35. Handles It 'Fine' (Internalized PDA)
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35. Handles It 'Fine' (Internalized PDA)
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You may have looked up PDA – Pervasive Drive for Autonomy or Pathological Demand Avoidance. Read about explosive refusals, screaming matches, visible behavior that clears rooms. And closed the tab.
Because you comply. You finish. You handle things. Yet a directive from someone you respect sends your nervous system into full crisis. An uninvited task takes down an entire day. You want to do the thing and you're in revolt about it — simultaneously.
PDA has another presentation, a masked one. And it might look a lot more like you.
In this episode:
- Why being looked at can trigger a threat response
- The way AuDHD masking and PDA create a loop that loads more onto the people who hide it best
- How internalized PDA is real and underrepresented — because it was never looked for, not because it's rare
Connect With Adria:
- Get your free Unmasking Menu
- AuDHD Coaching with Adria
- @iamadriasophia
Wish you had a reminder of what sparked? Full episode guides at AuDHDSparks.com.
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