AuDHD Emotional Regulation and Rejection Sensitivity Toolkit

Manage RSD, Meltdowns, Mood Swings and Overwhelm with Neurodivergent Affirming Strategies for Autistic ADHD AdultsBy Kieran Tina Miles

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Living with both autism and ADHD means your brain runs two operating systems that often work against each other. One demands predictability while the other craves novelty. One needs sensory calm while the other chases stimulation. When these systems collide, the result is emotional overload that most resources never address because they were built for one condition, not both. A Toolkit Built for the AuDHD Brain This comprehensive guide delivers practical, evidence-based strategies designed specifically for adults navigating the unique emotional challenges of combined autism and ADHD. Every tool inside has been adapted for how AuDHD brains actually process emotions, sensory input, and social demands. No generic advice. No strategies that assume a neurotypical nervous system. Every chapter addresses the specific ways autism and ADHD amplify each other to create emotional responses that feel overwhelming, unpredictable, and impossible to control. Understand and Manage Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria RSD in AuDHD adults hits harder than in ADHD alone. The autistic tendency toward pattern recognition combines with ADHD emotional intensity to create a rejection response that feels physical, immediate, and all-consuming. Learn what happens in your nervous system during an RSD episode and how to interrupt the cascade before it takes over your thinking, your relationships, and your sense of self-worth. Navigate Meltdowns, Shutdowns, and Emotional Flooding Meltdowns and shutdowns are not choices. They are involuntary neurological events with specific warning signs and specific recovery needs. This book provides a three-phase response framework covering prevention, survival during an active episode, and structured recovery afterward. Includes crisis communication scripts, sensory regulation tools, and a personalized early warning system you can build around your own patterns. Practical Tools Grounded in Neuroscience Inside you will find body-based regulation techniques for moments when thinking strategies fail, a polyvagal framework adapted for AuDHD nervous systems, energy budgeting and burnout prevention systems, relationship communication strategies for partners and support networks, schema therapy and self-compassion approaches for the deep shame that often accompanies emotional dysregulation, and a complete guide to building a personalized regulation toolkit that fits your specific brain. Every strategy is grounded in published, peer-reviewed research from polyvagal theory, schema therapy, DBT, ACT, and current neuroscience. All citations are real, verifiable, and listed by chapter. This is not a book of platitudes or motivational quotes. It is a clinical-grade resource written in accessible language for the adults who need it most.

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GenrePsychology, Self-Help

Length7 hrs 45 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

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Publish dateFeb 3, 2026

LanguageEnglish

1AuDHD Emotional Regulation and Rejection Sensitivity Toolkit

35Day 6 — Date: __________

2Preface

36Day 7 — Date: __________

3Introduction: The Two Operating System Brain

37Chapter 4: When The World Is Too Loud To Feel

4Chapter 1: Your AuDHD Emotional Blueprint

38Day 1 — Date: __________

5Chapter 2: The Body Keeps the Score Card

39Day 2 — Date: __________

Show all chapters

6Chapter 3: Naming What You Feel

40Day 3 — Date: __________

7Chapter Conclusions

41Day 4 — Date: __________

8Chapter 4: The Sensory Emotion Highway

42Day 5 — Date: __________

9Chapter 5: Rejection Sensitivity Decoded

43Day 6 — Date: __________

10Chapter 6: Brain Emergency Protocols

44Day 7 — Date: __________

11Chapter 7: The Mood Weather System

45Chapter 5: The Rejection Earthquake

12Chapter 8: Rewiring Your Inner Critic

46Chapter 6: Brain Emergency Protocols

13Chapter Synthesis

47Chapter 7: The Mood Weather System

14Chapter 9: Emotions in Relationships

48Day 1 — Date: __________

15Chapter 10: Burnout Proofing Your Emotions

49Day 2 — Date: __________

16Chapter 11: Building Your Personal Toolkit

50Day 3 — Date: __________

17Chapter 12: When You Need More Support

51Day 4 — Date: __________

18Appendix A: Tool Index

52Day 5 — Date: __________

19Appendix B: Toolkit

53Day 6 — Date: __________

20Chapter 1: Two Operating Systems

54Day 7 — Date: __________

21Day 1 — Date: _______________

55Chapter 8: The Critic Who Knows Your Wiring

22Day 2 — Date: _______________

56Step 1: Write the core belief in one sentence:

23Day 3 — Date: _______________

57Step 2: List all evidence the schema uses to support itself:

24Day 4 — Date: _______________

58Step 3: Examine each piece using Fact or Feeling:

25Day 5 — Date: _______________

59Step 4: List evidence the schema IGNORES (competence, connection, value):

26Day 6 — Date: _______________

60Step 5: Write a revised statement that accounts for ALL evidence:

27Day 7 — Date: _______________

61Chapter 9: Co-Regulation and Relationships

28Chapter 2: Your Nervous System Has Three Gears

62Chapter 10: The Energy Budget System

29Chapter 3: The Feeling That Has No Name

63Chapter 11: Breaking The Burnout Cycle

30Day 1 — Date: __________

64Chapter 12: Professional Support and Crisis Planning

31Day 2 — Date: __________

65Glossary

32Day 3 — Date: __________

66References

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67About Author

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