Adult Blogs “How a Few Great Books Ended My ADHD Shame Spiral” “My adult ADHD diagnosis shamed me. I thought of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter, whose penance...
Adult Blogs “Why Do I Feel Different? How I Stopped Hiding (and Started Celebrating) My ADHD Differences” “At the age of 49, I was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD. After being told and believing for so many...
Emotions & Shame 6 Steps to Dismantling Internalized Shame When you believe that you’re broken because of ADHD, you focus on your weaknesses and become blind to...
Emotions & Shame You Are Worthy of Self-Compassion: How to Break the Habit of Internalized Criticism “Self-compassion allows you to be good enough as you are, with your warts, with your foibles,...
“ADHD Awareness Month: Combating Stereotypes About Women, Men, and Children with ADHD” [Video Replay & Podcast #375] Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#375), download the slide presentation, and...
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria How Does RSD Really, Actually Feel? “The initial feeling of RSD is as if you've been punched in the head and are struggling to regain...
Guest Blogs ADHD Self-Doubt, Shame & Gaslighting “Gaslighting is deeply personal and driven by reinforced shame, which the victim usually works to...
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...
Guest Blogs From Denial to Hope: My Son’s ADHD Diagnosis Journey The stages of ADHD diagnosis and understanding are different for everyone. On the path to my son's...
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...