I let myself be lazy in this compartment. I fully embraced that this laziness was ok. This can apply to something simpler (but with equal importance, because with OCD everything is the most important thing) like the dented garbage can. This, to the brain battling OCD, feels like laziness...
You see, it’s not just those outward physical manifestations (which I still have) that you associate with quirky TV show characters, it’s also very much internalized and that was not something I was aware of until now. It makes sense of a lot of things that have gone on in my life...
If I could go back in time and treat my chair differently. If I could go back in time and consistently be more gentle with my chair… I’d still be sitting in a chair that feels the same. 5. This has to be fixed today. I have no idea how I’m going to fix this chair, but ...