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DATE: June 22, 2026 at 06:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Neuroscientists uncover how serotonin alters “belief stickiness”
URL: https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-uncover-how-serotonin-alters-belief-stickiness/
A recent study published in Nature Mental Health suggests that the brain chemical serotonin plays a key role in helping people update their beliefs when situations change. The findings provide evidence that higher levels of serotonin reduce “belief stickiness,” making it easier to adapt to new information, while obsessive traits are linked to more rigid thinking. This research offers a new understanding of how common antidepressants might alleviate symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder by promoting cognitive flexibility.
Serotonin is a chemical messenger in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, and learning. Medical professionals frequently prescribe medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, to treat mental health conditions like depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, commonly known as OCD. These drugs work by increasing the amount of serotonin available in the brain.
Tiago V. Maia, an associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon in Portugal, explained the specific rationale for the experiment. “This study had two interrelated motivations,” Maia told PsyPost. “The first was that serotonin has long been known to increase flexibility in thought and behavior, but the precise mechanisms by which it does so had remained unclear.”
“The second was that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which increase serotonin, are the first-line pharmacological treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder, but it was also unclear why they should help specifically with OCD,” Maia continued.
People with OCD often display cognitive inflexibility, meaning they have a hard time adapting their thoughts or behaviors when their environment changes. The authors suspected that serotonin helps reduce belief stickiness, which is the tendency to hold onto a belief about the state of the world even when new evidence suggests that the original belief is no longer accurate.
If serotonin reduces belief stickiness, it would allow a person to more easily perform state inference. State inference is the mental process of figuring out the current hidden conditions of the environment based on available clues. Humans constantly adjust their behavior to optimize positive outcomes, and making accurate inferences about the state of the world is necessary for adapting to new situations.
In stable environments, people learn by slowly associating a specific action with a specific reward, a process known as reinforcement learning. Sometimes, environmental rules change abruptly, requiring quick behavioral adjustments to avoid negative consequences. To test whether serotonin helps people infer these changing rules and abandon sticky beliefs, the researchers designed an experiment combining medication, behavioral tasks, and advanced mathematical models.
To conduct the experiment, the researchers recruited 50 healthy adult men. They chose to study only men to prevent natural hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle from affecting serotonin levels. Before the final data analysis, six participants were excluded for various reasons, such as not understanding the task instructions, leaving a final sample of 44 men.
The researchers randomly assigned 20 participants to receive a single 15-milligram dose of escitalopram, a common SSRI. The remaining 24 participants received a placebo, which is an inactive pill that looks exactly like the real medication. The study used a double-blind design, meaning neither the participants nor the researchers interacting with them knew who received the real drug.
The scientists measured the actual levels of escitalopram in the participants’ blood plasma during the experiment. They also asked the participants to complete a standardized questionnaire called the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised to assess any obsessive traits. Studying people from the general population allowed the researchers to look at obsessive tendencies on a natural continuum, rather than focusing solely on diagnosed patients.
During the main part of the experiment, participants completed a computer game called the shell task. The game presented different shells on the screen, and participants had to decide whether to collect the shell or let it pass. Collecting a shell could result in gaining a pearl, losing points by finding dirt, or finding nothing at all.
Unbeknownst to the participants, the shells went through hidden seasons, or states. In a rewarding season, a shell was more likely to contain a pearl, while in a punishing season, it was more likely to contain dirt. The seasons changed unexpectedly, requiring participants to infer the current state of each shell based on the outcomes they experienced.
The shell task is a specific type of reversal learning experiment. In reversal learning, initial rules are established and then suddenly flipped. By having seasons that reversed back and forth, the scientists could see if participants were simply relearning rules from scratch or actually inferring that a previous state had returned.
To analyze the behavioral data, the authors used computational modeling. This technique uses mathematics to simulate the mental processes behind human decision-making. The models helped the scientists measure exactly how sticky a participant’s beliefs were when the shell seasons changed.
The computational models separated simple action-and-reward learning from higher-level state inference. The mathematical model proved that participants were not just blindly reacting to rewards. Instead, they were actively forming and updating beliefs about the hidden seasons controlling the shells.
