by Bert the Turtle » Sun Sep 25, 2016 3:03 am
Sorry, friend. I think people just get nervous about the prospect of discussing OCD in a private message format. On a public forum you get a reassuring sense of anonymity, in person with a friend you get the safe feeling of being known. But when messaging someone you've never met, well, I think most people in most circumstances just imagine that to be uncomfortably close quarters for a mental health issue.
Mere "anxiety," as Heidegger says, is at the source of everything.
-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"
-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time