PDA Day to Day: Parenting Pathological Demand Avoidance/ Pervasive Demand for Autonomy with Danielle Sullivan
The Neurodiverging Podcast
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The Struggle of Parenting a Child with Anxiety
The problem was that her sensitive nervous system made her pants feel weird, consuming all her energy and preventing her from thinking or moving. As a parent, she felt stuck between wanting her children to leave the house and her son's sacrifice due to his sister's anxiety. She acknowledges that she may not have handled the situation perfectly, but she was torn between their well-being, exercise, new experiences, and socializing with other kids.
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