u/MunkeyGoneToHeaven

I frequently scroll through this sub because the dynamic is hilarious. That being said, it can make me occasionally self-conscious in that I have both a philosophy and an engineering degree (phil undergrad, engineering grad), and often engage with philosophy of science.

I am currently writing a novel in which a character proposes a theory of the self/identity, and they lean on some set theory for notation and technical rigor. Additionally, I’m appropriating the terms “transformation,” “projection,” and “image” from math as useful analogies. That all being said, the overall idea is more metaphysical than actually mathematical, but the maths usage is not a farce and should be coherent enough for the story.

I’ve been lightly surveying/refreshing myself on the fields I’m appropriating concepts from, but as I’ve been working on this I experience occasional moments of fear that I’m going to write something that could have been posted on this sub. Those moments become worse when I do in fact use an LLM to help collect research and check some facts.

Wondering if anyone has tips to help me avoid making the hilarious mistakes so often posted here? Thanks

I’m so disillusioned by what I perceive to be an overwhelming ignorance to OCD in mental healthcare. I feel very excluded.

I spent years working with OCD therapists doing ERP, but the reality is that I have co-existing disorders that require attention from other specialists. Specifically, I have a substance use disorder and CPTSD that causes a lot of issues. In the past year I’ve had to dedicate most of my time to the substance use because it was life threatening. I’ve been in and out of rehabs, outpatient programs, etc. I’ve had some successes and some failures, but never have seen any real understanding of OCD from clinicians in these other fields.

Recently I relapsed again, so I started treatment. But this time around the ignorance of the clinicians is particularly demoralizing. Ive really been trying to deal with some trauma related anxieties, but I don’t feel that these issues can be fully separated from my OCD. OCD just colors the way i think about most things. But the strategies and techniques prescribed by most clinicians have quite literally been the opposite of what I have been doing for years to treat OCD.

They tell me to “find evidence to disprove the thought,” “put the thought in trial,” “think about the probability of it really happening.” To say those things and not even have a disclaimer that those strategies will worsen OCD is very disappointing.

I feel like I’m trying to deal with non-OCD problems but the mental health industry is so stratified that upon leaving OCD world, I get antiquated and harmful advice from ignorant clinicians. It seems like ERP, CBT, and DBT have contradictory advice. Don’t really know what to do anymore

AOC recently posted a video on her instagram endorsing Letitia James (something she didn’t even do for the recent DSA slate of candidates). Letitia James spoke at the Israel day parade, and more recently criticized Mamdani for “blowing up” the Democratic Party due to his endorsed candidates winning.

I really don’t think this is acceptable from AOC. Letitia James does not even have a chance of losing her race. So the only point of AOC’s endorsement is to associate herself with Letitia James and the more mainstream democratic establishment. She really needs to be pushed away from this position.

AOC recently posted a video on her instagram endorsing Letitia James (something she didn’t even do for the recent DSA slate of candidates). Letitia James spoke at the Israel day parade, and more recently criticized Mamdani for “blowing up” the Democratic Party due to his endorsed candidates winning.

I really don’t think this is acceptable from AOC. Letitia James does not even have a chance of losing her race. So the only point of AOC’s endorsement is to associate herself with Letitia James and the more mainstream democratic establishment. She really needs to be pushed away from this position.

I don’t hear much criticism of AOC from other major leftist platforms like the Majority Report or Hasan, maybe because they both have personal history with AOC. For example, Emma was covering AOC’s initial race several years ago for TYT.

Vaush has said she is “captured,” and while I thought that might be an exaggeration, it’s seeming to be more and more true.

Edit: want to add this quote from Letitia James - “All of us are a little frustrated with the Democratic Party. But you don’t blow it up. That’s what MAGA has done.”