C&C Betterworks

10/31/2025

🚨There’s a reason small things can feel huge when you’re neurodivergent.
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📧Feeling anxiety about an email you meant to reply to days ago (and we get it, you aren’t going to reply right now because the anxiety isn’t really about the email).

📲Feeling angry or undone by phone or work notifications that won’t stop.

😡Feeling annoyed or highly critical of the coworker who wants to “circle back” for the fifth time today.
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By 10 a.m., you’re already at capacity — heart racing, brain buzzing, words coming out faster than you can think them. 🧠Perhaps you even “know” you need to calm down, but it seems your nervous system missed that memo.

This is hyperarousal: a state of constant fight-or-flight that hijacks your body’s ability to self-regulate.

⚖️And for many adults with ADHD or Autism or both, AuDHD, this isn’t just an occasional overreaction. It’s the baseline.

But if it’s not working for you, can you change it?
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🔎By understanding why our nervous system performs in a certain way, we can anticipate triggers and have the choice to make adjustments.

However, we can’t organize your way out of sensory overload or deep fatigue. We can’t self-talk your way through burnout.

In this article, we'll talk about what actually works — and why 💪🏽

https://cc-betterworks.com/window-of-tolerance-adhd-autism/

10/30/2025

It. Ain't. Tylenol. Y'all.

10/23/2025

It's easier to create positive habits from small, repeatable practices.

Here are a few daily actions you can take to widen your window of tolerance (stress response):

1. Grounding
2. Breathwork
3. Movement (exercise)
4. Co-regulation (pets are great for this!)
5. Go outside and be in nature

10/03/2025

Window of tolerance = the zone where your nervous system feels balanced enough to manage daily stress and emotions.

When you’re inside the window, you feel: regulated, grounded, and clear-headed. You can think, connect, and respond flexibly.

In hyperarousal, you’re above the window. Your body shifts into fight-or-flight, which might show up as anxiety, anger, or panic.

In hypoarousal, you’re below the window. You may experience shutdown or freeze. You may be feeling numb, disconnected, or exhausted.

All people have a window of tolerance. For many neurodivergent adults, the sweet spot of when you’re feeling regulated (calm/stable/grounded) can be narrower, which means stress pushes them outside of it more easily.

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10/02/2025

🏃🏽‍♀️‍➡️You’ve been running on fumes for months.

Maybe years.

The signs are there:

Like, for instance, your ✉️ inbox being a bottomless pit.

Your boss’s “quick ask” feeling like an Olympic 🏔️ hurdle.

And the laundry has started multiplying like rabbits in the dark 🐰

You crash on the couch and think, Why can’t I just keep up like everyone else?
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Maybe the very familiar ♻️ cycle of procrastination, guilt, burnout, and more guilt cranks to full speed.

Somewhere in there, you start to think you’re “lazy” or undeserving of a better life.

🧯Here’s the thing: You might be burned out – and in a very particular way …

If you’re neurodivergent — living with ADHD or Autism — burnout doesn’t just mean “I need a long weekend.” It’s your brain and body throwing the emergency brake.
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In this article, we explain:
🧠Why Neurodivergent Burnout Hits Harder
🛑How to Spot Burnout Before It Floors You
👏What Helps (And What Doesn’t)
⛓️‍💥Burnout vs. “Brokenness”
✅How The New Way of Diagnosing Adults Works Better Than Ever

Read more: https://cc-betterworks.com/autistic-adhd-burnout-what-is-it/

08/31/2025

Why Therapy Changes After You Know You’re Neurodivergent
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You sit down in therapy after another exhausting week.

You spill out the chaos — trouble at home or at your job … restless nights … emotional outbursts …. the moments of panic that arrive not randomly, but whenever someone points out a missed detail.
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Your therapist nods, hands you a breathing exercise, and maybe suggests better time management apps.

You leave with a plan, yes, but the cycle repeats: overcommit, mask your stress, burn out, recover just enough, then do it all over again next month (just in time for your next therapy session, huh?)
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When you finally receive a diagnosis, therapy stops being about fixing random symptoms and empowers you to build a framework that actually fits your brain.

Instead of, “How do I force myself into this box of productivity, parenting, or career success?” the question becomes: “How do I build a life that works with my brain, not against it?”

That shift changes everything.

In this article, we break that down into very specific details. Keep reading to learn more: www.cc-betterworks.com/how-therapy-changes-after-neurodivergent-diagnosis/

08/08/2025

Do you suspect you might be neurodivergent … but left an "adult" ADHD/Autism assessment feeling like you’d imagined the whole thing?

You didn’t fail the test.

The test failed you.
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Here's what we mean:

The tools that “rule you out” as an adult with ADHD or Autism? They did exactly what they were built to do.

Too often, an “adult ADHD evaluation” is really just a recycled childhood screener with a few big words thrown in.
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This isn’t good enough — so we spent the last few years researching and testing a whole new way to approach diagnosing adult ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD.

A bad assessment doesn’t just waste your time. It can derail your entire mental health journey.

You deserve better than half-assed diagnostics.

You can learn more in this article about how this new evaluation approach works. And if you're in North Carolina, you're eligible for a free consultation with our team!

Do ADHD and Autism tests work for adults? What to know about adult-specific neurodivergence assessments for ADHD and Autism. Free therapy consultation in North Carolina.

08/07/2025

Breaking down exactly why stress responses tend to look different. Spoiler: Big life events tend to be when a lot of people who don't have an "official" diagnosis yet (but maybe have a hunch) feel like things have gotten worse — but they can't explain why.

07/10/2025

Self-care for me has never been a bubble bath ...

It's never been getting my nails done ...

It's never been a massage, even ...

My self-care has been ...

Learning to say no.
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Regulate your system.

Take a break from the S**T that just goes on in our daily lives.

That is self-care, too.
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If you enjoy a bubble bath or a great massage, we love it!

Still, make sure you have something for self-care that you can do often — not just routine, but instinctual.

06/29/2025

We've gotten lots of questions about whether you can use AI like ChatGPT for therapy ... The answer is: It's tricky! But here are four ways you might use technology to support your own mental health goals & self-care routines.