IT’S NOT INSOMNIA IT’S HYPERVIGILANCE
September 28, 2023 at 11:46 PM
IT’S NOT INSOMNIA IT’S HYPERVIGILANCE
not sure where the line between vigilance and hypervigilance is these days
September 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
not sure where the line between vigilance and hypervigilance is these days
It's impossible to maintain a constant hypervigilance across the entire spectrum of threats.
Hypervigilance will exhaust you and make you sick.
Solidarity and real community helps.
Be intentional with how you communicate with friends about breaking news. Don't be afraid to make requests.
Hypervigilance will exhaust you and make you sick.
Solidarity and real community helps.
Be intentional with how you communicate with friends about breaking news. Don't be afraid to make requests.
November 14, 2024 at 2:35 AM
It's impossible to maintain a constant hypervigilance across the entire spectrum of threats.
Hypervigilance will exhaust you and make you sick.
Solidarity and real community helps.
Be intentional with how you communicate with friends about breaking news. Don't be afraid to make requests.
Hypervigilance will exhaust you and make you sick.
Solidarity and real community helps.
Be intentional with how you communicate with friends about breaking news. Don't be afraid to make requests.
"this is hypervigilance, you're describing hypervigilance"
ssshhhhh
ssshhhhh
December 5, 2024 at 2:13 AM
"this is hypervigilance, you're describing hypervigilance"
ssshhhhh
ssshhhhh
my therapist (responding to something i just said): Ah, that would be your hypervigilance. That's something we can work on.
(my therapist pauses for a moment)
mt: Actually it might be worth keeping that hypervigilance going considering...everything
(my therapist pauses for a moment)
mt: Actually it might be worth keeping that hypervigilance going considering...everything
February 25, 2026 at 5:28 AM
my therapist (responding to something i just said): Ah, that would be your hypervigilance. That's something we can work on.
(my therapist pauses for a moment)
mt: Actually it might be worth keeping that hypervigilance going considering...everything
(my therapist pauses for a moment)
mt: Actually it might be worth keeping that hypervigilance going considering...everything
dude i hate hypervigilance
January 6, 2026 at 3:12 PM
dude i hate hypervigilance
trans hypervigilance week
November 17, 2024 at 4:10 PM
trans hypervigilance week
Oh I'm pretty good (frozen until my hypervigilance is a bit less hyper)
May 23, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Oh I'm pretty good (frozen until my hypervigilance is a bit less hyper)
Sometimes hypervigilance becomes a closed feedback loop 😓😓
September 25, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Sometimes hypervigilance becomes a closed feedback loop 😓😓
AI hypervigilance is a great description of the fatigue I feel looking at Online at the moment.
In 1999, we surfed the Web. Now we comb through it like a fantasy hero. Which posts are treasure, and which are deadly Mimics? What's real, and what's an impersonator trying to steal my attention?
Worse: reading all this bland AI monoculture text leads to us thinking bland AI monoculture thoughts.
Worse: reading all this bland AI monoculture text leads to us thinking bland AI monoculture thoughts.
AI hypervigilance is now an omnipresent cognitive load for your users
AI may make your job easier, but that effort has just been shifted onto your users. They are noticing it and they hate it.
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September 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
AI hypervigilance is a great description of the fatigue I feel looking at Online at the moment.
Hypervigilance Chimichanga
May 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Hypervigilance Chimichanga
Working on a newsletter issue about the costs of hypervigilance in every software-mediated interaction nowadays, but this pretty much sums it up
It really sucks, doesn't it? Instead of getting excited as I used to when I get a new message, I'm just like ugh, another changeling wearing an uncanny approximation of a human face trying to trick its way into my cottage
September 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Working on a newsletter issue about the costs of hypervigilance in every software-mediated interaction nowadays, but this pretty much sums it up
I can’t tell if I’m experiencing hypervigilance from the trauma of it all or if I’m just appropriately stressed given the circumstances
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I can’t tell if I’m experiencing hypervigilance from the trauma of it all or if I’m just appropriately stressed given the circumstances
"for many communities, hypervigilance is survival. this is why you must never trigger the vigilance required for their survival."
Ugh. The main anti-ICE group in Washington which has 44k followers on Facebook and has been going around to communities promoting classes is now promoting this anti-whistle nonsense for "harm reduction" reasons as well.
February 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
"for many communities, hypervigilance is survival. this is why you must never trigger the vigilance required for their survival."
I'm tired of the hypervigilance that comes with knowing that public health is being dismantled and preventable outcomes are becoming more prevalent.
July 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I'm tired of the hypervigilance that comes with knowing that public health is being dismantled and preventable outcomes are becoming more prevalent.
it's so funny he just admits "i've never actually been in any kind of danger". dude doesn't really act this way, at best he play acts at hypervigilance. zero understanding of what kind of awareness keeps you safe in dangerous places.
“oh, you think conservative men are terrified of big cities? common mistake. we are actually all just self-taught jason bournes.”
January 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
it's so funny he just admits "i've never actually been in any kind of danger". dude doesn't really act this way, at best he play acts at hypervigilance. zero understanding of what kind of awareness keeps you safe in dangerous places.
And the hypervigilance. Feeling like if you look at anything else is a moral failing.
May 7, 2024 at 10:07 PM
And the hypervigilance. Feeling like if you look at anything else is a moral failing.
I'm sure there will be no long-term consequences to all of us veering between hypervigilance over potential nuclear war and trying to go to work because none of us can afford to pay our bills and may still be trying to recover from health consequences from the pandemic we're pretending didn't happen
April 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I'm sure there will be no long-term consequences to all of us veering between hypervigilance over potential nuclear war and trying to go to work because none of us can afford to pay our bills and may still be trying to recover from health consequences from the pandemic we're pretending didn't happen
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Reminder
Also reminder that this is backed up by at least some empirical studies: generally if you think you’re cynical, you’re more likely to be taken in by bullshit. Pessimism is *not* self protection. Hypervigilance is self harm.
Reality calls for us to be tough and brave, not paranoid.
Also reminder that this is backed up by at least some empirical studies: generally if you think you’re cynical, you’re more likely to be taken in by bullshit. Pessimism is *not* self protection. Hypervigilance is self harm.
Reality calls for us to be tough and brave, not paranoid.
The world and the internet are full of dangerously naive people who are convinced that they in fact are the sophisticated ones. Their favorite thing is to tell you that you are being naive.
January 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm
Hypervigilance is self harm