Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
How ADHD Ignites Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
For people with ADHD or ADD, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria can mean extreme emotional...
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
New Insights Into Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Rejection sensitive dysphoria is one manifestation of emotional dysregulation, a common...
Webinars & Podcasts
Free Webinar Replay: The Flip Side of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#278), download the slide...
Emotions & Shame
How Rejection Sensitivity Casts a Cloud Over My Marriage
I feel personally attacked more than most people do. The sharp tips of criticism gut me...
Symptom Tests
[Self-Test] Could You Have Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria?
Rejection sensitive dysphoria, or the extreme emotional pain linked to feelings of...
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Rejection Sensitivity Is Worse for Girls and Women with ADHD
Too many women with ADHD choose isolation to avoid the emotional pain of rejection — an...
The ADHD Brain
3 Defining Features of ADHD That Everyone Overlooks
The textbook signs of ADD — inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity — fail to reflect...
Guest Blogs
“RSD Has Blessed Me with an Immense Capacity for Feeling — and I’m Grateful.”
"Just as a force of nature can be powerful and destructive, RSD can also bring me to my...
ADHD in Women
ADHD, Women, and the Danger of Emotional Withdrawal
ADHD and emotional withdrawal — pulling away from friends, strangers, and loved ones...
ADDitude for Professionals
The ADHD – Depression Link: Symptom Parallels and Distinctions
ADHD and depression are closely related and commonly mistaken comorbid conditions. Learn...
ADHD Symptoms in Children
“My ADHD Looks Nothing Like Your ADHD”
Our family of five includes five distinct and different ADHD diagnoses. Where one son is...
Typical ADHD Behaviors
Why We Feel So Much — and Ways to Overcome It
Research shows that people with ADHD have out-sized challenges with frustration,...
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Shame: The Devil on My Shoulder
Rejection sensitive dysphoria causes feelings of guilt, shame, and rejection. This on top...
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
How to Distinguish RSD from Bipolar Disorder
Forty percent of individuals with bipolar disorder also have ADHD. The conditions’...
Anxiety
Life with Anxiety: “I’m Trying to Be a Little Less Afraid”
Women with ADHD have spent their lives scrabbling around for social footing, constantly...
Free Downloads
Free Resource: Understanding Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
The emotional response to perceived or real failure can be devastating to people with...
Hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity Is Not Imagined
"Toughen up!" "Don't be so sensitive." "I can't believe that bothers you!" If you are...
ADHD Therapies
DBT Skills: The Go-To Treatment for ADD?
Dialectical behavior therapy teaches people to manage their ADHD symptoms using four...
ADDitude ADHD Experts Podcast
Listen to “All the Feels: An ADHD Guide to Emotional Dysregulation and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria” with William W. Dodson, M.D.
People with ADHD feel emotions more intensely, more frequently, and more suddenly. In...
Support & Stories
The Heavy, Honest Lived Experiences of ADHD Adults
Impulsivity and inattention are not the most debilitating or noticeable symptoms of ADHD...