The Firefighter With O.C.D. and the Vaccine He Believed Would Kill Him
The Firefighter With O.C.D. and the Vaccine He Believed Would Kill Him
For years, Timmy Reen tried to hide his compulsions and rituals from everyone at his New York City firehouse — until his secret was forced out in the open.
I feel like the worst thing about severe OCD would be, not just the disruption that comes from all severe mental disorders, but the banality of it.
Like this guy said, he wasted his life ... by cleaning stuff. It's basically Sisyphean, being condemned to spend your life in labor that you cannot actually ever finish, benefit from or retire from. To me that's in its own tier along with things like severe agoraphobia. You're basically healthy, except for this one paralyzing fear that makes you just watch other people and long for something you can't have. But you appear healthy to everyone else, you're not hallucinating or spouting the craziest shit, but inside you may as well be.
This is ridiculous. I am a firefighter with the FDNY and and I shower after every fire, shower before I put my civilian clothe on and go home to my family. I wear my ask after the fire is out still until I run out of air and no one is breaking my balls. Even if they did I could care less, I'm not the one getting cancer because I wanna be perceived "macho". This man has a legitemate psych condition and aparently thin skin because he is embarrased of his condition? We all make fun of each other on the job but that just a part of the brotherhood and tradition. Engine 329 goes to barely any fires, look up the numbers if you dont believe me. This information is available on the internet to everyone. This article is being overly dramatic. Unless you're on the job you wouldn't really understand. If the guys he worked with maliciously broke his balls then shame on them. I parked at that firehouse in the past while going to the beach and few guys I interacted with from there were assholes and im ON the job lol
The article doesn't say it's that dramatic either; it just says that it's the one that others notice the most.
it is just sad, really wish we understood the brain more and could help those who need it
it's a constant battle, trying to help the ones you love that have a broken mind.
i remember one time I got through to them by comparing it to the problems other people had with other organs, how they could have a mostly normal life with medicine and doctors who can advise them. the doctor isn't your priest or your parents. they want to help you. if you need a different doctor that's ok!
in time, for some impossible reasons to understand they decided they were fine and cured.... cycle repeats but my prior argument doesn't work now because clearly it's failed so it can't be right
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