Johan | sensoryoverload.info

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[text] ADHD and autism are real neurodevelopmental conditions. The newer science is now showing that each condition may contain different underlying biological and clinical categories, which helps explain why people with the same diagnosis can look so different.

[text] 🧊 ADHD paralysis is when the bridge between intention and action disappears. You know the task. You want to move. But the path is gone.

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[text] AuDHD is a strange paradox: my ADHD brain says go explore my autistic brain says protect the system and they often say it at the same time.

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[text] The hardest part of unmasking isn’t being yourself. It’s trusting you’ll still be safe when you are. #Autism #AuDHD

[image] 🔥👐 Supporting Someone with Neurodivergent Burnout: Practical Help, Communication and Boundaries This article explains what neurodivergent burnout may look like from the outside, what kinds of support tend to be helpful. Link in comments

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[text] 💥 I have had few meltdowns, but hundreds of shutdowns. My system rarely explodes. It implodes. My mind grinds to a halt. My body stops responding. Eye contact becomes impossible. Words disappear. I become confused, frozen, and temporarily unable to find my way back out.

[image] ADHD Burnout in Adults: Signs, Causes, and Recovery This article explains how ADHD burnout feels, why ADHD can make burnout cycles more likely, how it differs from ordinary tiredness, and what can support recovery when your usual strategies no longer work. Link in comments

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[text] ⚠️ I can look capable and still be one sensory trigger, unexpected demand, or social misunderstanding away from temporary total collapse.

[text] Being capable does not erase the need for support. It just makes the struggle easier to miss.

[text] 🫥 Masking works. That is the danger. It keeps you functional while slowly emptying you.

[image] 🎯😵 ADHD Executive Dysfunction in Adults: Why Simple Tasks Feel Impossible This article explains what executive dysfunction means, why apparently simple tasks can contain so much hidden work and which forms of support are most likely to help. Link in comments

[image] AuDHD Burnout in Adults: Signs, Causes and Recovery This article explains what AuDHD burnout can feel like, how contradiction load contributes, why common advice may work briefly and then backfire, and how recovery can support both autistic and ADHD needs. Link in comments.

[text] Rest is key in burnout recovery But rest doesn't have to mean lying still in silence. It may involve music, a selected interest, repetitive games, crafts, gentle movement or quiet company. Useful rest is low in demand and suited to the person’s sensory and stimulation needs.

[image] 🌧️🧠 Neurodivergent Depression: Signs, Overlap and Support This article explains what neurodivergent depression means, how depression can appear in ADHD, autism and AuDHD, and what changes may distinguish it from someone’s usual baseline. Link in comment