Why does one small interaction stay in your head for hours… or even days?

In this episode of AuDHD and Then Some., I talk about the intense embarrassment, overthinking, and emotional overwhelm that can happen after opening up to people — especially as an AuDHD or neurodivergent person.

After simply telling someone they looked nice, I came away feeling misunderstood, ashamed, and stuck replaying the entire interaction in my head.

We get into:

• rejection sensitivity and AuDHD

• overthinking social interactions

• masking and vulnerability

• emotional dysregulation and shame

• why neurodivergent people can feel things so deeply

• replaying conversations and “cringe attacks”

If you’ve ever left an interaction feeling exposed, embarrassed, or emotionally spiralling over something small… you’re definitely not alone.

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