Why do so many autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD people describe simply knowing something before they can explain why?
In this episode of AuDHD for Grownups: F Them Fish, Callie and Jayne dive deep into the neuroscience and lived experience behind neurodivergent intuition. We unpack the thin line between a true gut feeling and trauma-informed hypervigilance, exploring how our brains process the world around us.
In This Episode:
00:00 – Welcome
04:03 – Big changes for Jayne
07:35 – Callie's Melbourne adventures and Dame Jacinda
14:54 – What do we mean by intuition?
20:11 – Is there neuroscience behind intuition?
22:10 – Jayne's journey back into her body and trusting herself
25:45 – Spirituality, skepticism, and understanding intuition
28:31 – ADHD, hypervigilance, and taking in ALL the information
34:13 – Autism and enhanced pattern recognition
39:36 – Predictive processing: Is the brain predicting what comes next?
42:10 – Interoception and the literal gut feeling
48:37 – Hypervigilance, trauma, intuition, or anxiety?
50:35 – Masking and learning not to trust yourself
55:32 – Are neurodivergent people psychic?
1:00:30 – A practical way to investigate your intuition
1:02:34 – Listener questions & Callie’s shameful unreleased episode vault
We are your neurodivergent besties, Callie Elward-Barrett and Jayne Gurton. We talk about neurodivergence in real adult life: work, relationships, burnout, identity, and all the things we wish someone had explained earlier.
This podcast was created on the lands of the Ngunnawal, Wadawurrung, and Dja Dja Wurrung Peoples.
Disclaimer: This episode shares lived experience and general discussion of research, neurodivergence, trauma, fibromyalgia, somatic practices, and wellbeing. It is not medical or psychological advice.
AuDHD for Grownups: F Them Fish is a podcast about adult ADHD, autism, AuDHD, neurodivergence, executive functioning, masking, burnout, relationships, work, identity, and figuring out grown-up life with a differently wired brain.
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