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When ADHD & OCD Are Interacting
🌿Part 1 — Why Do I Freeze? Understanding the ADHD → OCD Overwhelm Cycle
When chaos meets the drive to control, the nervous system does exactly what it was wired to do — even when it feels like it is betraying you. 🌩️ The Freeze No One Talks About For many people living with both ADHD and OCD, overwhelm doesn't look like the classic “fight or flight.” It looks like freeze — a sudden, terrifying shutdown where your mind is in full panic, but your body won’t move. “It feels like an internal panic attack with the outside of my body frozen.” “Someti

Sarah Jurrens
2 days ago4 min read
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