to. All the best !

I am here for all of you, too. I don't often have such a hard time of things. I am grateful. Thank you, Ferris. I will take your suggestion under consideration. I do like it. Thank you. ((Ferris))

Thank you, SSF. I appreciate your empathetic words. I do feel better, as the result of Ferris making me feel that I am not alone in things, and I have had a most enjoyable experience in one of the music threads, throughout the day, today, which has turned things around in my head. I want you to know that if I post, it is because I do want to. So, rest assured, I had wanted to participate, here. It's what takes place in my mind, following writing, that tends to mess me up. I am sorry, though, for bringing that here, to your wonderful thread. Thank you, again, SSF. x x

No problem . Which music thread did you have fun in today? Feel free to delete any of your posts. I feel like doing that sometimes when I talk about something that gives me anxiety. That's what this thread is for- support . You don't have to share anything that gives you anxiety. Please don't make yourself uncomfortable for this stupid thread. I posted my story with my OCD in another thread, and I still really hope people don't interpret it the wrong way or I start thinking that what I wrote gives me anxiety. It's really hard to deal with, but believe me, we're all in this together! Like Ferris said, some days are better than others. I treasure those good days, and that hope is what gets me through the bad ones .

Hope you are doing okay .

Thank you, sweet SSF. : )The thread is titled 'what song are you listening to, THIS VERY SECOND'. blackicmenace made a game of posting songs with prose. It was a most pleasant way to spend the day, and, good fun. Indeed, some days are better than others. Or the other way 'round, as most days are better that than others, for me, at least more often than not. Thank you, again. I would like to read what you posted about your OCD symptoms. I posted mine, here, a day or two, ago, but, I deleted. Perhaps, I will post again, and leave my post, as I had, on BetaPonic's OCD thread, although, I don't recall describing my symptoms, there, if I am remembering, correctly. Probably best to let it rest for a few days, however. I hope you had a wonderful day, and you are very well. I hope you are enjoying your time spent with your Dad. : )

Thank you Britte ! I will try and post my OCD symptoms in this thread sometime soon. I find it's good to take a break from these things and just do whatever you enjoy doing. Thank you- I am really enjoying my vacation so far . I will probably be back posting regularly by next weekend. On the days that are worse I try to remind myself that tomorrow will be a better day !

You're welcome, SSF. Indeed, I remind myself that 'tomorrow is a new day' (slightly different, but, similar ). So nice to hear that you have been enjoying your vacation.

I wondered why I hadn't seen you around, quite as much as usual. Here's a hug for you ((SSF)), in case you don't mind hugs.

Keep having fun...!

Thanks again! I'm getting better with hugs- working on that . Tomorrow is a new day indeed!

I had a bad time of hugs until I was in my mid twenties, strangely. I know it can be common for those on the spectrum, to feel uncomfortable when receiving a hug. Indeed, it will be a new day .... ONWARD ! !

Maybe you need some Ferapy ( Ferret therapy ) in your life , come and join in at this THREAD , anything goes as long as it has a Ferret theme , it's just a bit of light relief , well it is for me

I concur it's a great ferapy! Britte, you're welcome to come any time

Ferapy is much better than therapy, IMO .

I'm going to post what I'm worried about again, since it helps to "organize" my worries .

-I have this weird creepy feeling that pops up unexpectedly every now and then. It's sort of like the feeling you get when you watch a horror movie- this dreadful, paranoid feeling that something isn't right. Whenever I look at a house or a face I get it and it just seems like exactly what people in the prodromal stages of "you-know-what" describe! I think it happens when I look at houses because we were in my cousins' neighborhood the other day and every house looked exactly the same. It was creepy for everybody, but I seem to be getting this creepy feeling when I look at the front of other houses too .

-I haven't slept well since the end of July. My mom says it's because I get two cycles of sleep and then I wake up or something like that. It honestly depends on when I go to bed- if I go to bed at 10:00, I'm up at 4:00. If I wait until midnight, I'm up at 7:00. This started happening after I used a computer for quite a while after bed, and then I couldn't sleep well. I got really scared since that is a symptom of early you-know-what, and I have been exhausted from the lack of sleep ever since then.

Now that I look back at this post it sounds exactly like early you-know-what .

You wouldn't have liked Levittown when it was first built.

Every house in Levittown looked almost identical at first.

Yeah, I probably wouldn't have. It's not just houses, though, it happened when I was looking at myself in the mirror as well. It just seems like paranoia .