u/nou12712

Hello r/thinkpad. I have a T520 from around 2011 that I want to install Linux on for daily office tasks. When I tried to install Fedora and Xubuntu on 2 different SSDs, they both got succesfully installed according to the installer but failed to boot when I tried to boot from both SSDs in the F12 boot menu. No message or anything it just kicks me back to the F12 boot menu when I select the drives. Machine was previously running Arch without issues when I decided to try Fedora and Xubuntu.

I'm tired of having the anxiety levels as if WW3 was happening all day and I'm tired of not even being able to do a basic task like turning on my computer without thinking about the worst case scenario like if I don't fucking say "5" while turning it on I will get Rabies. I know these are all irrational bullshit but I'm fucking tired of them feeling EXACTLY like real and causing me extreme anxiety. I can mask so well that I convinced everyone around me that I overcame OCD but I still suffer so much at home. It's just that I can mask in public on most occasions. What is the solution to OCD. Googling and researching a bit told me ERP but I FUCKING FORGET DOING IT EVEN IF I MANAGE TO CONTINUE DOING ERP FOR LIKE A DAY, WHEN I WAKE UP OCD IS STILL THERE AND DOING ERP FEELS IMPOSSIBLE AT THAT POINT. I don't know what to say i just want to overcome this shit and live like a normal person who is just neat and organized. I love being organized but I don't want it to turn into the severe OCD that it is now such as when aligning my laptop to the table i'm afraid of damaging the internals if it hits the wall behind the table a bit too hard. Or files getting corrupted when I don't turn on my laptop "just right"" I know these thoughts are all irrational but I can't fucking stop.