Sometimes when you tell someone that you don’t want to have children, they tell you that you’ll die alone. In that sense, to bring a child into this world is a lot like choosing to take someone down with you. I was an existentially aware child, which at this point I’ve gathered is a common thread that connects OCD sufferers. At seven years old, I would stay up all night and imagine scenarios where my parents died and left me behind while I wept into my bedsheets.
Being born is a lot like drowning
Being born is a lot like drowning
Being born is a lot like drowning
Sometimes when you tell someone that you don’t want to have children, they tell you that you’ll die alone. In that sense, to bring a child into this world is a lot like choosing to take someone down with you. I was an existentially aware child, which at this point I’ve gathered is a common thread that connects OCD sufferers. At seven years old, I would stay up all night and imagine scenarios where my parents died and left me behind while I wept into my bedsheets.