ADHD Symptoms: Shame and Emotional Sensitivity

On Carrying the Burden of ADHD Judgment — Especially My Own

“People who judge me, my therapist reminds me, should be cut off. They enforce that cycle everyone...

A type of cognitive behavioral therapy, DBT helps people with ADHD to control emotions, strengthen...

How do you cultivate the mindset needed to manifest the future you desire? You slowly, steadily learn...

“Acceptance doesn’t mean that you approve of your executive function impairments or the challenges...

"Resilience isn’t born out of ease; it’s forged in the fire of adversity. Hope is the cornerstone of...

The many ways in which I attempt — and fail — to mask my ...

“I don’t always get it right, and RSD sometimes gets the best of me, but regularly practicing...

“Perfection isn’t a prerequisite for self-trust... It’s consistency in another form: knowing that I...

“Disclosing my ADHD is a carefully calculated risk that’s more about substantive outcomes than...

“To live with unmanaged ADHD is to face constant fires that threaten to burn us and our loved ones,...

This ADHD Acceptance Month, ADDitude readers share life-changing lessons they’ve learned about how to...

“The more I talk to colleagues about my fresh diagnosis (ADHD, inattentive type), the more I see that...

Are you sometimes your own worst enemy? Don’t worry, you can tell us. (No shame here.) And we’ll tell...

“The clinic’s problematic ‘assessment’ and cruel words still haunt me years later. I didn’t read...