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Spicy Brain Candy

@spicybraincandy.bsky.social

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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 · 11m

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

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 28m

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 · 1h

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

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

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

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

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 · 1h

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

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

My serotonin receptors ghosted me mid-conversation.

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

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

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 2h

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

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 2h

Got emotional about a sandwich. Again.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 2h

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

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 2h

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

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 2h

Some days I’m the ghost.
Some days I’m the haunting.
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Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 2h

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

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 2h

My empathy is huge; my filter is nonexistent.

Spicy Brain Candy @spicybraincandy.bsky.social · 2h

I’ve outgrown shame, but sometimes it calls... just to check in.

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

My serotonin called in sick. Again.

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

Loneliness can change gene expression in white blood cells.
Isolation writes poetry into your immune system.

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

Healing isn’t always peace — sometimes it’s just learning how to stop bracing for impact.

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

The same brain regions light up when you crave love, sugar, or cocaine.
Romance is a biochemical scam.

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

Fluent in three languages. Illiterate in small talk.

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

Sleep is the body’s nightly performance review.
My employees (cells, tissues, hearts) are underpaid and overworked... and management is missing. 🤷

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

Your brain doesn’t stop processing grief — it just moves it to long-term storage.
Healing is reorganization, not erasure.

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

Some people’s brains release dopamine when they listen to sad music.
Melancholy is pleasure with depth perception.

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

People with depression literally see the world with less contrast.
Colors flatten. Light dulls. Reality fades at the edges.