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 unhealthy...
Emotions & Shame Neutralize Chronic Shame by Understanding Its Source Few adults with ADHD are strangers to chronic shame – whether stemming from the decision to take...
Stress & Anxiety 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...
Guest Blogs “I Envy Your Honor Roll Student — And That Makes Me Equal Parts Ashamed and Resolved” “My husband and I grew up as 'overachievers,' but our daughter struggles with everything — and that...
ADDitude ADHD Experts Podcast Listen to “The Adult Guide to Shedding ADHD Shame” with Linda Roggli Adults with undiagnosed ADHD may come to believe that we are fundamentally flawed. This shame impairs...
Getting Things Done My 25 Rules for Life: A Practical Cure for ADHD Shame and Stagnation “Think of ADHD as a marathon, not a sprint,” says esteemed ADHD psychologist and author Michele...
Emotions & Shame You Are Not the Sum of Your ADHD Challenges The ADHD brain gravitates toward black-or-white, all-or-nothing thinking. The problem is that human...
Guest Blogs “Did You Know My Preschool Teachers Didn’t Like Me?” By the time he reached kindergarten, my son was convinced that he was a bad student, undeserving of...
Emotions & Shame ADHD and the Epidemic of Shame "For many people with ADHD, shame arises from the repeated failure to meet expectations from parents,...
The Emotional Side All You Need Is Self-Love You're hard on yourself, we know. But harsh self-criticism never helped anyone. Instead, learn to...
Guest Blogs Lose the Shame Already! The stigmas that those with ADHD face for not fitting into the traditional system can be more harmful...