PDA by PDAers : From Anxiety to Avoidance and Masking to Meltdowns.

Intro -- PDA by PDAers- From Anxiety to Avoidance and Masking to Meltdowns -Compiled by Sally Cat -- Introduction -- Original post in the Adult PDA Support Network Facebook group introducing the project to fellow members -- Prologue -- 1. Demand Avoidance -- 2. What sort of things are we driven to avoid? -- 3. Anxiety and PDA -- 4. PDA and Masking -- 5. Intolerance of Uncertainty -- 6. Control -- 7. Meltdowns -- 8. Overload -- 9. PDA and People -- 10. Hierarchy and Rules -- 11. Fantasy and Role Play -- 12. Wordplay -- 13. Impulsiveness -- 14. Routine -- 15. School -- 16. Work -- 17. Coping Strategies -- 18. Reasonable Accommodations -- 19. Parenting -- 20. Our Achievements -- Appendix: Statistical Analyses -- Glossary -- List of Graphs -- Graph 1: My Demand Avoidance impacts my life -- Graph 2: Demand Avoidance stops me doing things I enjoy -- Scattergraph 1: Correlation between Graphs 1 and 2 -- Graph 3: I feel anxious in life -- Scattergraph 2: Correlation between Graphs 1 and 3 -- Scattergraph 3: Correlation between Graphs 2 and 3 -- Graph 4: I mask -- Graph 5: I need to know what's happening (I can't tolerate uncertainty) -- Graph 6: I need control of my own life -- Graph 7: My meltdowns are always obvious -- Graph 8: I overload easily -- Scattergraph 4: Correlation between Graphs 1 and 8 -- Graph 9: I have had obsessions about people -- Graph 10: I respect competency rather than rank -- Graph 11: I have (now or in the past) daydreamed a lot -- Graph 12: I enjoy wordplay -- Graph 13: I am impulsive -- Graph 14: I find routine comforting, as long as it isn't imposed on me -- Scattergraph 5: Correlation between Graphs 3 and 14 -- Graph 15: I enjoyed school -- Graph 16: I am able to work to earn a wage -- Scattergraph 6: Correlation between Graphs 1 and 16 -- Scattergraph 7: Correlation between Graphs 3 and 16.

Graph 17: I avoid talking on the phone -- Graph 18: I need access to a quiet place -- Graph 19: I felt my parents understood me as a child -- Graph 20: I can achieve a lot, but need space and autonomy to do it my own way.

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