Comment by Arch-TK

4 months ago

I am obviously not a psychologist, I got kind of worried reading this that maybe I had misdiagnosed myself and that going the route of official diagnosis would lead to a lot of wasted effort. But reading into these two things you describe (Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)), I am glad to note that I don't think I've ever had anything of the sort.

But I agree it's good to spread awareness of these kinds of things.

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kzrdude  4 months ago

I have the sinking feeling of having both, they both explain me very well.

  • novok  4 months ago

    It's not just ADHD people who are like this, ASD people can be too.

    • tonyarkles  4 months ago

      While I do think the distinction between ADHD and ASD is still useful in some ways, mostly around having signposts regarding where to start for treatment… a number of people in my life, myself included, are basically “mix-and-match from both lists of symptoms”. Some very clearly are majority from one list or the other, but most are both to varying degrees.

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