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I’m wondering if anyone else with AuDHD experiences something like this.

I get these really random urges throughout the day to scratch or touch certain spots on my body. It’s not like normal itching — it’s more like I suddenly become aware of a specific area of skin, and then I feel like I have to touch or scratch it.

It happens all day, but it gets worse in the evening and is the strongest when I’m in bed trying to sleep.

It almost feels like my brain “highlights” a spot on my body out of nowhere, and then I can’t ignore it until I’ve scratched or touched it.

Does anyone know this?

Is this a form of stimming or something else?

Any tips on how to deal with it would also be really appreciated.

Hey, I’m F29 with diagnosed ADHD and suspected autism.

I’m currently in therapy (second therapist), but I keep having this feeling that it’s not really helping. It often feels like we’re just talking around things instead of getting to the core.

One big issue is masking. I feel like a completely different “version” of me shows up in therapy — not the one that actually struggles at home. So I don’t even present my real problems properly.

Because of that, I constantly feel misunderstood. And the worst part is: when something is misunderstood, I often can’t correct it or explain it better in the moment.

It leaves me feeling stuck, like therapy isn’t reaching the real me at all.

Has anyone else with AuDHD experienced this?

Did therapy eventually help, or did you have to change something (approach, therapist, type of therapy, etc.)?

Does anyone have tips?

Hi, I’m F29, diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago and currently suspecting autism (not officially diagnosed yet).

Since learning more about AuDHD, something really strange has been happening: my whole past suddenly feels… off. Almost like I wasn’t really myself back then.

It feels like I was masking my entire life without realizing it. About 1.5 years ago I met my now husband in a psychiatric clinic, and since then my life has changed a lot — we’re now married and have a baby.

Now, especially with him (he’s also AuDHD), I feel more like “me” than ever before.

Looking back, I don’t really know who I was. My old friendships feel different now — not bad, just unfamiliar somehow. I still love my friends, that hasn’t changed, but the connection feels different.

I’ve also had less contact with them. They still reach out and want to stay in touch, but for me it feels kind of weird and I don’t really understand why.

What makes it even stranger is that nothing around me actually changed — they still live in the same city, close to me, everything is basically the same… except me.

I don’t know how to go back to how it was before, or if I even can.

It’s confusing and a bit unsettling.

Did anyone else experience something like this after diagnosis or self-realization? How did you deal with that shift?