BeTraumaFree

Many autistic people are told that they have social anxiety, but what they really have is a rational and legitimate fear of being treated badly by others, who may neglect their needs or judge them for their differences both of which have happened to them a million times before.

Scientists confirm that adults with unmedicated ADHD often develop anxiety as a compensatory activation mechanism. The body learns that worry produces the chemistry the brain needs to start. The strategy works for decades. The cost is a body running on cortisol that was never meant to be a primary fuel.

I used to ruminate on terrible things that happened in my past and that negative rumination used to send me into depression spirals, shame spirals and anxiety attacks. I still think about my past but now it is often about regret and "if only things had been different..."

Deliberate, repeated, and in some cases cruel social exclusion is enough to give anyone social anxiety.

Want to hear something crazy? Over a 15 year time period there was a 72% increase in criminals not being competent to stand trial for their crimes. 72% increase over 15 years. The system is broken.