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> OCD Maybe they should ask actual OCD sufferers whether the term offends them when used to mean “detail oriented” because if they had asked me, a bona fide ob
by kashunstva 4y ago
> OCD
Maybe they should ask actual OCD sufferers whether the term offends them when used to mean “detail oriented” because if they had asked me, a bona fide obsessive-compulsive patient, I would have responded with “meh.” My OCD has caused me untold misery, wrecked relationships, and made work difficult, but we all have a subtle sense about when people mean us harm or are just using a term as a shortcut. Almost never is “OCD” meant to cause personal distress, nor should it.
- ancapsfascists 4y agoAnd your experience is reflective of all folks who have OCD? I can absolutely imagine someone being pretty upset by seeing how casually "oh I'm just OCD" gets tossed around. I'm queer, I would never presume to say that another queer person's challenges or trauma were the same as mine.
- iinnPP 4y ago[dead]
- CapmCrackaWaka 4y ago> I can absolutely imagine There's the problem, right there. A lot of these affronts are imagined, without actually getting input from people. A perfect example is the use of Latinx, which many Hispanic people have spoken out against, yet keeps getting tossed around because people _imagine_ that the word "hispanic" is offensive.
- OctopusLupid 4y agoMy partner has OCD and he heavily dislikes people misusing the term.
- p0pcult 4y agoShould we really redefine everything to meet the sensibilities of the most easily offended? Go read some Vonnegut.
- jdthedisciple 4y agosays the person with "fascist" in their name which could literally trigger someone whose ancestors had to deal with fascists