“We found that increasing serotonin through an SSRI decreases what we call belief stickiness, the tendency to get ‘stuck’ in a belief even when the incoming evidence suggests that belief to be incorrect,” Maia said. “We also found that the degree to which participants had obsessions related positively to belief stickiness: the greater participants’ belief stickiness, the more obsessions they had.”
“This finding is intuitive because obsessions can be seen as the prototypical example of belief stickiness,” Maia added. “For example, someone obsessed with whether they locked the door is stuck in a felt belief that the door may be unlocked, even after extensive checking shows ample evidence that the door is locked.”
“This felt belief may differ from the person’s explicit declarative beliefs, as patients with OCD often have insight into the unreasonableness of their obsessions,” Maia explained. “Putting the two findings together, obsessions relate to belief stickiness, and increasing serotonin decreases belief stickiness, suggests that SSRI may work for OCD by reducing the belief stickiness that underpins obsessions.”
Interestingly, simply being in the escitalopram group did not guarantee lower belief stickiness compared to the placebo group. The data showed that the medication only reduced belief stickiness if the participant’s blood plasma levels of escitalopram were sufficiently high. At lower levels, the single dose of the drug did not provide the same cognitive benefit.
When an SSRI is first introduced to the body, it can trigger feedback loops in the brain that temporarily reduce the natural firing of serotonin neurons. A sufficiently high dose is required to overcome this initial drop and successfully increase the amount of serotonin in the target areas of the brain. The participants who achieved these high plasma levels were better at updating their beliefs and adapting their behavior when a shell’s season shifted.
But the authors pointed out a few caveats. “Although our findings suggest a compelling explanation for the mechanism of action of SSRIs in the treatment of OCD, that explanation should be considered tentative, for two reasons,” Maia noted. “First, we did not include patients with OCD in our study, as we were interested in studying obsessions on a continuum in the general population.”
“Second, we used an acute dose of an SSRI, rather than the chronic SSRI administration that is used in the treatment of OCD,” Maia said. In psychiatric treatment, patients typically take SSRIs daily for weeks or months before seeing medical benefits. Chronic treatment consistently increases serotonin levels in the brain, which might reduce belief stickiness even more effectively than a single dose.
Another limitation is that the sample consisted entirely of men. It is essential for future research to include women to see if these effects on belief stickiness apply equally across different sexes. The overall sample size of 44 participants is also relatively small, meaning some statistical findings should be interpreted with a degree of caution.
“The logical immediate steps in this line of research are to address the two limitations noted above: extending this work to patients with OCD and investigating the effects of chronic, rather than acute, SSRI administration,” Maia said. “If that work confirms that SSRIs seem to work for OCD by decreasing belief stickiness, that will open the possibility of investigating other ways of decreasing belief stickiness as an alternative treatment for OCD.” Those interested in learning more about this ongoing scientific work can visit Maia’s academic website at tiagomaia.org.
The study, “Serotonin reduces belief stickiness“, was authored by Vasco A. Conceição, Frederike H. Petzschner, David M. Cole, Katharina V. Wellstein, Daniel Müller, Sudhir Raman, and Tiago V. Maia.
URL: https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-uncover-how-serotonin-alters-belief-stickiness/
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #Serotonin #BeliefStickiness #CognitiveFlexibility #OCDTreatment #SSRIs #ReversalLearning #StateInference #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Neuroscience #BrainChemistry
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DATE: June 22, 2026 at 06:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Neuroscientists uncover how serotonin alters “belief stickiness”
URL: https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-uncover-how-serotonin-alters-belief-stickiness/
A recent study published in Nature Mental Health suggests that the brain chemical serotonin plays a key role in helping people update their beliefs when situations change. The findings provide evidence that higher levels of serotonin reduce “belief stickiness,” making it easier to adapt to new information, while obsessive traits are linked to more rigid thinking. This research offers a new understanding of how common antidepressants might alleviate symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder by promoting cognitive flexibility.
Serotonin is a chemical messenger in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, and learning. Medical professionals frequently prescribe medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, to treat mental health conditions like depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, commonly known as OCD. These drugs work by increasing the amount of serotonin available in the brain.
