just_curious
New member
Hey, everyone!
I'm new here, female, 32yo, not diagnosed. Was browsing through your forum, and saw a couple of posts on how people personify inanimate objects, start feeling guilty that they're hurting the object's feelings, etc.
OMG!!! This is what I'm so struggling with!!! Guys, please, elaborate!!!
What exactly you do/think/feel, how it started, where are you now, what are your favorites, has an MHP diagnosed you with OCD on basis of this, what do you do about it, etc, etc, etc?
I go wild on this one, as long as I remember myself. I feel sorry for things, and desperate 'cause I can't help them out. I know it makes no sense, and feel embarrassed, but still get badly depressed over most random issues. Like, I bake an apple pie, and all of a sudden feel sorry for it; I just can't cut it to pieces and eat. And I can't dump it. And I can't let it rot. Either way - poor pie, such a miserable fate, and nobody cares, and even I, who wishes to protect it, is powerless here (because, for heaven's sake, how do you protect an apple pie?!) Misery of my life. I'd like to get a plant, but I just know I'll start feeling sorry for it and end up giving it away to stop the cycle, so it's better to not get it in the first place. Same for buying clothes, or just getting anything nice at all. Anything I like - right away I feel sorry for it, and know there's no way to protect the poor thing, so it's better to destroy it. I'm not psychotic, I don't destroy things, but, OK, I give them away, or just not get them in the first place.
Anyone like that?
Sorry for the long post; just got so excited I'm not the only one who personifies...
I'm new here, female, 32yo, not diagnosed. Was browsing through your forum, and saw a couple of posts on how people personify inanimate objects, start feeling guilty that they're hurting the object's feelings, etc.
OMG!!! This is what I'm so struggling with!!! Guys, please, elaborate!!!
What exactly you do/think/feel, how it started, where are you now, what are your favorites, has an MHP diagnosed you with OCD on basis of this, what do you do about it, etc, etc, etc?
I go wild on this one, as long as I remember myself. I feel sorry for things, and desperate 'cause I can't help them out. I know it makes no sense, and feel embarrassed, but still get badly depressed over most random issues. Like, I bake an apple pie, and all of a sudden feel sorry for it; I just can't cut it to pieces and eat. And I can't dump it. And I can't let it rot. Either way - poor pie, such a miserable fate, and nobody cares, and even I, who wishes to protect it, is powerless here (because, for heaven's sake, how do you protect an apple pie?!) Misery of my life. I'd like to get a plant, but I just know I'll start feeling sorry for it and end up giving it away to stop the cycle, so it's better to not get it in the first place. Same for buying clothes, or just getting anything nice at all. Anything I like - right away I feel sorry for it, and know there's no way to protect the poor thing, so it's better to destroy it. I'm not psychotic, I don't destroy things, but, OK, I give them away, or just not get them in the first place.
Anyone like that?
Sorry for the long post; just got so excited I'm not the only one who personifies...