u/AhikoCake

What are you up to now?

Is your PDA externalizing, internalizing or masked/supranormal type?

Did you get a degree?

Do you work?

Have kids?

Are you surviving?

What worked for you?

I'm curious curious because I'd like to know how PDA people do later in life.

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Sub-Types and Expressions of PDA

Externalized (Fight/Flight): Outward resistance like arguing, outright refusal, running away, or meltdowns.

Internalized (Freeze/Fawn): Inward responses like shutting down, masking, compliance, perfectionism, or situational mutism.

Masked or Supranormal: Appearing highly capable, charming, or overly polite on the surface while suffering extreme internal distress and approaching burnout.