AuDHD Explained 🧠

1. SPSpeaker0:00

   When you have an ADHD brain and an, a brain that has autism, there's internal suppression. It is in part influenced by shame. There's no point in me asking for help because I'm not going to be understood. I'm going to be judged. People are going to tell me I'm too much. "What's wrong with you?" Like, "Why can't you figure that out?" All of that fear of communicating your needs and telling somebody, "Hey, this is what's going on for me," creates that internal suppression, where the person then pushes the words down. They become afraid to expose themselves. You leave yourself in a really vulnerable place.

2. APAlex Partridge0:34

   Dr. Mark Rackley is an AuDHD specialist.

3. APAlex Partridge0:36

   With more than two decades of experience helping people with ADHD and autism.

4. APAlex Partridge0:40

   He's back by popular demand.

5. APAlex Partridge0:42

   To help you process your late AuDHD diagnosis.

6. SPSpeaker0:45

   Like ADHD and autism, it's never static. What your morning will look like, as opposed to mid-morning, afternoon, post-lunch, early evening, evening, nighttime, it'll all change.

7. APAlex Partridge0:55

   What reactions do you get from people? Uh, if you say, "Actually, look, there's more going on here. I know we said you have ADHD, but actually there's also autism," what reactions at that stage do you see?

8. SPSpeaker1:04

   I tread very carefully with this. Very, very carefully, because ...

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