The AuDHD Burnout To Psychosis Cycle

Rethinking Suffering and Recovery

For many AuDHD people (Autistic and ADHD), the experience of burnout is not a one-off event. It can become cyclical, spiralling into states of psychosis that are too often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or outright dismissed by professionals. What is frequently framed as breakdown or severe illness is, in reality, a survival mechanism; the bodymind’s atte…