Understanding the compounding cycle of stress and neurodivergence

Neurodivergent brains, shaped by autism, ADHD, sensory differences, or other neurological variations, are trying to learn how to understand and join a neurotypical culture. If you add childhood trauma and/or chronic toxic stress to that picture, something important happens: existing traits don't just persist. They intensify. And that intensification creates more stress, which intensifies the traits further.

This is the compounding cycle. Understanding it is essential to understanding why so many neurodivergent adults