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Anxiety
Self-esteem
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The task you chose yourself and still can't start: demand avoidance in autistic adults isn't low motivation
Demand avoidance in autistic adults is an anxiety-driven reaction to losing autonomy, not a shortage of motivation or discipline. Requests, deadlines, and even plans you made yourself can register as threats, so the body stalls while the…
Amber Petrozziello ··11 min read
Anxiety
Therapy approaches
Parenting
Snapping at a sibling over a study schedule, how DBT teens in New York City mistake worry for irritability
Teen anxiety that comes out as anger instead of worry is common: a teenager who has been polite through a full school day walks in the door and snaps at the first ordinary question. The anger is rarely the problem to solve first. It…
Amber Petrozziello ··8 min read