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I’ve known I was autistic since my childhood, but I just got diagnosed with #ADHD so just starting to learn about it. This was fascinating.
https://youtu.be/RxJjV9t_0mI?si=PxG4IGvZqQux6GB3
The effects of rejection sensitivity over the course of a lifetime. A lifetime of being told what you’re doing wrong. A lifetime of being rejected and lacking relationships. A lifetime of avoiding anything that could cause more rejection and more pain.
"What RSD [Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria] is, is an exquisite sensitivity to the *perception* - it doesn't have to be real - the perception that someone has withdrawn their love, approval, or respect. Nobody likes being criticized, nobody likes being rejected, but for people who have an ADHD-style nervous system, it is catastrophic."
#DrBillDodson, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJjV9t_0mI
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"In fact, that's why the name of [RSD] includes the word 'dysphoria'; which is literally Greek for 'unbearable'.
And so, it's like (sort of) other people's experience of rejection, only it is suddenly hit - you go from 0 to 100 in the blink of an eye, it's incredibly painful ... You'll see people clutch their chest, hunch over, or grimace, because it's not just emotionally painful, it's physically painful as well.
#DrBillDodson, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJjV9t_0mI
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@MichaelaKHulse
> I’ve known I was autistic since my childhood, but I just got diagnosed with ADHD
I'm the opposite. I got an ADHD diagnosis in my teens, but only got identified as autistic in the last few years. I highly recommend the book Wild of Brain, written by a kiwi AuDHD woman who works as a coach for neurodivergent folks, and didn't get either diagnosed until later in life;
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