Is touched out a new expression? I've never heard of it before until now (sorry if it's just my ignorance to ADHD)
I use that phrase and over stimulated as it perfectly describes what I feel though I don’t have ADHD. I don’t mean to appropriate, it’s what I feel.
I got/get it breast feeding a toddler who’d then want to use me as launch pad for jumping, a pillow for napping, co-sleeping comfort blanket, just pretty much attached 24/7 while also “Mummy, why do we have elbows? Mummy, where does the big bad wolf live? Mummy, why are oranges orange? While Peppa is on in the back ground, the dishwasher is beeping and my phone is ringing.
But Ashley has about 2-3 waking hours with her kids a day max, Alf is very docile and content with a screen, they’re restrained or detained behind gates, neither is capable of incessant questions or ‘watch me mummy’, she almost always has her co-parent present, they sleep in different rooms…
We all have different tolerance levels but I’m going to call hers as low.