The Living Contradiction

<p>What does it mean to be a living contradiction? To crave a predictable routine but be incapable of following a schedule? To need more social connection than other autistics but get overwhelmed by it more than other ADHDers?</p><p>For decades this was a life defined by paradox and shame. This book is a raw first-person memoir that dives deep into the Great Performance of high-masking AuDHD—the full-time job of faking normal that leads to inevitable Great Collapse burnout.</p><p>This is not another clinical guide. It is a lived-experience survival story.</p><p>Inside you will find a validating unmasking journey through:</p><p><b>The Social Contradiction:</b> Navigating the agonizing loop of ADHD impulsivity (oversharing) followed by autistic rumination (dissecting every interaction).</p><p><b>The War at Home:</b> A first-person guide to executive dysfunction shattering the laziness myth and exploring the paralysis of the Unlocked Gate and the Hot Burner.</p><p><b>The War Outside:</b> The double-pronged hell where autistic sensory overload collides with the executive dysfunction that blocks the solution.</p><p><b>The Superpower Trap:</b> An honest look at the duality of AuDHD strengths from hyperfocus and pattern-recognition to the uncontrollable intensity of justice sensitivity.</p><p><i>The Living Contradiction</i> is a validating blueprint for anyone who has ever felt too much in some ways not enough in others. It is a story of shedding a life of problematic coping strategies to finally build an authentic identity find your tribe and cut your own keys to a life that is at last your own.</p>