Josef Doctorovitz

For some of the newer people who have joined the community, here’s a little more about me. I live right outside of Philadelphia and have been dealing with OCD since it onset in 2008. I finally got diagnosis and treatment a couple years later.

Before we run to judge people who “aren’t doing enough to heal” I want to remind us all that while trauma is FREE and available to ANYone, healing is expensive AF, and not accessible to all. XO, Dr. Jen

I’m really not a fan of life right now to be honest. Kinda awful

Was I Too soft, Or was The world Too hard?

What’s your opinion on SSRIs? I’ve been on them for a number of years, and just wanted to know how others feel. I know there’s some mixed feelings about their effectiveness and side effects.

The burnout we experience as neurodivergent individuals isn’t talked about enough. It’s debilitating.

How fitting for Daniel Suarez to win the Coke 600 last night driving for Spire, a team who purchased Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2023 with the 7 car, the number Kyle had when he won his last truck race at Dover. Hope his family is doing okay. I know it probably took a lot for them to be there for the tribute last night. #kylebusch #NASCARLegends #nascar #coke600

@obsessivelyocd You already make people feel seen and understood! But it’s also so important to show yourself the same love and compassion as well.

I want to be a person that helps others to feel seen and understood, but first I need to learn how to see and show that same love and respect to myself.

OCD is not something to be taken lightly. It can completely uproot someone’s life and steal many years of joy and happiness from those affected. It’s not about being neat or clean.

Help Callie get to the @IOCDF conference in Seattle this July! gofund.me/9b05103f2

Level 1 autism is spending your 20s not understanding why you burn out so quickly at jobs even though your performance is often great. Then you find out you're autistic & half the world thinks autism is a made-up disorder used as an excuse to be useless. It's... dark. People don't even know what autism means: sensory issues, distress at changes to routine, repressing stimming at work which is how you relieve stress so now you're even more stressed. And the big one: DEFICITS IN SOCIAL INTERACTION. You know how people get jobs through someone they know? You know how people liking you is just as important, if not more important, than being good at your job? Best of luck if you're autistic 😂 Level 1 autism is an exercise in seeming normal enough that people don't believe you're disabled. The choice is brutal: do you start stimming at work? Do you stop masking? Do you allow your autistic traits to be seen instead of trying & often failing to seem normal? Because masking burns you out, but it's how you hold down a job for a bit. To lean into autism is to risk being completely unemployable. There is no good choice available. So you exist in a world where you cannot be yourself, forever questioning if letting the mask slip will ruin you, eaten alive by a performance you must do all day every day until you can't anymore. Then you see yet another tweet by a person claiming people fake your disorder for gain — what gain? A majority of us unable to hold down full time jobs? A higher risk of suicidal ideation? An inability to relate to our peers since birth? Allistic people are not famous for their curiosity or reading past the headline. They quite literally have no idea what they're talking about, but their opinions on autistic lives are considered valid by a jury of allistic peers. You're lazy. You're making excuses. Who melts down from music playing in a store, you definitely not disabled weirdo? 😂 I try not to make autism my identity on here, but for once, I'll let it out.

One of one. Forever Rowdy.

The only guy that could run 3 wide by himself. RIP Legend

I honestly can’t even believe this. He just won the truck race at Dover on Friday. Devastating. RIP KB💔

OCD when I resist a compulsion

There is no health without mental health.

❤️🐈