“People are scrutinizing every single thing they're saying, every single message they’re sending.”
. Yet online life remains suffused with a distinct air of paranoia and an often-pacifying doubt—and perhaps focusing on the “cancel” part of cancel culture distracts from its rippling effects in our daily lives. The old saying goes, “If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear.” But the experiences of people with cancellation OCD reveal another truth: Scrutinize yourself too closely and you can always find something wrong.
Spend enough time scrolling and it becomes clear that the looming threat of cancellation affects more than just those with OCD. Online, any misstep becomes. In the absence of a physical realm for real initiative, people are reduced primarily to their speech—and are judged accordingly. Whether that speech reflects mere thoughts, actual behaviors, or nothing at all cannot be easily determined; the distinction is treated as almost immaterial.
The result can feel punitive: “Canceling is punishment, and punishment doesn't stop the cycle of harm, not long term,” writes Adrienne Maree Brown in. There’s no easy way out. Never posting may seem appealing, but silence isn’t usually an option, either, lest it be mistaken for a tacit endorsement of the status quo.
For people with OCD, who make up about 2 percent of the population, the solution is clear: exposure response prevention, a targeted therapy that helps patients systematically confront and eliminate their fears head-on. But what is everyone else on the World Wide Web to do? Catholic saints and modern-day OCD sufferers might be able to lend some perspective.Hodges’ comment section may be outliers, but they have historical precedents.
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