Aligned EMDR & Counseling Amy Lowery, LMFT

01/06/2026

Round two! 🩷

Feels drained after socializing
Reads the room well
Empath
Likeable, dependable, helpful
Burned out after long periods of “holding it together”
Struggles to rest without guilt
Stims quietly or in private (hair twirling, nail picking, playing with rings, crossing/uncrossing legs, rubbing fabric)
Overthinks conversations
Needs routine
Eats the same things for periods of time
Independent and capable
Does things the “right” way
OCD tendencies
Feels different but can’t explain why

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01/06/2026

12/28/2025

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12/09/2025

Have you ever wondered if you’re ADHD, gifted, autistic, AuDHD, have complex trauma, or burned out? Does it feel like your traits change over time?

Here’s the explanation- The Neurocomplexity Resource Theory (NCRT) by researcher Lindsay Mackareth.

The NCRT is a theory that states that people express traits of ADHD, AuDHD, autism, giftedness, complex trauma, or burnout- that link to how resourced they are at any given point in their lifespan.

Most people don’t realize that ADHD or Autism-like traits can shift over time. You can look “fine” as a kid and then suddenly struggle as an adult, and it doesn’t mean anything is wrong with you or that your wiring changed.

Lindsay Mackereth’s Neurocomplexity theory explains it like this: your brain has a stable wiring, but how it shows up depends on your resources.

High resources look like giftedness.
Low resources look like ADHD or Autism.
Burnout, stress, hormones, and life stage all change how traits express.

So if things feel harder now than they used to, you’re not imagining it. Your resources shifted, and your traits shifted with them.

Want to know more? Subscribe to Lindsay Mack’s Substack. It’s a wealth of information. While you’re at it, check mine out too 🧡

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12/08/2025

We’re finally moving beyond deficit language and into words that actually reflect neurodivergent experience. 💪

Creators like and (Dr Megan Neff) are giving us vocabulary that feels lived, not pathologized.

Terms like neurocomplexity, autistic burnout, and mask fatigue help people recognize themselves with clarity instead of shame.

I wrote about this shift and why it matters on Substack.

🤍Read it on Aligned Insights.

📖Check out my new workbook for sensitive, overthinking, or neurodivergent women who’ve experienced betrayal trauma- it’s got 41 pages of exercises, tips, and psychoeducation I teach to my therapy clients in it for $37🩷

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11/22/2025

You struggle with identity because you spent years masking, people-pleasing, and becoming who others needed instead of who you truly are 🤍

📖Check out my new workbook for sensitive, overthinking, or neurodivergent women who’ve experienced betrayal trauma- it’s got 41 pages of exercises, tips, and psychoeducation I teach to my therapy clients in it for $37🩷

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11/11/2025

We watched an amazing documentary this weekend: 🌊In Waves and War 🌊

On this Veterans Day, I’m especially grateful for the hope it brings: to veterans, to trauma-survivors, and to anyone who’s carried the weight of battle (visible or invisible).

If you’re a vet or supporting one: the idea that treatments are evolving, that there are pathways to reclaiming safety, regulation, and peace- that’s what these stories wake us up to.

To our veterans: thank you for your service. And to everyone reading: if your nervous system is still holding the fight-or-flight, the battle that won’t end- healing isn’t just a possibility. It’s becoming reality.

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10/22/2025