ADHD and People Pleasing: Where the Pattern Really Comes From
People with ADHD are at higher risk of ending up in friendships and relationships where they get dismissed. Put down. Pushed to the bottom of a hierarchy. Not occasionally, but...
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Autism scripting is when an autistic person uses repeated phrases, lines of dialogue, or longer passages they’ve heard before as a way of communicating. It’s a form of echolalia. And for many autistic adults, particularly those who are higher functioning, it stays a useful part of how they navigate the world. It makes life easier. […]
People with ADHD are at higher risk of ending up in friendships and relationships where they get dismissed. Put down. Pushed to the bottom of a hierarchy. Not occasionally, but...
Something feels wrong, but you can’t quite name it. Have you even found yourself explaining away behaviours that left you feeling small and hurt? Perhaps initially you wondered whether you...
When you’re trying to find help, the terminology can feel like a barrier. Psychologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, counsellor, therapist. The words get used interchangeably but they mean different things. Here’s what...
The term “Daddy Issues” gets thrown around so casually that it has lost most of its meaning. Someone dates an older man Someone needs reassurance in a relationship Someone has...
You already know what you should be eating. You have read the articles, saved the recipes, maybe even bought the vegetables. And yet here you are at 4pm, realising you...
They seemed perfect at first. Available. Interested. Then you got close and they disappeared. Not physically. Just emotionally. Present but absent. There when things are light, gone when things matter....
You’re in a conversation, fully engaged, and yet somehow you’re also tracking the two people talking behind you, the shift in your friend’s expression, and the fact that someone across...
You slept eight hours. Maybe nine. You still woke up feeling like you hadn’t slept at all. And the worst part isn’t the tiredness itself. It’s the fact that nobody...
You know something is wrong. You’ve always known. But you’ve spent so long performing “fine” that you’re not sure what’s underneath it anymore. That’s what ADHD masking does. It doesn’t...
What are the 4 main types of introverts Personality researchers, including psychologist Jonathan Cheek, have described four main types of introverts: Social introverts, who enjoy people but need time alone...