*Taps Mic* Is this thing on?
Hi, you guys. This is gonna be a cringe post, so hold onto your butts, but I wanted to preface it by saying: please don’t worry. I’ve linked up with a lot of really nice people over the years on Reddit, and I know the people I keep in any sort of contact with on here are all very caring. You guys are seriously awesome, and while I’m gonna talk about some mental health stuff (honestly, in this, the year of our lord 2023, who isn’t dealing with some mental health stuff?), I’m truly okay. I’ve been through far, far worse, and I have the good fortune of an indomitable will to live from my Finnish DNA (take *that*, Stalin!), so I’ve never been a danger to myself or others with mental health stuff. (Well, no more dangerous than the occasional angry-crying outburst or ill-advised haircut) A lot of you probably know I have OCD and anxiety. I’ve had both of them for pretty much my whole life, and I’m honestly pretty lucky- I went through some scary years with them as a teenager, but because I d...