“I’m trying to relax.” “This can be a chill trip.” “It’s only one night.” When I heard myself say these words last weekend, an alarm sounded in the back of my mind. I tried to ignore it. After all, it was only one night. We would leave Saturday morning to visit out-of-town relatives and return […]
Category: Social Relationships
ADHD makes 2020’s holiday expectations and boundaries even harder
Selfish. ADHDers get called selfish a lot. It often starts in childhood, with our parents, and goes on from there. I’m interrupting my post schedule to talk about this because Christmas is in a few days and friends, many of us have had a rough go. Nearly every adult I’ve spoken to lately has told […]
For women with ADHD, social relationships bring up lots of hard questions
Use the player above to listen to the text of this post. To receive expanded versions of new audio posts and other bonus content in your favorite podcast app, become a supporter of The ADHD Homestead on Patreon. Sometimes people reduce ADHD to a stereotype of a hyperactive or spacy kid. One who needs more time on tests […]