Rabbi Shoshana's Blog

For PDAers to be able to meet our needs and thrive, we need to feel SAFE in bodies that are wired with a hyperactive threat response. So it's great if we can find a drug or combination of drugs that lower our inner experience of threat response – which is a felt sense of anxiety in the body.

Equalizing refers to a PDAer exerting power, control, or status in order to regain a sense of nervous system safety after a perceived loss of control or social equality/status. For some PDAers it is more disabling than demand avoidance. (I'm one of those people!)

How can we support PDA people through transitions? How can we best think about this challenge?

by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman How can we drop demands & offer autonomy, control, and social equality in a medical setting? How can we...