Embracing the Complexity Navigating Autistic and ADHD Experiences Together #shorts #autism

Embracing the Complexity Navigating Autistic and ADHD Experiences Together #autism #momonthespectrum #audhd

[lisa_wistfulone]

It was such a relief to me when I learned about how the ADHD “side” of my brain wants things that are counter to what my autistic brain needs. I’d felt so incompetent when I couldn’t find the strategies to calm my constant anxiety. Now I’m on an ADHD med, and I can better navigate that inner negotiation!

[Kate__]

Through my recent autism diagnosis, I realized how much my unmanaged ADHD (I thought I could just “grow out of it” because I was no longer in school) was creating such emotional distress for my autistic self. Embracing both sides of my neurodivergent mind has been so impactful and I *finally* have a quiet/absent negative self talk voice.

[kawag]

Thank you for everything you do for us! You are helping change our world and it means so much.

[jessicalearning]

It’s amazing how sometimes it feels like we have so many walking contradictions.

[Life_with_Lissett]

Just this small clip impacted me opening my heart a bit. Keep up all of your good work Taylor, so many times I’ve felt seen and understood on this channel. JUST enough to keep me on going through my days. Be ever so blessed.

[katbegood]

So true. For me it’s often feeling a lot more than TWO totally different or opposing things at the same time. But, that’s because so many of these AUDHD complexities & the dysregulation that follows all feed into anxiety disorders & OCD or whatever other comorbidities may be at play.

[alwynwatson]

Schrodinger's cat but with emotions.

[srldwg]

Off topic, but I love the change of scenery and the background sound is soothing to me.

[nryane]

Thank you, Taylor.

I suspect that my “unspecified ADD” that came with my ASD diagnosis is ADHD. Allowing myself to process thoughts and emotions has added an element of peace and calm to my life, since my diagnosis last July. It helps me to feel whole, not “broken”!

[KNRK]

Lol the number of times ive told people i pretty much never experience just 1 emotion 😂😅😢

[user]

It makes the black and white thinking worse, having both.

[baileythomas]

Dialectical Behavior Therapy calls these Dialectics! So helpful that two opposing ideas can be true at the same time!

[RRS]

It makes so much sense now that I've recently been diagnosed with both.

[Chazzystar]

Sometimes my ADHD makes me want to go somewhere on a whim but my autistic self won't allow me to leave my comfort/routine at home. I don't want to stay home but I don't want to leave. Can't win.

[wishingweyward]

I was diagnosed with adhd a few months ago at 49. I wonder if I’m autistic too. My son is formally dx and I strongly suspect my dad is undiagnosed. I don’t relate to some of the autistic experiences and it makes me question because I don’t neatly check every box. It’s hard because I definitely feel like I’m a big contradiction. I like the idea of routine and rules, but at the same time I hate being committed to anything even if it’s fun. I get so bored with routine but I can get highly agitated if things change that I didn’t agree to. I feel very ‘put upon’. It’s way too hard to get dx with autism. I highly doubt my mom can remember my developmental milestone timelines accurately (who would 50 years later?). So at this point I say I have adhd + autistic traits. But I feel like an imposter without something official. my brain is everywhere. 😅

[johnrainsman]

Hey, guys...guess what?

Autistics don't need help or attention. We're fine the way we are. So put away the notepad, the research, and the need to help us. We don't need it. We're just as normal as blond men or women with blue eyes.