But a condition called pathological demand avoidance – or PDA – is an extreme form of this behaviour, in which the impulse to avoid demands becomes all-encompassing and can trigger fear, panic ...

and lead us to avoid the ‘demand’ at all costs. Pathological Demand Avoidance (or PDA) was previously considered to be a unique profile of autism. However, more recently, the community have ...

PDA is pathological demand avoidance, or as I like to call it “persistent drive for autonomy". Although not yet an official diagnosis in the US, my goal is to create community and support around ...

Have you recently learned the term, "Pathological Demand Avoidance?" You may have been scrolling TikTok & thought, "Hey... that's me!". I'm an AuDHD psychologist offering neuroaffirming ...