u/neverendingreverie

Has anyone had sinus cancer / any cancer in the face and thyroid cancer? I’m curious to see how likely it is.

I’m not a clean person. When I do clean, I become angry when anyone touches anything I have cleaned. Because of this, I have learned to purposely ignore cleaning. The thought of cleaning floors makes me physically sick to my stomach because they are never truly clean, and never stay clean.

I can’t eat food that has been out of my sight. I don’t trust the air, or people around it.

I hate being outside. Mostly because of bugs, but also because of people looking at me. I just hate it. Too many little things like bugs, dirt, and people.

I have to lay on my side of the bed, and my side of the bed only. I do not like people lying on my side of the bed, and if they do, I feel repulsed to touch that area again. I feel like it is contaminated.

I strongly dislike pets. I can tolerate cats, but I think dogs are disgusting.

I hate liquids, or the feeling of my skin being wet. Anything wet really. Especially bodily fluids. Absolute YUCK. This has severely affected my sex life.

I check apps on my phone back to back all day every day. I check my Fitbit vitals every 20 minutes, sometimes every 5 minutes throughout the day. I check my messages and refresh my feed constantly, several times per hour.

I struggle buying clothes, decorating, choosing phone wallpaper / backgrounds, styling myself because I cannot commit to colors. I feel afraid of not being able to commit to a color, and the thought terrifies me.

I have several other phases, tics, and obsessions, but I’m curious who can relate to any of the ones I’ve mentioned.

I'm curious to hear from those who have experience working in Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Psychology research, science writing, and anything related.

I am currently majoring in psychology and minoring in biology, with a concentration in advanced research. My goal is to earn a cognitive, neuroscience, and social psychology PhD.

I am exploring career paths based on my goals, and would like to hear from others.

31F, just found out I have sleep apnea. I normally take hydroxyzine here and there for anxiety or insomnia, but I’m realizing that it worsens my breathing during wake and sleep.

Now I’m scared of falling asleep, because I’m aware. I usually wake up with chest soreness, knowing I didn’t breathe properly through the night, but hydroxyzine makes me feel like weight was crushing my chest all night.

I’m not overweight, no heart conditions that I know of. Just ADHD (medicated), thyroid issues (maybe it’s the nodules?), and I’m very very sleepy and exhausted every day.

Does anyone else take hydroxyzine?

I'm curious to hear from those who have experience working in Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Psychology research, science writing, and anything related.

I am currently majoring in psychology and minoring in biology, with a concentration in advanced research. My goal is to earn a cognitive, neuroscience, and social psychology PhD.

I am exploring career paths based on my goals, and would like to hear from others.

My mother was bullied growing up for excessive blinking.

I was bullied growing up for excessive blinking, touching things and smelling my hands afterwards, scrunching my nose, flexing my eyebrows, clearing my throat, and drawing words in the air with my finger every time a thought came to mind. Especially my name in cursive.

My 8 year old son has started blinking and clearing his throat excessively, to the point of asking me why it is so hard for him to stop.

I have always chalked this off as autism, as we are both high functioning. I never questioned it, until I came across an interview talking about Tourette’s.

I am floored. You mean to tell me, the unstoppable urge to follow my brain’s desires has a real explanation? How oblivious could I possibly be?

For anyone that has experienced chronic fatigue, what was the underlying reason?