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...
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...
The ADHD Brain
3 Defining Features of ADHD That Everyone Overlooks
The textbook signs of ADD — inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity — fail to reflect...
ADHD in Women
ADHD, Women, and the Danger of Emotional Withdrawal
ADHD and emotional withdrawal — pulling away from friends, strangers, and loved ones...
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...
Hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity Is Not Imagined
"Toughen up!" "Don't be so sensitive." "I can't believe that bothers you!" If you are...
Free Downloads
Free Resource: Understanding Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
The emotional response to perceived or real failure can be devastating to people with...
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...
On-Demand Webinars
Free Webinar Replay: An ADHD Guide to Emotional Dysregulation and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
In this hour long webinar on demand, learn about emotional dysregulation and rejection...
ADHD in Girls
What ADHD Looks Like in Girls and Women
Many young girls with ADHD — most with inattentive symptoms — are being drowned out by...
ADHD Comorbidities & Related Conditions
When Women Battle ADHD and Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder, or BPD, is marked by volatility, seemingly manipulative...
Parenting
I Had No Safe Place. Can I Build One for My Son?
Like so many talkative, smart, socially awkward girls in the ‘80s and ‘90s, my ADHD was...
On-Demand Webinars
Free Webinar Replay: The Flip Side of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
In this hour-long webinar-on-demand, learn about the positive side of rejection sensitive...