1Twice Wired
685.8 Building Genuine Connection
2Preface
695.9 Top 10 Social Myths for AuDHD
3What This Book Is About
705.10 Practical Application
4The Collision of Two Minds
715.11 Moving Forward
5A Day in the AuDHD Life
725.12 Exercises and Templates
6The Neuroaffirming Approach
73Chapter 6.0: Sensory and Lifestyle Balance
7Why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
746.1 Your Sensory Reality
8What Lies Ahead
756.2 Mapping Your Profile
9A Note of Hope
766.3 Environmental Modification
10Chapter Summary
776.4 The Lifestyle Foundation
11Chapter 1.0: Two Minds in One
786.5 Building Sustainable Habits
121.1 ADHD at Its Core
796.6 Routines as Liberation
131.2 Autism at Its Core
806.7 Preventing Burnout
141.3 Where They Overlap
816.8 The Self Care Mindset
151.4 Conflicts and Compensations
826.9 Putting It All Together
161.5 The Diagnostic History
836.10 Exercises and Tools
171.6 Mapping Your Profile
84Chapter 7.0: Unmasking and Self Esteem
181.7 The Biology Is Real
857.1 What Masking Actually Is
191.8 Beyond the Myths
867.2 Inventory of Masks
201.9 Moving Forward
877.3 The Cost Benefit Analysis
211.10 Self Assessment Exercise
887.4 Safe Experiments in Unmasking
221.11 Key Takeaways
897.5 Challenging Fear Thoughts
23Chapter 2.0: Setting the Stage
907.6 Rebuilding Self Esteem
242.1 The Weight You Carry
917.7 Finding Your Strengths
252.2 Examining Core Beliefs
927.8 Identity Integration
262.3 Other Common Distortions
937.9 Living Authentically
272.4 Self Compassion as Foundation
947.10 Ongoing Practice
282.5 Values Clarification
957.11 Essential Points
292.6 Building Your Vision
967.12 Guided Exercises
302.7 Your Strengths Inventory
97Chapter 8.0: Relationships and Disclosure
312.8 Chapter Summary
988.1 The Disclosure Decision
322.9 Exercises and Worksheets
998.2 Disclosure in Different Contexts
33Chapter 3.0: Focus in a Fractal Brain
1008.3 How to Disclose
343.1 The Real Problem
1018.4 When Disclosure Goes Poorly
353.2 Why Starting Is Hardest
1028.5 AuDHD in Partnership
363.3 The Two Minute Technique
1038.6 Couples CBT Principles
373.4 Breaking Tasks Apart
1048.7 Setting Boundaries
383.5 Time and the AuDHD Brain
1058.8 Building Your Community
393.6 Routines That Actually Work
1068.9 Relationship Maintenance
403.7 Your Environment Matters
1078.10 What This Means for You
413.8 Using Special Interests
1088.11 Worksheets and Tools
423.9 External Support Systems
109Chapter 9.0: When Help Is Needed
433.10 When Plans Fall Apart
1109.1 The Limits of Self Help
443.11 Putting It Together
1119.2 Finding the Right Therapist
453.12 Exercises and Tools
1129.3 Types of Professional Support
46Chapter 4.0: Emotions and Meltdowns
1139.4 Advocating in Healthcare
474.1 Why Emotions Hit Harder
1149.5 Workplace Accommodations
484.2 The Thought Feeling Connection
1159.6 Writing an Accommodation Request
494.3 Common Distortions
1169.7 Peer Support and Community
504.4 Challenging Distorted Thoughts
1179.8 Recognizing Crisis Points
514.5 When Thinking Isn't Enough
1189.9 Building Your Support Team
524.6 Meltdowns and Shutdowns
1199.10 Your Next Steps
534.7 Building a Prevention Plan
1209.11 Practical Resources
544.8 Rejection Sensitivity
121Conclusion: Thriving Differently
554.9 Social Anxiety in AuDHD
12210.1 Looking Back at Your Journey
564.10 Gentle Exposure Practice
12310.2 What Actually Helped
574.11 Building Emotional Resilience
12410.3 Building Your Maintenance Plan
584.12 Chapter Summary
12510.4 A Story of Change
594.13 Exercises and Tools
12610.5 The Twice Wired Identity
60Chapter 5.0: Social Signals and Connection
12710.6 What Comes Next
615.1 Processing Differences
12810.7 A Final Affirmation
625.2 Reading the Room
12910.8 Maintenance Plan Template
635.3 Conversation Skills
130Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
645.4 Managing Impulses
131Appendix B: Cognitive Distortions Quick Reference
655.5 Social Cognitive Distortions
132Appendix C: Further Resources
665.6 Assertiveness Fundamentals
133Appendix D: For Clinicians Using This Book
675.7 Managing Social Energy