An AuDHD woman’s enjoyment of the thing she’s currently watching has been greatly increased by persistent FOMO for all the things she’s currently not watching, sources have claimed. 

Abeer Zaki, 34, reportedly spent an “agonising” 45 minutes attempting to find the perfect viewing material to regulate her mood, only to become plagued with “what ifs?” about all the rejected candidates the moment she hit play. 

Zaki commented: “The second I settled on Bridgerton, I started thinking about everything I could be watching instead. It’s hard to enjoy all the historically inaccurate banging when I’m overcome with curiosity about the grubby murder documentary that would probably make me feel vaguely nauseated.”

“What if there’s a butterfly-effect thing going on and my decision to watch Bridgerton impacts my life in some terrible unforeseen way?” Zaki continued. “Like it’s incumbent on me to solve a murder but all I know how to do is euphemistically explain in regency terms what an orgasm is?”

“I’m just worried that on my deathbed, I’ll regret all the shows I didn’t watch.”

Bridgerton, six, commented: “You didn’t even watch the shows you DID watch.”

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