Tiago V. Maia, an associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon in Portugal, explained the specific rationale for the experiment. “This study had two interrelated motivations,” Maia told PsyPost. “The first was that serotonin has long been known to increase flexibility in thought and behavior, but the precise mechanisms by which it does so had remained unclear.”
“The second was that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which increase serotonin, are the first-line pharmacological treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder, but it was also unclear why they should help specifically with OCD,” Maia continued.
People with OCD often display cognitive inflexibility, meaning they have a hard time adapting their thoughts or behaviors when their environment changes. The authors suspected that serotonin helps reduce belief stickiness, which is the tendency to hold onto a belief about the state of the world even when new evidence suggests that the original belief is no longer accurate.
If serotonin reduces belief stickiness, it would allow a person to more easily perform state inference. State inference is the mental process of figuring out the current hidden conditions of the environment based on available clues. Humans constantly adjust their behavior to optimize positive outcomes, and making accurate inferences about the state of the world is necessary for adapting to new situations.
In stable environments, people learn by slowly associating a specific action with a specific reward, a process known as reinforcement learning. Sometimes, environmental rules change abruptly, requiring quick behavioral adjustments to avoid negative consequences. To test whether serotonin helps people infer these changing rules and abandon sticky beliefs, the researchers designed an experiment combining medication, behavioral tasks, and advanced mathematical models.
To conduct the experiment, the researchers recruited 50 healthy adult men. They chose to study only men to prevent natural hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle from affecting serotonin levels. Before the final data analysis, six participants were excluded for various reasons, such as not understanding the task instructions, leaving a final sample of 44 men.
The researchers randomly assigned 20 participants to receive a single 15-milligram dose of escitalopram, a common SSRI. The remaining 24 participants received a placebo, which is an inactive pill that looks exactly like the real medication. The study used a double-blind design, meaning neither the participants nor the researchers interacting with them knew who received the real drug.
The scientists measured the actual levels of escitalopram in the participants’ blood plasma during the experiment. They also asked the participants to complete a standardized questionnaire called the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised to assess any obsessive traits. Studying people from the general population allowed the researchers to look at obsessive tendencies on a natural continuum, rather than focusing solely on diagnosed patients.
During the main part of the experiment, participants completed a computer game called the shell task. The game presented different shells on the screen, and participants had to decide whether to collect the shell or let it pass. Collecting a shell could result in gaining a pearl, losing points by finding dirt, or finding nothing at all.
Unbeknownst to the participants, the shells went through hidden seasons, or states. In a rewarding season, a shell was more likely to contain a pearl, while in a punishing season, it was more likely to contain dirt. The seasons changed unexpectedly, requiring participants to infer the current state of each shell based on the outcomes they experienced.
The shell task is a specific type of reversal learning experiment. In reversal learning, initial rules are established and then suddenly flipped. By having seasons that reversed back and forth, the scientists could see if participants were simply relearning rules from scratch or actually inferring that a previous state had returned.
To analyze the behavioral data, the authors used computational modeling. This technique uses mathematics to simulate the mental processes behind human decision-making. The models helped the scientists measure exactly how sticky a participant’s beliefs were when the shell seasons changed.
The computational models separated simple action-and-reward learning from higher-level state inference. The mathematical model proved that participants were not just blindly reacting to rewards. Instead, they were actively forming and updating beliefs about the hidden seasons controlling the shells.
“We found that increasing serotonin through an SSRI decreases what we call belief stickiness, the tendency to get ‘stuck’ in a belief even when the incoming evidence suggests that belief to be incorrect,” Maia said. “We also found that the degree to which participants had obsessions related positively to belief stickiness: the greater participants’ belief stickiness, the more obsessions they had.”
“This finding is intuitive because obsessions can be seen as the prototypical example of belief stickiness,” Maia added. “For example, someone obsessed with whether they locked the door is stuck in a felt belief that the door may be unlocked, even after extensive checking shows ample evidence that the door is locked.”
