@kitten_tech what you're describing sounds so much like the difficult amorphic internal obstacles I'm wrestling with every day. I really appreciate how you're doing internal investigation- to discern challges and work around them. All we can do is keep trying different strategies, right?

I don't know your details- for me, I'm pretty sure my chronic illnesses are part of it. But I'm pretty sure it's mostly my PDA Autism (and burnout). Maybe it's relevant 4u too? #PathologicalDemandAvoidance

Watching a security awareness training video at work about social engineering.

"Hackers know that by pretending to be an authority figure, you are more likely to comply without asking questions."

Hackers have clearly never met me.

#Cybersecurity #PathologicalDemandAvoidance #PDA #ACAB

Pathological Demand Avoidance, a little-known profile of autism affecting kids and adults

When 11-year-old Milly and her mum Jenny arrived at the school principal’s office, Jenny’s heart sank.  There were…
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The Role of Perfectionism in Pathological Demand Avoidance

Pathological demand avoidance, a strategy often used by perfectionists to manage inner turmoil, may be based on extreme self-doubt and self-loathing.

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I just learned about pathological demand avoidance and I think I found my flavor of autism. Just reading about it so many things clicked into perspective for me. I don’t know what that means for me yet but my world feels a bit lighter tonight and maybe for the first time there’s hope that someday I won’t feel like an imposter for simply existing.
#PathologicalDemandAvoidance #Autism
This is exactly like #pda stepson Zs behaviour during a meltdown: a complete inability to do what she’s told; physical and verbal abuse to resist; trying to push all of the buttons to make the officers lose their sh!t. I relate so hard to the officers’ predicament. When Z has a meltdown like this it’s so hard. Do you think this is a pda meltdown or just the behaviour of a ‘spoiled brat that’s never been told no’?
#pathologicaldemandavoidance #asd #autism
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HFF9cHOO0BA
Spoiled Brat Commits 4 Felonies After Denied Entry Into Club

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My morning

... with a pathological demand avoidant stepson

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#Pathological #Demand #Avoidance (PDA) Misconceptions

#Pathologicaldemandavoidance (#PDA) is most often seen in people with #autism, but certain traits also have been seen with people with #ADHD and other sensory processing #disorders. In this video I will talk about what PDA is, why it's often searched with ADHD and autism, strategies that can help those with pathological #demandavoidance, and what it's like living with PDA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xHvNw70FCc

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Misconceptions

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1/ #PDA step son got me again last night. He’d been civil after school, then at story time before bed he mentioned something about Mexico City and I replied that it’s a huge city with about 10 million residents. Without missing a beat he said ‘shut up - I wasn’t talking to you’. His mum called him out on it and he said ‘shut up isn’t a swear word’.
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