re: What are you reading?

I’ve been seeing more clients with OCD and high levels of executive dysfunction, so giving this a quick read.

Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow

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No way to really prove it but I wonder if that’s a function of excess screen time and TikToks of those people with hyper clean homes and organizational methods

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If someone has clinical OCD (to where it's diagnosable), it's typically beyond just enhancement by screen time (and we get into the whole obsessions vs compulsions, hoarding, etc. subcategories). It's almost always been lifelong symptoms as well.

Now if you if you want to say your scenario is increasing anxiety, depression (especially when folks are comparing themselves to these people), etc., absolutely.

It's also worth noting the OCD is a pretty common comorbidity with significant trauma-linked diagnoses (think childhood abuse, sexual abuse, etc). And I specialize in working with trauma, so I'm seeing a much higher percentage than population norms.

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