“This felt belief may differ from the person’s explicit declarative beliefs, as patients with OCD often have insight into the unreasonableness of their obsessions,” Maia explained. “Putting the two findings together, obsessions relate to belief stickiness, and increasing serotonin decreases belief stickiness, suggests that SSRI may work for OCD by reducing the belief stickiness that underpins obsessions.”
Interestingly, simply being in the escitalopram group did not guarantee lower belief stickiness compared to the placebo group. The data showed that the medication only reduced belief stickiness if the participant’s blood plasma levels of escitalopram were sufficiently high. At lower levels, the single dose of the drug did not provide the same cognitive benefit.
When an SSRI is first introduced to the body, it can trigger feedback loops in the brain that temporarily reduce the natural firing of serotonin neurons. A sufficiently high dose is required to overcome this initial drop and successfully increase the amount of serotonin in the target areas of the brain. The participants who achieved these high plasma levels were better at updating their beliefs and adapting their behavior when a shell’s season shifted.
But the authors pointed out a few caveats. “Although our findings suggest a compelling explanation for the mechanism of action of SSRIs in the treatment of OCD, that explanation should be considered tentative, for two reasons,” Maia noted. “First, we did not include patients with OCD in our study, as we were interested in studying obsessions on a continuum in the general population.”
“Second, we used an acute dose of an SSRI, rather than the chronic SSRI administration that is used in the treatment of OCD,” Maia said. In psychiatric treatment, patients typically take SSRIs daily for weeks or months before seeing medical benefits. Chronic treatment consistently increases serotonin levels in the brain, which might reduce belief stickiness even more effectively than a single dose.
Another limitation is that the sample consisted entirely of men. It is essential for future research to include women to see if these effects on belief stickiness apply equally across different sexes. The overall sample size of 44 participants is also relatively small, meaning some statistical findings should be interpreted with a degree of caution.
“The logical immediate steps in this line of research are to address the two limitations noted above: extending this work to patients with OCD and investigating the effects of chronic, rather than acute, SSRI administration,” Maia said. “If that work confirms that SSRIs seem to work for OCD by decreasing belief stickiness, that will open the possibility of investigating other ways of decreasing belief stickiness as an alternative treatment for OCD.” Those interested in learning more about this ongoing scientific work can visit Maia’s academic website at tiagomaia.org.
The study, “Serotonin reduces belief stickiness“, was authored by Vasco A. Conceição, Frederike H. Petzschner, David M. Cole, Katharina V. Wellstein, Daniel Müller, Sudhir Raman, and Tiago V. Maia.
URL: https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-uncover-how-serotonin-alters-belief-stickiness/
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #Serotonin #BeliefStickiness #CognitiveFlexibility #OCDTreatment #SSRIs #ReversalLearning #StateInference #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Neuroscience #BrainChemistry
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Researchers have discovered a neural connection that may explain the relationship between Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The study uses a mouse model to explore the brain circuitry associated with the involuntary movements seen in the syndrome.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/en/brain-connection-tourette-ocd/
#TouretteSyndrome #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Neuroscience #Research #MentalHealth
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Researchers have discovered a neural connection that may explain the relationship between Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The study uses a mouse model to explore the brain circuitry associated with the involuntary movements seen in the syndrome.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/en/brain-connection-tourette-ocd/
#TouretteSyndrome #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Neuroscience #Research #MentalHealth
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My brain...
...Is complicated.
So I have finally pieced the whole thing together and I am essentially the person they point to for #neuroscience curiosity.
I have:
#epilepsy (probably, temporal seizures, working diagnosis).
#tourettes #adhd #autism #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #cptsd and #synesthesia.Oh and brain damage.
If someone wants to pay me to run a bunch of tests...
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My brain...
...Is complicated.
So I have finally pieced the whole thing together and I am essentially the person they point to for #neuroscience curiosity.
I have:
#epilepsy (probably, temporal seizures, working diagnosis).
#tourettes #adhd #autism #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #cptsd and #synesthesia.Oh and brain damage.
If someone wants to pay me to run a bunch of tests...
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#obsessivecompulsivedisorder manifests in some strange ways.
Such as in how you eat.
Many people like some sort of bread with their pasta.
