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TILT Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

TPP 201a: A Conversation with Author Amanda Stern on Growing Up with a Panic Disorder

TILT Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8983 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Amanda Stern, author of the memoir "Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life," shares her story of growing up with an undiagnosed and unsupported panic disorder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's Debbie. Parenting neurodivergent kids can be messy, lonely, and overwhelming,

0:05.8

but it does not have to be. This is why I created the differently wired club, the very first

0:11.2

membership community of its kind. In the club, you'll get a lot of access to me. I go live in the

0:16.6

club of 45 times a month to answer your questions, to share insights, and just hang and

0:21.4

being community together. I'm also in the private discussion boards daily, and that is a great

0:26.3

place to get feedback on those sticky things that you're dealing with. I'm in there every day

0:30.5

because this is truly my passion, helping parents like you feel connected, supported, and empowered.

0:36.8

So if you're ready to make real shifts in your

0:39.0

parenting journey, I hope you'll join us in the differently wired club. Go to tiltparenting.com

0:44.1

slash club to learn more. That's tiltparenting.com slash club.

0:50.3

Hey, it's Debbie. Today I'm sharing a playback Friday episode. It's a powerful conversation from

0:55.3

Deep in the Tilt Parenting Podcast archives. Unless you're a long-time listener, you likely haven't heard

1:00.8

this one yet. And even if you have, I bet you'll get something completely different from it this time

1:05.6

around. I felt so alone and so trapped in a world that I felt incompatible to.

1:16.1

And I felt like I just have to act like everyone else.

1:20.2

I have to just, there's a way to be human and I'm not doing it right.

1:24.2

So I just have to sort of pretend.

1:30.8

And so a lot of my life has been pretending that I'm okay, that I'm funny, that I'm fine, that I'm, you know, tough. And, you know,

1:37.5

and it's all a protection against being seen for who I really am, which is anxious.

1:46.7

Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring,

1:53.3

informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids.

1:57.5

This episode is actually especially relevant this week, bearing in mind what we're all

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