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“Why do I like pressure on my body?”
If you like pressure on your body — heavy blankets, tight hugs, snug clothes — your nervous system is using a regulation strategy it figured out on its own.
“Can verbal shutdown happen with ADHD?”
ADHD speech difficulties are usually about effort and disorganisation rather than a complete loss of access. You might notice more grammatical errors, mispronounced words, sentences that lose their thread halfway through, or long pauses while you search for a word you know perfectly well.
“What’s the difference between verbal shutdown, selective mutism, and being non-speaking?”
Verbal shutdown, selective mutism and being non-speaking are all experiences that involve not speaking, but they work differently, feel different from the inside, and have different causes.
Verbal shutdown: temporary loss of speech due to overwhelm
Being non-speaking: permanent loss of speech, but not loss of communication
Apraxia: loss of speech due to motor planning difficulties in the brain that provide the movements required to form words
Selective/situational mutism: an anxiety disorder that results in loss of speech consistently in specific contexts
“Why do I do better with a routine?”
Because routine is architecture you can rely on when everything else is wobbly or up in the air.
When you do the same things in the same order, your brain doesn’t have to build the day from scratch. The route is known, the sequence is mapped, all the decisions have already been made, and you are good to go. This frees up precious cognitive resources for the things that actually need your attention.
“Why do I watch the same show over and over?”
Because your nervous system is doing something smart, so good for you! 🙂
When you rewatch a familiar show, your brain isn’t processing anything new — no plot twists to manage, no unfamiliar characters to track, no sudden shifts in tone to adjust to.
