Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Bunny

I'm sorry if this comment is not where it belongs but I couldn't find a post with the Impostor Syndrome Rabbit. I had an idea for the concept of that rabbit, as I understand Impostor Syndrome makes you think and feel that the image you project and the way people see you are fake, however that's not true, following that idea I think that the bunny could wear a mask, representing what one feels is what people see, but the mask is almost identical to the real face of the rabbit, maybe a little freckle could be the difference. This shows that what one might think is fake is actually very close to the truth

I agree that repetition is a good thing to represent on it.

Richanne Matthews

Awww, poor OCD rabbit! (I have ocd myself) The dirty fur upsets me a little bit, bc the idea of it perpetually being unclean kinda bothers me! XD So maybe a dirty coat that can be removed? LOL But it's not that big of deal. I wonder if maybe something less about cleaning, and more about order or patterns would be something? Still cute as is tho!

ChocolatePyrusArt

I suffered from a lot of obsessive compulsive issues when i was younger. My main issue was repetition. Do it right, or redo it until its right, it was agonizing. Perhaps incorporating repetitive marks or patterns, or a book with the same words in like 'do it right' in it endlessly? I'm not huge on going for cleaning as the only issue so i hope a book or something can be included, maybe a mask, bleach would be kinda weird.

RedBreloom

I like the gloves, but also, he needs to be very symmetrical.

Stephanie Groth

Maybe he could have mood bunnies attaches to him like they are climbing on him? Maybe a little germ on his ear? This was just me spitballing here.

I know I said things earlier thank you for clearing those up it was very helpful. I went and did even more research and had ideas for your bunny. You guys suggested a book of rules and a little watch. I know this is me piggybacking off of your anxiety rabbit concept but what if there was a front pouch with little gremlins inside. One for time management, another for the rules, an anxiety bunny for anxiety, etc. The pouch can be his hoarding pouch.

Thank you for taking the time to respond back to me I was not trying to offend anyone or upset anyone these were genuine questions I had thank you for taking the time to clear this up to me. I'm sorry if I offended or upset anyone in any way as well.

Perhaps you are right. I maybe should have worded it as such, but that's essentially exactly how I meant it. Sorry for the unintended insult.

Lucky Dragon ‘She.They’

You opened your comment with a loaded question. The form of your question implies that the result (commoditizing mental illness) is already established as fact. If I said, "Should we fire kittens into the sun like this?" would you read that to mean we're talking about firing kittens into the sun, or does "like this" tell you that kittens have already been fired into the sun? My read is that the question suggests the conclusion is already established. And your conclusion in that sentence is insulting to me. If that was not your intention, then I would recommend editing your question so that it does not contain a conclusion. A more open-ended question might read something like, "Are we concerned that this series of plush toys is commoditizing mental illness?"

American McGee

I mean you don't HAVE do anything. This is just a suggestion

Lucky Dragon ‘She.They’

A friend just suggested something that would read better. Call it Compulsion Rabbit. You don't have to change anything, just the name

Lucky Dragon ‘She.They’

We are responding to requests being made by people who like the Plushie Dreadfuls and would like to see their particular mental health issue included in the lineup. For my part, I would not feel comfortable working on a design without one of our team having personal experience with the issue that we're tackling. For the Hope Rabbit (autism) the main designer (Jen) brought personal experience to the design. For OC(P)D Rabbit, I am bringing my experience to the table - along with experience from several others on our team who suffer from a range of mild to severe OCD symptoms. If we are asked to design something for which we have no experience, then I would decline on that basis. The last time we engaged with something to raise money for awareness it turned into a garbage fire because people will find any reason to be offended about something... even when that something is for a good cause. In the meantime, it is important to recognize that actual *good* is being done simply by producing products that recognize these mental health issues. Go read all the positive feedback on my Instagram from people who are purchasing our mental-health-related bunnies. These things *help* them. They feel included. They feel understood. And they feel like they are part of a community.

American McGee

Whoa, American, chill. What do you mean I am questioning your intentions? I literally said I knew it was not your intention. I said it “seemed” like it was not, I didn’t use the words bad taste, that it wasn't in as good of taste, purely on optics. I am merely suggesting a way to adjust in such a way where we aren’t appearing to be selling the mental illness of the month. That doesn't mean you don't do it, but perhaps the approach can be altered.

