#flight response

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

ADHD & Intense Emotions

Future ADHD

Fixed typo

[thrivingwhilemultiple]

It was impossible to outrun myself and, finally, beyond the brink of existential exhaustion, I stopped. Finally stopped indulging in self-destructive self-distraction and sought the truth. Finally decided to listen to what my soul had been whispering all along. I finally stopped and faced myself.

[experiences-i-didnt-expect]

i never expected to feel like i was safe enough to fight for myself.

[snail-edits]

[unwelcome-ozian]

[mischiefmanifold]

I have all the trauma responses and they’re fighting each other for the remote control

[rabbittongues]

[suncaptor]

Flight types appear as if their starter button is stuck in the "on" position. They are obsessively and compulsively driven by the unconscious belief that perfection will make them safe and loveable. As children, flight types respond to their family trauma somewhere along a hyperactive continuum that stretches between the extremes of the driven "A" student and the ADHD dropout running amok. They relentlessly flee the inner pain of their abandonment and lack of attachment with the symbolic flight of constant busyness.

Pete Walker, MA, MFT