If you love someone with ADHD, you may know too well how blame shifting hurts a relationship. There are many ways to shift the blame: “If you didn’t make me so angry all the time, I wouldn’t explode at you. Would you rather I bottled it all up?” “I wouldn’t have gotten a speeding ticket […]
Category: Marriage & Partner Relationships
Drown your ADHD in a hot shower
Do your emotions tend to run away with you? It’s okay, you can answer silently, but if you often find yourself overwhelmed, embarrassed, confused, or even frightened by your emotions, you’re not alone. At least half of all ADHD adults suffer from deficient emotional self-regulation, defined for the lay person as “excessive emotional reactions to […]
Do what works
It’s so easy to nag, demand, berate, or give up on our ADHD loved ones. I mean, really, how hard is it to… get home from work on time? stay sitting at the table for dinner? stop picking fights? keep track of your keys? take out the trash? Before I go on, let me tell […]