Ep. 38 When Your PDA Child Hits Burnout — and Your Fear About The Future Starts Growing
About this episode
This episode discusses the experience of parents dealing with their child's burnout and the accompanying fears about the future.
What happens when your child slowly starts doing less… and less… and less?Maybe they stop going to school.Maybe they don’t want to leave the house.Maybe friends, activities, and even simple daily life start disappearing.And as their world gets smaller… your fear starts growing.In this episode, I talk about a very real and often overwhelming experience many parents of PDA, autistic, ADHD, and other highly sensitive or neurodivergent children go through — when their child enters burnout and begins withdrawing from life.But this isn’t just about your child.It’s also about what happens inside of you. The fear about the future.The pressure to fix it.The cycle of efforting, helplessness, shame, and grief that can take over your nervous system.In this episode, you’ll learn:• Why your brain goes into fear and future-tripping when your child withdraws • The nervous system cycle parents often get stuck in (fear → efforting → helplessness → shame → grief) • Why this season can feel like everything is falling apart • How your child’s burnout may actually be revealing something deeper about the systems we’ve all been living inside • A different way to understand this experience — not just as…
More episodes of The Regulated Parent
- Ep. 43 Why “Holding It Together” Is Burning You Out as a Parent of a PDA/Autistic Child
- Ep. 42 When You Want to Feel Hope With Your PDA, Autistic Child… But Can’t
- Ep. 41 When Your Child Swears or Says Mean Things And It Stings
- Ep. 40 Breaking the Anger and Rage Cycle in PDA & Autistic Parenting
- Ep. 39 Why Most Parents of PDA, Autistic Kids Feel Like They Are Not Good Enough
- Ep. 37 Why Real Regulation Can Often Look Messy With Your PDA, Autistic Child
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