PDA is the Persistent Drive for Autonomy (community term), or pathological demand avoidance (clinical & pathologizing term). What happens when PDA, ADHD, and autism all overlap? Well... stress and relationship challenges!

Thankfully, everything that helped me feel more safe has also made my PDA more manageable. There are many approaches to build that safety.

This episode is a follow-up to the interview on PDA last week

1. Book Low-Demand Parenting by Amanda Diekman (affiliate link)
2. Last week's interview on PDA, and the podcast PDA: Resistance and Resilience
3. Mattia's bday (or whenever) wish list

1. Transcript Doc (often a few weeks behind, but we do catch up!)
2. Mattia's Newsletter
3. Like Your Brain community space (Patreon/Discord)

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It's been a running joke (that wasn't initially a joke) that I'm totally going to do a PDA episode very soon... since the very first episode of AuDHD Flourishing.

Now we have one, thanks to Chris Wells and Marni Kammersell for interviewing me on PDA: Resistance and Resilience, and letting me cross-post the episode here!

Mentioned in episode:

1. Full show notes
2. AuDHD Flourishing Episode 87: Giftedness & the Sparkly Mind with Sheldon Gay
3. AuDHD Flourishing Episode 88: Gifted Development & Positive Disintegration with Chris Wells
4. AuDHD Flourishing Episode 108: Using Intuition Practically
5. Robert Chapman’s book Empire of Normality

Connect with Chris, Marni, PDA pod:

• Wandering Brightly with Marni Kammersell
• Positive Disintegration and cosmic cheer squad with Chris Wells
• PDA: Resistance and Resilience on Substack
• Follow us on Instagram

1. Transcript Doc
2. Mattia's Newsletter
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About two years ago, I started ADHD stimulant medication as a regular (most days) thing. I've mentioned it here and there on the podcast.

This is my most concentrated "review" of the main things I've noticed over the past two years.

To be clear, when I mention a factor that might make stimulant meds more of a burnout risk, I'm not saying those folks shouldn't try it! Just to be very careful not to push through the body's capacity.

Mentioned in episode:

1. Mattia interviewed on Chris Wells' & Marni Kammersell's new podcast, PDA: Resistance and Resilience. Ep 7: Creative Resistance (I'll be posting this episode in the feed next week)

1. Transcript Doc
2. Mattia's Newsletter
3. Like Your Brain community space (Patreon/Discord)

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