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What does PDA mean?

You may have noticed that there are some differences between you and others. You might feel, especially on those days when nothing goes your way, that you struggle with things that others seem to be able to do more easily. You may wonder why other kids around you seem to just get on with other people and other things.

A psychologist named Elizabeth Newson gave a name to describe the particular set of strengths and difficulties that young people like you have in common: Pathological Demand Avoidance, or PDA for short. Nowadays PDA is also referred to as Extreme Demand Avoidance.

We could explain it by saying that your

brain is wired in a different way from that

of most people. However, there are lots

of other people whose brain is wired

in a similar way to

yours. It is not

useful to compare

people’s brains as

everyone’s brain is

unique. Your brain

is not better or worse

than any other’s.