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MJ | Neurodivergent Parenting :

1. Guilt Tripping 2. Conversational Overload 3. Silent Treatment

Damn Gina :

My mom would pick at me until I reacted and raised my voice and then she’d discount my point because I was loud

Salty lady :

Conversational overload this is what Alex from love is blind season eight did this past year

what the kelley :

“You always have to be right”. No… that would be you. I just want to have a conversation so we understand each other. I’ve given up and gone no contact.

Erin Jones :

OMG the conversational overload is real! I would ask yes or no questions and get an essay in response without actually answering my question!

Jodilynn :

The overstimulation is a huge problem

MrsXKay :

It’s also crazy to me because I have very foggy memories of being on the other side of this as a kid. Like some other commenters. I had to take care of my mom’s emotional needs and learned to fawn. The house was centered around her emotional state. It was confusing to become a wife and mother and see that that was not a natural way households functioned. I made so many mistakes.

True North :

You just described my ex husband to a T.

Brittany Fleischer :

What you're naming as 'conversational overload' is clinically a form of nervous system flooding — the recipient's prefrontal cortex goes offline because the volume of incoming data exceeds their window of tolerance, leaving them in a fawn or freeze response rather than a grounded reply. This is why boundary-setting with high-conflict people requires nervous system preparation first, not just the right words.

queenofheartscora🇦🇺 :

My whole family...

ananimus1142 :

Ok so what’s the solution? How do you respond? Click bait videos on describing behavior with no helpful tips 🙄

Baiiiley•Boops :

Conversation overload also pops up very frequently in neurodivergent relationships! My hubby and I struggle with it a lot

ndiyilagyal :

This is the father I gave my babies 😭😫

Tay | Booktok 📖 💫👾 :

canada_.disney :

Well I finally told a counselor my narcissist trait is needing the very last word in the argument or in general ! I wondered why I did that until she asked me " were you not seen or heard grown up " and I said NO

Scorpioheart :

I let him ramble then loop back 🤣😎

just replied :

Your work is so good. I’ve been listening to your book on Spotify.

KW :

Thank you! I needed to hear this today

SRV Coaching :

spot on👍

Lucy Mcknight :

20 years of that…

Lil mama :

I know for a fact that my mom will say I use the silent treatment when I’m no contact or processing a ridiculous one sided conversation with her. That sucks because my silence isn’t what I want I want validation, an apology or at least understanding. I get none of that. I feel out of control and confused. My brain never stops thinking. Hers just stays on the same path that I was mean to her by calling out her behavior. I’m the bad guy. That will never change.

return.real :

The hardest part isn’t recognizing it in them. It’s realizing how long you rearranged yourself to make it work.

Ms.kennedyalexis :

My mother and sister

Chris.... only account :

7 more definitions 😭

Michel Bullard :

My soon to be ex did all of these things. That's why I left and filed for divorce.