Meanwhile my brain is like "but you already have a giant pile of carbs, why are you adding a different form of carbs? Get like, some protein or veggies or something,".
Also if my fork isn't the right size it bothers me.
I'd rather eat with my hands than an incorrectly sized fork.
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#obsessivecompulsivedisorder manifests in some strange ways.
Such as in how you eat.
Many people like some sort of bread with their pasta.
Meanwhile my brain is like "but you already have a giant pile of carbs, why are you adding a different form of carbs? Get like, some protein or veggies or something,".
Also if my fork isn't the right size it bothers me.
I'd rather eat with my hands than an incorrectly sized fork.
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I have another question -
How come when some men cook, they get more seasoning on the entire stove than the #food they are trying to season, then don't notice nor clean it up, and cause someone with #obsessivecompulsivedisorder to clean the kitchen for an hour before they can make coffee as they f**cked the entire thing up?
I live with children and they're older than me.
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I have another question -
How come when some men cook, they get more seasoning on the entire stove than the #food they are trying to season, then don't notice nor clean it up, and cause someone with #obsessivecompulsivedisorder to clean the kitchen for an hour before they can make coffee as they f**cked the entire thing up?
I live with children and they're older than me.
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If we went with "Intrusive Thots" this would've been our team logo.
This joke *has* to have been done before, right?
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If we went with "Intrusive Thots" this would've been our team logo.
This joke *has* to have been done before, right?
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Here are the other team names I came up with free to a good home
- Intrusive Thots
- Panic! In the Costco
- Earl Gray Anxie-tea
- The I’m Scared I’ll Hurt Myself Locker -
Here are the other team names I came up with free to a good home
- Intrusive Thots
- Panic! In the Costco
- Earl Gray Anxie-tea
- The I’m Scared I’ll Hurt Myself Locker -
It snuck up on me this year, but the Oakland OCD Walk is tomorrow! I had a lot of fun coming up with names this year, but went with "Wyatt ERPs Dusty Riders" because bad puns are the best puns.
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It snuck up on me this year, but the Oakland OCD Walk is tomorrow! I had a lot of fun coming up with names this year, but went with "Wyatt ERPs Dusty Riders" because bad puns are the best puns.
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#parapsychology #NDE #OBE #neardeath #life #afterlife #TheSelfDoesNotDie #medicine #ER #hospital #OCD #life #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #death #paranormal #weird #spooky #TitusRivas #unexplained #UnexplainedPhenomena #NearDeathExperience
An excerpt from a truly fascinating book by Titus Rivas, “The Self Does Not Die.” It’s a collection of documented paranormal NDE cases verified by doctors, surgeons, and medical professionals. A great read if you’re into the paranormal… -
#obsessivecompulsivedisorder is a pain in the ass.
While it does have some benefits like having an over developed sense of responsibility, being super organized despite horrible #adhd and always smelling good since I obsess over hygiene, it causes problems.
I can't go out to eat anymore since dirty tables drive me nuts, and I want to start hosting when the host would rather use their phone than do their job of greeting people.
I can't date someone messy/disorganized.
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#obsessivecompulsivedisorder is a pain in the ass.
While it does have some benefits like having an over developed sense of responsibility, being super organized despite horrible #adhd and always smelling good since I obsess over hygiene, it causes problems.
I can't go out to eat anymore since dirty tables drive me nuts, and I want to start hosting when the host would rather use their phone than do their job of greeting people.
I can't date someone messy/disorganized.
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Sometimes I roleplay real #life like a #videogame or #rpg in my head.
"Hmmm... I'm a bit unmotivated,".
Energy drink: +2 endurance & stamina for 5 hours, after effects -20 action points for rest of the day. Potentially addictive
Trait: #obsessivecompulsivedisorder - Extra carry capacity from organization, -3 focus if not enough pockets to organize during travel.
Solution - Tie jacket around waist.
*Pocketed applied to item black jeans +15 carry capacity, OCD satisfied*
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Sometimes I roleplay real #life like a #videogame or #rpg in my head.
"Hmmm... I'm a bit unmotivated,".
