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Abby,

You have a remarkable way of expressing and intellectualizing your internal struggles. Most of us would wait months or even years if it meant reading just a paragraph of your work. I hope you know how much you mean to your subscribers <3

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Thank you this was so sweet and beautiful <3

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abby, THANK YOU for this piece - your openness & vulnerability are powerful tools. i come away from each of your writings feeling at least a bit more hopeful than before.

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That means so much to me omfg!!!

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abby <3 your candor is so appreciated in a world where everyone fights to convince everyone else that they're perfect. perfect doesn't exist, and being real (not bad, real) is worth so much more to the people who see you. you are so loved.

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i love you abby

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always supporting you, Abby! i think i speak for a lot of people when i say i see a lot of love and light and goodness in you . take care 🩶

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missed you and your writing so much. thank u for sharing ur life with us.❤️ love u

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as somebody who suffers from OCD, I cried reading this. I have been compulsively avoiding my substack for the fear that it may swallow up my love for writing but reading this reminded me of why I wanted to published works in the first place.

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Sending all my love to you, I truly hope things get better for you <3

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so powerful and touching, thank for sharing your openness and writing

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I have ROCD as well… it makes long term relationships so hard sometimes. It’s so hard to conceptualize that you deserve it or even that you want it. But I promise you that a love is out there for you that will help you out of that dark hole. You are deserving of love from someone who is committed to your happiness.

You are a beautiful writer. Excited to read more from you ❤️

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You explained ROCD so well. It is genuinely so nice to know other people struggle with this as well and that Im not just a horrible person. Thank you❤️

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I’ve been feeling so lost lately, my ROCD has been flaring up horribly and I feel like I’m watching everything around me fall into a dark pit. This post truly was a hand pulling me toward some light. You have no idea what it means to know that I am not alone. Your way with words is a gift that you should never take for granted <3

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Where u at Abby?

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as a fellow ROCD haver, i cannot put into words what this means to me !!

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Abby, thank you so much for this. I connect with your work (both on substack and tiktok) deeply because of the way you speak about OCD. I know I am super late to this but you are NOT a failure. I have been attempting to share my work on substack for almost a year and I recently decided to try again. It's already not an easy thing to share your work, but when you have OCD, it seems to make it nearly impossible at times. I am thankful that you share your thoughts and your work and even though I don't know you personally, I know how hard it is not to just delete everything, so I am very proud of you! Wishing you all the best <3

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