What Trauma Feels Like: How Traum...

What Trauma Feels Like: How Trauma Mimics Autistic Traits

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Is It Autism or Trauma?: How to Tell the Difference Between ... by TG
Aug 1, 2026
19:24

Episode notes

Tell Them Apart - Book Series 2 of 8. Trauma isn't only about what happened - it's

about what your nervous system learned in order to survive. In this episode we

look at how sustained or overwhelming threat reshapes the body's responses, and we

break down fight, flight, and freeze from the inside out. Through two contrasting

cases, we show how trauma-driven avoidance can look almost identical to autistic

withdrawal while running on a completely different mechanism. Please take care

while listening - this episode goes into tender territory.

Buy the complete book "Is It Autism or Trauma?" from the link in the description:

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Keywords

ADHD
Trauma
Autism
AuDHD