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Why Therapy Fails Autistic & ADHD People! (And How To ACTUALLY Heal) | Dr Judith Mohring
59 minutes Posted Aug 31, 2026 at 11:00 pm.
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“I don’t know who I really am”
Why understanding yourself doesn’t always lead to healing
Why you can understand your brain and still feel trapped
When analysing yourself stops you feeling
Analysing emotions vs processing them
Why ADHD can make therapy harder
Why ADHD brains analyse themselves so deeply
When hyperfocus turns inward
How masking disconnects you from yourself
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Why years of therapy can leave you feeling the same
When therapy becomes another intellectual exercise
Where does healing actually begin?
Interoception: learning to feel what’s happening inside
How a therapist helps you feel safe
How ADHD and autistic people begin to heal
How to stop analysing and start feeling
How do you know if you’re healing?
The Washing Machine of Woes
Finding yourself after decades of masking
Do you find your true self — or create it?
Is overthinking a form of emotional avoidance?
A letter to my younger self
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Dr Judith Mohring is an award winning Cambridge-educated psychiatrist and psychotherapist specialising in ADHD, autism and mental health. In this episode, she explores why understanding yourself doesn’t always lead to healing, how overthinking can become a form of emotional avoidance, and what it really takes to reconnect with yourself after years of masking.
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Producer: Timon Woodward 
Recorded by: Hamlin Studios
Trailer editor: Ryan Faber
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