Episode 5 - Making sense of autism and trauma

In this episode I discuss how I discovered my Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), how it has presented at different times in my life, and where I believe it comes from. 

In this episode, I share the sense I have made of my autism vs different types of trauma, including developmental trauma and cPTSD. I don't make references to specific traumatic incidents.

In this episode, I set out a number of wider traits common in autistic individuals and how I experience them. Including absolute thinking, sensory issues, monotropism, meltdowns, shutdowns, context blindness and alexythymia.

In this episode I describe the experience of having repetitive and intense interests and behaviours, and how they impact on my life and health.

In this episode I share the reasons for unpublishing my original podcast episodes, and how I will be approaching the reboot in a different way.

In this episode, I share the ways in which I experience the diagnostic criterion of social communication and interaction challenges.

In this episode, I explain why I'm saying goodbye to the Autistic at 40 podcast, what I've learned in the past 3 years, and what will come next.

In this episode, I share what I have learned about the links between AuDHD and Personality Disorder and ask questions based on experiences from my own life.

In this episode I share some sense I am making about the nature of emotional dysfunction in my family, and particularly how this impacted my relationships with my parents.

In this episode, I talk about the pitfalls and benefits of being an autistic leader, based on my own experiences.