I really appreciate your, 'it's not this, it's that" style of explaining. Your description fits my experience to a "T". I'd seen this with other issues, but not procrastination. Makes total sense. Thank you so much!
I see much of this in me and my autistic teen. She has school trauma that is definitely preventing her from engaging with prescribed learning even though she hasn’t gone to “traditional” school for 4 years. It’s also tied up with her PDA autism profile, so doubly difficult to manage. Thank you for writing about this topic so gently and clearly!
The way trauma interacts with PDA and autism creates such unique challenges, and I love how deeply you understand your daughter's experience. Your recognition that this goes beyond just "not engaging" - that it's her nervous system responding to past experiences - shows such beautiful awareness as a parent. That kind of understanding and compassion is so healing.
Yes yes yes. This summarizes the past year of me at work. Self-compassion is especially hard to come by when my “freeze” interferes with me doing what I’m at work for, which is to help teens navigate their own mental health challenges. I’m trying to work through it, though!
I really appreciate your, 'it's not this, it's that" style of explaining. Your description fits my experience to a "T". I'd seen this with other issues, but not procrastination. Makes total sense. Thank you so much!
Thank you for that feed back! I am so glad it resonated with you.
This is very helpful to me now.
That is great to hear !
I see much of this in me and my autistic teen. She has school trauma that is definitely preventing her from engaging with prescribed learning even though she hasn’t gone to “traditional” school for 4 years. It’s also tied up with her PDA autism profile, so doubly difficult to manage. Thank you for writing about this topic so gently and clearly!
The way trauma interacts with PDA and autism creates such unique challenges, and I love how deeply you understand your daughter's experience. Your recognition that this goes beyond just "not engaging" - that it's her nervous system responding to past experiences - shows such beautiful awareness as a parent. That kind of understanding and compassion is so healing.
Yes yes yes. This summarizes the past year of me at work. Self-compassion is especially hard to come by when my “freeze” interferes with me doing what I’m at work for, which is to help teens navigate their own mental health challenges. I’m trying to work through it, though!