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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 ways in which I experience the diagnostic criterion of social communication and interaction challenges.

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.