{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-chase-squirrelson-show.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fepisode-12-oO7XmGD6","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 12 – Chase Squirrelson- Mother’s Day and the ADHD Panic Spiral","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3587b692-4073-433a-9e08-bb1208a331fe/5541b470-2c0b-4781-b5b8-110ab81f7b67/main-20logo.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Mother’s Day can bring up a complicated mix of love, pressure, guilt, procrastination, and panic—especially for someone with ADHD. In this special Mother’s Day episode of the Chase Squirrelson Podcast, Chase takes a funny, painfully honest, and surprisingly heartfelt look at his relationship with holidays growing up and why Mother’s Day became its own emotional obstacle course.\nFrom “The Lie” we tell ourselves about having plenty of time…to the infamous “48 Hour Collapse,” Chase breaks down the ADHD cycle of avoidance, overthinking, shame, and last-minute scrambling. He shares the three classic categories of Mother’s Day gifts, explains the dreaded “Call Avoidance Loop,” and tackles “The Card Problem” that somehow becomes emotionally impossible.\nAlong the way, Chase introduces the completely unofficial—but deeply relatable—laws governing Mother’s Day for ADHD brains: the Avoidance Law, the Panic Purchase Principle, and the Emotional Compression Effect. Beneath the humor is an honest realization about love, expectations, and why small acts of connection matter more than getting everything perfect.\n"}