AuDHD Flourishing

48 Hack for Demand Avoidance

May 4, 2024

Explore the concept of demand avoidance and PDA brain patterns, with strategies to navigate challenges. Discuss ways to tackle bedtime resistance and prioritize self-care. Discover new approaches to overcome avoidance behaviors and build a supportive community for ongoing support.

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Recognize early signs of demand avoidance and address with new sensory details.

Use honesty and non-shaming self-talk to navigate demand avoidance and promote self-care activities.

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Understanding Personal Demand Avoidance

The podcast emphasizes the concept of personal demand avoidance based on sensory input and pattern recognition. It discusses how individuals, particularly those with autism and ADHD, can exhibit demand avoidance behaviors as a protective mechanism against perceived harm or discomfort. By recognizing the early signs of resistance and addressing them with new sensory information or reassurance, individuals can navigate demand avoidance more effectively.

Introduction

2min

Navigating Brain Responses to Potential Harm and Discomfort

3min

Navigating Demand Avoidance: The Challenge of Going to Bed

12min

Navigating Demand Avoidance and Self-Care

4min

Exploring Strategies for Demand Avoidance and Building Supportive Community

2min

You'll rarely catch me using the term "hack." But this concept around demand avoidance is working great for me, so far...

TLDR: Shortcutting the PDA brain's ability to use pattern recognition to avoid tasks early in a sequence.

Here's the Instagram video by Kristy Forbes that inspired this episode.

While she suggests introducing new sensory details, I'm going the route of sincerely telling myself that we don't need to do the final thing. We're just gonna do this step.

Note: even if this or Kristy's suggestion works for you, there's a good chance you'll get used to it in some form eventually! And that's okay. Sometimes we just have to keep finding new ways to work with our pattern-seeking brains.

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AuDHD Flourishing

48 Hack for Demand Avoidance

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Understanding Personal Demand Avoidance

Navigating Bedtime Demand Avoidance

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