Neurodivergence and trauma are often talked about as separate things.   One is framed as how you’re wired; the other as what happened to you. But in lived experience—especially in the body—they frequently overlap in powerful, confusing, and deeply human ways. Both show up as dysregulation. The Body Doesn’t Care About Labels Whether dysregulation comes from growing up autistic or ADHD in a world that wasn’t built for you, from chronic stress, attachment ruptures, or acute trau