⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode discusses domestic violence, abusive relationships, emotional abuse, and relational trauma. Please listen with care and prioritise your safety and wellbeing.

What if being sensitive isn’t a weakness — but a form of intelligence?

In this reflective episode of NeuroSpice & Life, late-diagnosed neurodivergent hosts Freya Corboy (alexithymic counsellor) and Hanna Hosking (sexologist) explore sensitivity through a neurodivergent and trauma-informed lens.

Freya reflects on her sensory sensitivity — including food, clothing, and environmental needs — and how learning to honour her nervous system has reduced anxiety and overwhelm. Hanna shares her experience of emotional sensitivity, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), and her history with limerence, rejection, and abusive relationship dynamics.

Together, this episode reframes sensitivity as a source of resilience, emotional insight, boundaries, and healing, especially for autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, and highly sensitive people who have been taught to mask, minimise, or disconnect from their needs.

Rather than hardening or “toughening up,” we explore how tuning into emotions and bodily signals builds strength, self-trust, and nervous-system safety.

• Neurodivergent sensory sensitivity and regulation • Emotional sensitivity and RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria) • Limerence, attachment, and rejection wounds • Domestic violence and emotionally abusive relationships • Anxiety, vulnerability, and resilience • Why sensitivity is not weakness • Learning to listen to your nervous system

Neurodivergent adults (autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, OCD), highly sensitive people, late-identified or high-masking individuals, trauma survivors, and anyone learning to honour their emotions without shame.

Neurodivergence • Sensory processing • Emotional regulation • RSD • Limerence • Trauma-informed healing • Vulnerability • Resilience

Website: neurospiceandlife.com.au YouTube: @NeuroSpiceandLife

Freya (Mumshine): mumshine.com.au Hanna (The Sensologist): thesensologist.com.au

Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical, psychological, or mental-health advice. It is not a substitute for diagnosis, therapy, or professional care.