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Neurodivergent chaos, mental health, and cozy disaster chic. Half meltdown, half masterpiece. Perfect lighting, questionable stability. spicybraincandy.com

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Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 14d

The algorithm’s got great timing. Because apparently, tonight you needed this:

You’re more than enough — even on the chaotic, snack-for-dinner days. 💫

#neurodiversity #selflove #mentalhealthawareness #depression #traumarecovery

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 1h

Serotonin regulates mood, sleep, and patience with other humans.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 1h

Hope is just my dopamine pretending to be spiritual. 🙏

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 3h

Stress hormones make you alert, then destroy your memory.
Gotta love the irony.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 3h

Evolution gave humans imagination so we could fear things that haven’t happened yet.
A truly visionary design flaw. Anxiety: when your brain overachieves at survival.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 3h

The world keeps spinning, but your clock forgets how.
Nothing burns, nothing blooms — just static and sand.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 4h

Depression rewires the brain to move slower, softer.
A survival mechanism mistaken for laziness in our fast-paced world.
Go slow, friend.
Take all the time you need. 💕

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 4h

Laughter lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and buys a few more minutes before the existential dread kicks back in.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 4h

The amygdala stores panic like fine wine - aging every year, growing more complex.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 5h

Neuroplasticity means you can change.
It doesn’t mean it won’t hurt like hell.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 7h

Freud blamed everything on mothers. Jung blamed everything on dreams. Modern psychology blames everything on capitalism.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 7h

You overthink because your brain’s addicted to control - a little serotonin drip of “what if.”
It’s not anxiety; it’s unpaid data analysis.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 7h

You don’t need enlightenment. You need a nap, a serotonin patch, and a refund from evolution.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 8h

Survival isn’t always soft.
Sometimes grace looks like granite.
And that’s okay.
That's still beautiful.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 8h

The downside of feeling everything?
You end up bleeding for things that never even touched you.
Still, I’d rather leak humanity than lose it.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 8h

Technically, I’m a miracle of electrochemical impulses.
Practically, I’m just tired and dramatic.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 8h

My serotonin receptors ghosted me mid-conversation.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 8h

My nervous system said “growth,” and I said “not again.”

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 9h

Neurons fire in patterns that mirror constellations.
The universe recycles its architecture.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 9h

Got emotional about a sandwich. Again.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 9h

CBT teaches thought replacement.
Basically, mental whack-a-mole.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 9h

I’m not dramatic — it’s just a hormone symphony with bad lighting.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 9h

Some days I’m the ghost.
Some days I’m the haunting.
👻

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 9h

People say I’m intense.
It's called it precision living, Richard.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 9h

My empathy is huge; my filter is nonexistent.