Danielle Dryden

You sit down to answer a few emails. Your chest tightens. You open one message and it’s a “quick request” with a deadline, a calendar invite, and three follow-ups. You want to reply, you even know what to say, but your brain hits the brakes. Suddenly you’re scrolling, snacking, cleaning the sink, doing anything except the thing. For some neurodivergent adults, that stuck feeling isn’t laziness or poor timekeeping. It can be part of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), sometim

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