Body Doubling for ADHD: Why It Works + 10 Ways to Use It Today
Sitting alone with a task can feel like staring at a wall. You know exactly what needs to happen: open the document, send the email,…
Author: sensoryoverload
ADHD Procrastination: The Start-Barrier Cycle (and How to Start Anyway)
You know the task matters.You might even think about it all day. Answer the email.Start the assignment.Book the appointment.Open the file and just begin. And…
AuDHD Burnout: Why the “Contradiction Load” Hits So Hard (and What Helps)
Many AuDHD adults (autistic + ADHD) recognise a familiar pattern: Fired up with ideas, hyperfocused, saying yes to projects…then suddenly unable to do basic tasks,…
Autism in High-Masking Adults: Hidden Signs, Burnout, and Unmasking
Masking is common across autistic adults of all genders. Some people do it occasionally; others live almost their entire public life inside a carefully constructed…
Autism in Women: Signs, Misdiagnoses, and Late Recognition
Many women and AFAB (assigned female at birth) adults grow up with a sense that they are “different” without a clear explanation. Good grades, politeness,…
Autistic Burnout vs Depression: Overlap, Differences, and What to Track
Long stretches of exhaustion, low motivation, and emotional numbness often get grouped together under one word: “depression.” For autistic and AuDHD adults, that picture is…
Autistic Meltdown vs Panic Attack: Similarities, Differences, and Aftercare
Intense reactions under stress can look very similar from the outside.Crying, shaking, breathing fast, needing to leave, struggling to speak or think clearly. For many…
Selective Mutism vs Autistic Shutdown: When Speech Disappears Under Stress
There are moments when your voice just… vanishes. You know what you want to say.You can hear the sentence fully formed in your mind.But your…
Echolalia in Adults: Meaning, Types, and Why It Can Be Regulating
You catch yourself repeating a phrase from a TV show under your breath.A sentence someone said three days ago pops back into your head and…
Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance in Adults
You know you want to do the thing.Sometimes you even care deeply about it. Reply to that message.Book the appointment.Start the project you’ve dreamed about…