Dr. Megan Anna Neff
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first heard Jul 2023
last heard Jun 2025
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And so I would drive to the grocery store and then I would just not go in because I was very anxious.
Specifically, I was anxious around mass shooting.
This is going to be a heavy episode.
And so I would drive to the grocery store and then I would leave because of the anxiety.
And yeah, there were sensory pieces in there, but the reason I was leaving was the anxiety.
So that would be me accommodating the anxiety, letting the anxiety drive my decisions.
And the reality was like my family needed food.
So when we're working with OCD or anxiety, we want to address those accommodations because otherwise our worlds get really, really small.
And I've lived that and I've experienced that.
Now, accommodations in the neurodivergent space is a really positive thing.
We want to accommodate those neurodivergent traits.
We want to accommodate the sensory needs.
One thing I'm trying to tease out and something that I sometimes worry about in the low demand parenting space is are we over accommodating the anxiety and
OCD in accommodating the neurodivergence in a way that then that child's world becomes very small.
in a way that actually isn't supporting them in moving through mental health issues and then moving through their burnout.
And then screens again becomes a really sensitive topic, but is spending 12 hours a day on screens, is that actually helpful for burnout?
And it depends how the child's using the screens partly, but there's a lot online that we might access that absolutely activates our nervous system in ways that is not supportive.
Things like fresh air, things like access to nature.
And I realized that there's privilege in even being able to access those things.
Movement.
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