Energy drink: +2 endurance & stamina for 5 hours, after effects -20 action points for rest of the day. Potentially addictive
Trait: #obsessivecompulsivedisorder - Extra carry capacity from organization, -3 focus if not enough pockets to organize during travel.
Solution - Tie jacket around waist.
*Pocketed applied to item black jeans +15 carry capacity, OCD satisfied*
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I just discovered I have a new condition:
Here I thought everyone saw that way, like TV static across everything but RGB.
So far we are up to:
#tourettes #adhd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #cptsd #asthma #insomnia facial neuralgia, peripheral neuralgia, #synesthesia, just being plain eccentric, and now visual snow syndrome.
Whatever made my soul must have hit the randomizer.
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I just discovered I have a new condition:
Here I thought everyone saw that way, like TV static across everything but RGB.
So far we are up to:
#tourettes #adhd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #cptsd #asthma #insomnia facial neuralgia, peripheral neuralgia, #synesthesia, just being plain eccentric, and now visual snow syndrome.
Whatever made my soul must have hit the randomizer.
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#obsessivecompulsivedisorder mixed with severe #adhd manifests in some strange ways.
I am VERY particular about eating utensils.
They have to feel proportional, and designed for what I am eating otherwise I would rather just use my hands.
Like trying to eat ice cream with a gigantic spoon when I like smaller bites, and would much prefer a smaller spoon.
Or trying to eat absolutely anything with a spork which was designed by the devil himself.
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#obsessivecompulsivedisorder mixed with severe #adhd manifests in some strange ways.
I am VERY particular about eating utensils.
They have to feel proportional, and designed for what I am eating otherwise I would rather just use my hands.
Like trying to eat ice cream with a gigantic spoon when I like smaller bites, and would much prefer a smaller spoon.
Or trying to eat absolutely anything with a spork which was designed by the devil himself.
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#obsessivecompulsivedisorder is the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it?
I started posting the videos on #scoopz as an experiment, and a hobby to put my thoughts somewhere as a creative #vlog.
Now I feel the need to post at least 2 rants a day, out of fear of losing my channel momentum, and the intrusive thoughts creep in if I attempt a break.
It's still fun, but this content creator shit is stressful now that I am about 100 followers from making ad revenue.
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#obsessivecompulsivedisorder is the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it?
I started posting the videos on #scoopz as an experiment, and a hobby to put my thoughts somewhere as a creative #vlog.
Now I feel the need to post at least 2 rants a day, out of fear of losing my channel momentum, and the intrusive thoughts creep in if I attempt a break.
It's still fun, but this content creator shit is stressful now that I am about 100 followers from making ad revenue.
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#obsessivecompulsivedisorder !!!
GET YOURS TODAY!
Available at a store near you soon!
It comes with AMAZING features, such as-
-Cleaning your phone screen & hands every 5 min cuz you hate greasy fingerprints!
-Anxiety while dining out cuz you hate dirty tables & the busser sucks!
-Intrusive thoughts if you locked the door even though you already checked 7 times!
-Intrusive thoughts for no reason that freeze you cuz new #ptsd upgrade package!
Don't delay! Buy TODAY!
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#obsessivecompulsivedisorder !!!
GET YOURS TODAY!
Available at a store near you soon!
It comes with AMAZING features, such as-
-Cleaning your phone screen & hands every 5 min cuz you hate greasy fingerprints!
-Anxiety while dining out cuz you hate dirty tables & the busser sucks!
-Intrusive thoughts if you locked the door even though you already checked 7 times!
-Intrusive thoughts for no reason that freeze you cuz new #ptsd upgrade package!
Don't delay! Buy TODAY!
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It only took one of the longest years to figure out support systems in #losangeles but I finally found a place I feel safe.
It was a living nightmare. It almost doesn't seem real.
I feel like I just got home from a warzone and silence scares me, and racing memories of everything awful that occurred replay constantly as my #ptsd worsened as a result.
#tourettes #obsessivecompulsivedisorder and severe #adhd are well coped.
Fear or panic is what kills me and drains my soul.
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It only took one of the longest years to figure out support systems in #losangeles but I finally found a place I feel safe.
