ADHD RSD | The Evil Twin Attack

Same signal. Same name. Close enough that you connect without even checking. We're still in spooky season on The ADHD Cringe Lab, the ADHD comedy podcast hosted by two certified ADHD coaches. Last episode, something disappeared on you. This time, something impersonates you. Alice finally opens the family trip-to-Salem email thread. Search bar only, blinders on. She's doing great: responding, accountable, enthusiastic. Then Mallory lights up in the corner. Mallory is Alice's Evil Twin, and she sounds exactly like Alice's own common sense. Alice's name is almost last on the To line. The question about room preferences is really about Alice's snoring. Cousin Jessie's sweet memory is a humble brag. And Auntie's "haha, love you" about the veggie option? Case closed. We use real cybersecurity to explain Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD): the evil twin WiFi attack, plus the cryptography characters Alice, Bob, Eve and Mallory. We cover negative intent attribution, confirmation bias, and the physical tells that show up before you ever catch the thought. We also explain why RSD doesn't mean your feelings are wrong. It means the volume is turned up louder than the moment calls for. This episode draws on the work of Dr. William Dodson. Then three Prescription Protocols from the cybersecurity playbook: The Sandbox Protocol, Clear the Cache, and Two-Factor Authentication. Plus a Cringe Mailbag letter from Rizzabeth in Hawkins, Indiana, about an elevator ride that lasted exactly 18 floors too long. Alice didn't need to delete Mallory. She just stopped giving her admin access. New episode of The ADHD Cringe Lab. Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon Music. 📧 TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com Key Takeaway RSD isn't your feelings being wrong. It's the volume turned up louder than the moment calls for. You don't have to silence your Evil Twin forever. You just have to stop letting her run the whole system unsupervised. The Prescription Protocols: Your Cybersecurity Stack Protocol 1, The Sandbox Protocol. Contain it in the moment. Notice the effect, not the thought: the headache, the scroll urge, the autocorrect rage. Don't argue with Mallory and don't agree with her. Say "sandboxed," note what she said in a couple of words, and move on. Protocol 2, Clear the Cache. Investigate later, once you have some space. Verify the source: would you trust this claim from a random sender? Check the timestamp: is this about who you are today, or a cached page from years ago? If it's expired, change the password. The memory happened, but it doesn't get admin privileges over your present. Protocol 3, Two-Factor Authentication. Don't trust a single factor. Before a spiraling read becomes settled fact, get a second source. Text a friend, or ask directly: "Hey, when you said X, what did you mean?" Sources and Research Dr. William Dodson: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) in adult ADHD; rejection and perceived failure Hostile attribution bias: research on assigning hostile intent to ambiguous social cues Confirmation bias: selective search for evidence supporting an existing belief Cryptography naming conventions (Alice, Bob, Eve, Mallory) and the evil twin wireless attack Connect With Us Email us your cringe: TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com Cringe-fession Form: https://forms.gle/nua66LxRdVNvQVkt5 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music