Why little things trigger big emotions when you have AuDHD

Your computer crashes. A small technical problem. But within five minutes, you're crying on the floor, overwhelmed by emotions you can't name.

Why little things trigger big emotions when you have AuDHD

"It's just a computer error," you tell yourself. "Why do I feel like the world is ending?"

When you have ASD and ADHD, "small" things are rarely small.

The cumulative effect

What others don't see is what came before:

• Your ADHD side was already frustrated (boring work since 1:00 PM)

• Your ASD side was already tense (busy morning with meetings)

• Your body was already exhausted (forgot lunch)

The computer crash wasn't the problem. It was the final straw.

Two types of emotional overload

Here's where it gets interesting: emotions with ASD + ADHD don't always come from the same place.

ASD emotions feel like "too much":

• Overstimulation, sensory overload

• Too many people, noise, choices

• Unexpected changes

• Urgent need to escape

ADHD emotions feel like "too little":

• Understimulation, boredom

• Restlessness, "wanting to jump out of your skin"

• Frustration about not being able to focus

• Desperate search for something interesting

The problem: they require opposite solutions

When your ASD side is overstimulated, you need less: silence, rest, solitude. When your ADHD side is understimulated, you need more: movement, stimulation, variety. What helps one side can make the other side worse.

The question that changes everything

When you feel a strong emotion, ask yourself: "Does this feel like too much or too little?"

That one question helps you understand which side is active, and what you need.

But it's not always simple

Sometimes it's both. Sometimes it's neither, but simply physical exhaustion. Sometimes it's a complex mix of everything at once.

And that's okay.

Learning to read your emotions

In "Maya and the Double Dance," you'll discover:

• How to distinguish between ASD emotions and ADHD emotions

• What to do when both sides react simultaneously

• How to predict emotional patterns

• Which strategies work for which emotions

It's not about avoiding emotions. It's about understanding emotions.

Your emotions are valuable information. Not a problem to solve, but a language to learn to speak.

Maya and the double dance (PDF)

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