# Birdsong's effect on our anxiety

**URL:** <https://briarfray.org/t/birdsongs-effect-on-our-anxiety/758>\
**Category:** Psychology & Sexuality\
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**Created:** [April 27, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/birdsongs-effect-on-our-anxiety/758 "2026-04-27T17:12:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/user_avatar/briarfray.org/johnnymcivor/32/6_2.png) [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/birdsongs-effect-on-our-anxiety/758/1 "2026-04-27T17:12:26Z")

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[https://twitter-thread.com/t/2048642872875114734](https://twitter-thread.com/t/2048642872875114734)

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**Author:** ![johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/user_avatar/briarfray.org/johnnymcivor/32/6_2.png) [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/birdsongs-effect-on-our-anxiety/758/2 "2026-04-27T17:24:49Z")

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> Most of what gets labeled mental fatigue is hypervigilance running in the background. Birdsong tells the circuit it can stand down, and the brain reallocates the freed compute everywhere else.

Maybe this will help my ADHD when writing?

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**Author:** ![LostSaxon](https://briarfray.org/user_avatar/briarfray.org/lostsaxon/32/778_2.png) [@LostSaxon](https://briarfray.org/u/LostSaxon)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/birdsongs-effect-on-our-anxiety/758/3 "2026-05-05T21:18:06Z")

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#### \>Aakash Gupta