Pathological Demand Avoidance – The Psy of Life

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A photo of the moon rising over Phnom Penh looking bigger and more lustrous than usual. It is the Moon Illusion when the moon appears many times its usual size when close to the horizon. Taken 11 July 2025.

Less than a Week to Go: Things are getting HECTIC

14 July 2025 — 11 Comments

If neurodivergent means being different, why is autism a mental health issue?

Autism Appreciation Month: What makes Autism a Mental Health issue?

12 April 2024 — 8 Comments

How does anxiety and the fight or flight relate to autism and PDA

Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn and Autism and PDA

29 April 2023 — 7 Comments

How is the inhibition of social perception in autistic people like the blindness in Hubel and Wiesel's kittens?

Autism Celebration Month: The Great Big Smoking Hole Where Social Perception Should Be

22 April 2022 — 14 Comments

What's going on with the Psy of Life this week?

Whaz Up! Monday 14 June 2021

14 June 2021 — 1 Comment

Are schools and PDA a good fit?

Autism AWARENESS Month: Easing the Guilty-Conscious of Schools, Administrators, and Teachers

9 May 2021 — 20 Comments

How are the limits needed for PDA similar to the limits needed on the police?

Autism ACCEPTANCE Month: How is Reforming the Police like Managing PDA?

26 April 2021 — 14 Comments

What causes autistic meltdowns?

Autism ACCEPTANCE Month: The Confusion of Emotions

20 April 2021 — 18 Comments

What is the role of dopamine in PDA?

Autism, Mesolimbic Dopamine System

Autism Awareness Month, 2019: The Dopamine of Pathological Demand Avoidance

3 April 2019 — 11 Comments

How does Pathological Demand Avoidance make life hard as an adult?

A Ramble through the Brambles of an Autistic Mind and We Step in PDA

15 April 2018 — 6 Comments

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Thursday 28 August
Winnipeg, Canada

Howdy y'all!

The house and the move has finally settled into a lower level of effort. My time is finally freed from some very urgent difficult tasks like assembling furniture and organizing and tracking deliveries.

Good news, La Petite Fille has been officially admitted to university, and we will be getting her registered for classes. They begin next week! But, major milestone in her life, reached. I couldn't be prouder, happier, or, quite honestly, more relieved.

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