Who We Are
OGVAT-S Culture is designed for people who wants to feel. We are a queer culture branch that promote and defend safe coping strategies used to regulate our body, emotions and nervous system. We are not a medical, nor a fetish blog. We just want to live in modern society without stigma or misunderstandings. We just love ourselves enough to accept our unique characteristics. We are not crazy, attention seekers or exhibitionists. There is nothing wrong in emotional regulation through sensory stimulation and awareness. Modern society is so flattened that everything it’s about appearance and oversimplification. For us, this is not just appearance, it’s a life strategy used to maintain psychological stability and affirm ourselves in our daily existence. We choose to embrace our complexity to live better.
We are trying to build a new queer community based on our special interests. Join us now!
The ogvatsculture.org website is a lifestyle, habits, and fashion blog created to promote subcultures and practices that involve sensory stimulation and awareness. Modern society often misunderstands certain underground cultures, such as body modification, barefooting, naturism, or texture-based clothing. While in some cases these behaviors are simply casual or personal choices, in others they are effective coping strategies for people with sensory divergence, helping them regulate their bodies, emotions, and nervous systems.
Unharmful
Decent. Safe for you, safe for others
Distinctive
It helps the real you
Self-Aware
Conscious of your own limits and risks
It's an underrated, misunderstood and niche problem
Yes, of course. But these strategies are useful for these people to manage depression, stress, anxiety, and unhealthy coping mechanisms like smoking, binge eating, reckless shopping, and substance abuse. Living a life where you can’t be yourself because of antiquated and dull social rules will drive anyone crazy.
Understanding these ‘quirks’ will help hundreds of people—and their caregivers—break the stigma and live better lives. So, hyperfocus on your passions, wear cozy clothes, go barefoot, or simply do whatever helps you be yourself. We all want to live our lives in every single detail, safely and without unnecessary compromises.
We Do
Texture-based clothing
We only wear certain types of clothes and shoes
Body Modification
We get piercings, tattoos, and more all over our bodies—not just for aesthetic reasons
Hyperfocus
On video games, literature, TV series, etc., in order to detach ourselves from the outside world
To Avoid
Stress/Anxiety
A constant state of psychological distress
Substance Abuse
Alcohol, illegal drugs, or prescribed medications
Meltdowns
A very painful condition
We will fight to build a more tolerant, open-minded and aware society.
We promote healthy sensory-seeking coping strategies to integrate into daily life, so everyone can live their life fully and avoid unhealthy lifestyles.
We defend and encourage alternative lifestyles that do not involve risky or immoral behaviors.
We fight the lack of understanding toward underground lifestyles.
Mission
To promote and defend harmless lifestyles and habits that help people live life cheerfully and authentically, while contributing to emotional and nervous system regulation.
Vision
We believe in the possibility of embedding harmless underground lifestyles and habits in our society, which help individuals build their true identity and avoid unhealthy coping strategies.
What You Can Do
We need volunteers to help defend our lifestyle. You can join and help us build a cornerstone for every person who just wants to be themselves.