Friendships
ADHD symptoms like inattention, poor memory, and weak social skills make friendships challenging. Here, learn how to build and maintain stronger relationships with friends who value your best qualities and forgive your mistakes.
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How To Soften Blunt Talk
"I am a 37-year-old who is trying to stop being so blunt with friends. I feel like I need to tell the...
Relationships
Why We Crave the Drama That Sabotages Relationships
ADHD brains crave stimulation, and they just might chase relationship drama to get it. Next time you...
Friendships
Building Your Network of Friends
It's been said that we become the average of the five people we spend the most time with. So surround...
Friendships
Nobody Likes a Debbie Downer
Is every conversation a venting session? Your negativity and self deprecation may be keeping friends...
Friendships
5 Ways to Be a Better Listener
From learning to empathize to thinking positively, here are five tips that will improve your...
Friendships
Dash of Patience, Smidgen of Honesty: A Recipe for Friendship
Your friend with ADHD works hard to make sure her condition doesn't affect your relationship — want...
Emotions & Shame
The ADHD-Friendly Guide to Asserting Yourself
A lifetime of ADHD mishaps and mistakes may have left you hesitant to stand up for yourself. But not...
Meal Planning
Hosting a Dinner Party When You Have ADHD—What Could Go Wrong?
When I host a dinner party, chances are the meal may not be on schedule, or even edible. Here are my...
Work Strategies
ADHD Makes It Difficult to Concentrate on Conversations
Distracting, unrelated thoughts pop into my mind when I talk with friends, to the point that I tune...
Friendships
Is It Time for an Attitude Adjustment?
It's not ADHD-fueled impulsive speech that hurts us (and the people we love), but the thoughts that...
Friendships
Making Time to Express Gratitude
How to express your gratitude to friends, family and co-workers—even when you're feeling overwhelmed...
Friendships
Feeling Antisocial? Alone? Both?
"Going out to dinner sounds great when I’m setting it up, but I don’t feel the same way in five...
Friendships
Do You Need a Friendship ‘Do-Over’?
A do-over can fix all sorts of sticky social situations — including those involving close friends and...
Friendships
“Make Time for Close Friends Every Week”
Busy schedules and competing priorities keep us from our friends. Add ADHD to the mix and it's a...
Friendships
Tact: The Foundation of Effective Communication
Six pointers for infusing your social interactions with tactful com...