It was a living nightmare. It almost doesn't seem real.
I feel like I just got home from a warzone and silence scares me, and racing memories of everything awful that occurred replay constantly as my #ptsd worsened as a result.
#tourettes #obsessivecompulsivedisorder and severe #adhd are well coped.
Fear or panic is what kills me and drains my soul.
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> “Specifically, in Section 5, Subsection (a), Provision (iii), the Commission is tasked with assessing “the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs” as part of the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment.”
The current regime is so obsessed with pseudoscience and other nonsense, and it’s going to harm so many people. If you suffer from #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder, or a child or family member who does, please be aware that the MAHA lunatics are trying to limit SSRIs and other medications that are invaluable in treating the disorder.
https://iocdf.org/blog/2025/02/14/iocdf-calls-for-continued-access-to-ssris-in-response-to-executive-order-addressing-youth-health/ -
> “Specifically, in Section 5, Subsection (a), Provision (iii), the Commission is tasked with assessing “the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs” as part of the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment.”
The current regime is so obsessed with pseudoscience and other nonsense, and it’s going to harm so many people. If you suffer from #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder, or a child or family member who does, please be aware that the MAHA lunatics are trying to limit SSRIs and other medications that are invaluable in treating the disorder.
https://iocdf.org/blog/2025/02/14/iocdf-calls-for-continued-access-to-ssris-in-response-to-executive-order-addressing-youth-health/ -
Who the hell needs #college anyway?
I mean it's useful.
I suck at sitting, classes are awful. I have a whole #nuerology #disorder that makes sitting down/still difficult often.
Unless I have someone to cuddle with. Cuddles are THE BEST. I'll take them all!
Anyway, it also comes with #obsessivecompulsivedisorder with hyper focus, and all I do is read all day for fun.
Also #adhd.
The #internet exists.
#info GALORE.
You can lead a horse to water...
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Who the hell needs #college anyway?
I mean it's useful.
I suck at sitting, classes are awful. I have a whole #nuerology #disorder that makes sitting down/still difficult often.
Unless I have someone to cuddle with. Cuddles are THE BEST. I'll take them all!
Anyway, it also comes with #obsessivecompulsivedisorder with hyper focus, and all I do is read all day for fun.
Also #adhd.
The #internet exists.
#info GALORE.
You can lead a horse to water...
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A nice bonus is that I now handle the uncertainty of life outside of OCD much better, which has been very useful these last few days.
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In 2025, I’m excited to do whatever I want, unburdened by OCD, because OCD doesn’t rule my life after specialized therapy.
Before ERP, I lived my life in a box. I would avoid lots of movies, books, video games, songs, news topics, anything that could potentially trigger intrusive thoughts. I would spend hours doing mental compulsions to avoid the discomfort of my brain. I would always need reassurance, and I would always doubt myself (and others).
After ERP therapy, I no longer fear getting out of my comfort zone. Now I specifically look for ways to get *out* of my comfort zone. OCD doesn’t dictate my life.
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Anyway, not kidding about the OCD bit. That became very debilitating as a kid for a while.
Such a huge burden to have to carry at that age, to know that the entire nature of reality depends on you holding certain things together.
But it also makes you despairingly stoical. Hellhounds appear & it’s like, Oh you too, OK, sure, why the fuck not.
#hauntedbritain #ocd #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #mentalhealth #childhood #blackshuck #folkhorror #gothic #hellhound #childhoodmentalhealth #folklore
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It’s so exciting to see that the Oakland #OCD Walk raised $3000 when their goal was $2500!
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https://scienmag.com/researchers-discover-a-new-neural-biomarker-for-ocd/ Researchers discover a new neural biomarker for OCD #neuroscience #ocd #deepbrainstimulation #biomarker #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #mentalhealth
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I’m excited to say that I am participating in the One Million Steps for OCD Walk on July 13 at Lake Merritt! I’ve had #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder for my entire adult life, and I’m really looking forward to meeting the other amazing folks in the Bay Area #OCD community in person for the first time!
It’s also completely free to register and/or just show up to walk, but any and all donations to the IOCDF are appreciated.