Lucky Dragon ‘She.They’

We are literally responding to multiple and repeated requests from people with OCD (OCPD) and other illnesses who are asking these ideas to be included in the Plushie Dreadfuls lineup. People are repeatedly posting "thanks" for the fact that we're making these "mental health" rabbits. And that we're including feedback from the community in the design process. There are posts over on my Instagram where people are saying these ideas have "changed my life" and "I was diagnosed with OCD... this idea and design makes me so happy!" and tons of other, similar bits of feedback. *I* (American McGee) have OCD and OCPD. That means (among other things) I cannot work unless I first prepare the space around me (to make it clean and organized). And I enforce these "clean and organized" ideas on everyone around me. I'm a real pain in the butt to live with... even for myself. Do I need to present my papers to gain permission to work on this concept? "Taste" is in the eye of the beholder. Is it in good "taste" for you to question my motives here? Are you the arbiter of how I am allowed to explore my own mental health issues? Are you telling me to keep my ideas in a box and shut up because you deem this "commoditizing" mental illness? What then of the "Alice" series - which I've used to explore mental illness and sexual abuse? Should those product be labeled "bad taste" now because they carry a price tag and are sold at retail? I really don't like where this comment appears to comes from. It reads as if it starts from an assumption about my motives (and the motives of my team) as being purely based on monetization of other people's pain and suffering. How can you - of all people - decide THAT is in good taste when you've been directly involved with our creative process long enough to know that we're here to research, discuss, and properly handle these sensitive topics? And we talked about whether or not to use funds from the OCD Rabbit to support a cause related to OC(P)D - and decided that, for now, we'd rather not get tangled up in that. Why? Because there are tons of people out there who decided to wage WAR on us because we didn't support the cause/charity that they thought was best. Maybe if people would just live and let live all this stuff would be a lot easier for everyone?

American McGee

In regards to OCD not always being about cleanliness or being on time: this is true - OCD does not always manifest in those ways but since it manifests in many ways, it would be difficult to encapsulate _every way_ into just one design. For example, one minor OCD I have is that things need to have a place and everything is in its place. How does one represent that in a design? Example 2: One thing that my partner has is she needs to tap the top of a can of drink 3 times before opening it. Not sure how that can be represented. Not all OCD manifestations need to be in the design - the design is a _symbol_ of all these manifestations. As for a watch: if one was to be included, I agree that it could ship with no battery and the purchaser inserts the battery themselves.

Martin Towell

I kinda agree with Lucky dragon on her statement of this bunny. Are you guys going to go down the line of mental illness now to make custom bunnies? Are the funds for these bunnies also going to organizations to help those that struggle with these mental illnesses? I can see how this is a good thing because you'd be bringing awareness to these illnesses but are we doing this to raise a profit, or are we trying to raise money to help out and bring awareness?

If you want to relate the OCD to grooming, maybe a gross suggestion, but ever heard of compulsive skin pickers? Or Trichotillomania? OCD is not just cleaning/being on time. It's repetitive forceful thoughts, or actions, if they dont listen/do what the action requires, the world WILL end.

Dewi Sri

Should we commoditize real mental illnesses and disabilities like this? The Hope Rabbit was one thing because it was done to help fund an organization that helps people with autism, but we didn't call it the autism bunny. I know it’s not the intention, but this seems like it's in not as good of taste as the others.

Lucky Dragon ‘She.They’

Could always just be a model watch that's just a replica of one to include with it as a prop

Krissy

For the watch idea, couldn’t you just specify the product doesn’t include batteries? Batteries are easy to get

Are people that suffer from OCD always necessarily about cleanliness or being punctual? I had it pretty bad when I was younger, but mine didn’t really manifest in those ways (well, aside from the need to wash one’s hands for various reasons…you got me there). Personally, I’d say a better way to represent it is to have the bunny be completely symmetrical in appearance…perhaps even to the point that there’s signs that he forced his symmetry…imagine that however you will.