RSD Explained 💚

1. APAlex Partridge0:00

   This is an ADHD heart, and this is a neurotypical heart. The ADHD heart is hurting because it's been told twenty thousand extra times that there's something wrong with it. You're embarrassing yourself. Why are you being lazy? Stop biting your nails. Why are you crying? Stop being dramatic. You're too sensitive. You're really rude. Stop being weird. Stop fidgeting. Calm down. Be normal. Stop it. Even non-verbal rejections like an eye roll. This turns them into adults who experience something called Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria. It causes extreme emotional pain when someone rejects or criticizes them. One tiny comment, like a friend saying they're too busy to see them, and the barbed wire digs in. It triggers a nervous system collapse that feels like they're being attacked.

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