Tips for Managing the Holidays with ADHD
For those with ADHD, the holidays can be both stimulating and overwhelming. Here are tips for a more enjoyable holiday season.
Communication that Connects
Executive function challenges can make communicating effectively difficult for those with ADHD. Here are strategies to help.
ADHD Relationship Cycles
ADHD relationships can cycle from obsessive adoration and attention to boredom and loss of interest. Here’s why and what to do about it.
Tough Love – Making the ADHD Marriage Work
Marriages where one partner has ADHD can be challenging. Here are ways to help make an ADHD marriage work smoothly.
Creating a Stronger Adult ADHD Relationship
Relationships in which one partner has ADHD often run into trouble. If this is the case for your relationship, here are some things to watch out for and strategies you can use to improve things.
How ADHD Can Trigger Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
Many individuals with ADHD also suffer from rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD) – an extreme emotional sensitivity and emotional pain triggered by the perception—not necessarily the reality—that they have been rejected, teased, or criticized by important people in their life. RSD can negatively impact social interactions, relationships and job performance.
Strategies for Coping When You’re in an ADHD Relationship
Being in a relationship with someone who has ADHD can be challenging. The issues of attention, communication, procrastination, disorganization and impulsiveness that an ADHD individual must grapple with daily, can add significant stress to relationships. It can leave you feeling ignored, neglected, and frustrated, Understanding, combined with strategies to help lessen the impact of ADHD on your relationship, can help you and your partner enjoy more of the time you spend with each other.
An Inward Spiral: Emotional Withdrawal in Women with ADHD
One of the ways that women with ADHD may cope with the difficulties of having the condition is to withdraw emotionally from those around them. This can negatively impact all their relationships, but especially with those closest to them, who could be a source of emotional support and understanding. If you are a woman with ADHD and suffering from emotional withdrawal, one of the most important steps you can take is to seek the help of a therapist. They can help you understand the why of your withdrawal, validate your feelings and develop better coping strategies.
The Power in Talking About Your ADHD
If you have adult ADHD, you may avoid sharing this with others. Yet sharing your diagnosis can be empowering. You give others the opportunity to understand you. And you can lose the anxiety that comes with hiding your diagnosis. Here are some strategies you can use to tell others about your ADHD.
The Symptoms of High-Functioning Adult ADHD
Many adults can have ADHD without even realizing it. These individuals may have all the typical symptoms of ADHD, but found ways to cope with them and get through life without major issues. This is known as “high functioning” ADHD. Here are some of the symptoms that characterize adult, high functioning ADHD.