Ep. 58 – "A Giant Box of Distractions": ADHD Decompression, Invisible Rules, and High-Kick Exits

When your ADHD brain feels like it’s in a pressure cooker, sometimes the only option is to bust out a high kick and call it “decompress mode.” This episode starts with the return of Megan’s facial tics and spirals into a deeply funny, painfully relatable chat about what happens when your body says “nope” before your brain catches up.Michelle and Megan get into the real stuff. They discuss why so many of us feel like we’re trapped in invisible contracts we never signed, or how scorecards might be the only way to remember what we’ve already accomplished. It’s a wild ride through the ways we try to function when everything feels like a test we didn’t study for. Expect some giggles, some catharsis, and maybe a reminder that you’re not broken. You’re just carrying a box full of distractions.Our favorite line from the episode is: A Giant Box of Distractions00:00 – Facial tics, career anxiety, and physical ADHD signals05:20 – Burnout triggers and invisible expectations10:45 – The chaos of masking and overcompensating14:10 – Megan’s high-kick decompression move17:30 – Life scorecards and what they actually do for us21:00 – Finding calm when the world won’t slow downFollow the show, send it to someone who needs a permission slip to decompress, and leave a review to help more spicy brains find us.ADHD overwhelm, ADHD decompression, ADHD burnout, neurodivergent masking, executive function, ADHD emotions, ADHD podcast