PDA, ('pathological demand avoidance', or as I prefer to call it, 'persistent drive for autonomy') is not just task refusal. 💜 It can also show up as avoidance of 'perceived' demands, which can be as simple as someone wanting you to read a book or watch a movie they liked.❤️ It happens this way for me frequently, as you see here, when my dad wanted me to read a book he really enjoyed, my brain perceived it as a demand and automatically shut down. 🤷🏻 My Mom noticed what was happening, and was

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