Category Archives: Adult ADD/ADHD
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Living and Dating with ADHD
Posted on May 8, 2023 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Relationships, Adult ADD/ADHD.The acronym ADHD represents attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and the condition has been recognized since the late 1700s. However, it’s only received serious acknowledgement in the past few decades, partly because of better methods of diagnosis and partly as a result of the sometimes devastating outcomes to a person’s health and social and financial lives. Read the […]
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What Happens With Your Brain When You Make a Decision?
Posted on April 20, 2023 by CoachRudy in Adult ADD/ADHD.We’ve all been there: we wish to be more creative, more productive, just to find ourselves sometimes doing the complete opposite… thus feeling overwhelmed, stressed, trying to implement a new daily habit, and punishing ourselves for our ‘laziness’. The good news is: changing our habits is hard not because we are lazy, but because our brains […]
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Eight Ways to Stop Taking Things So Personally
Posted on April 10, 2023 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Mental Health, ADHD Self-Esteem, Adult ADD/ADHD, Emotions & ADHD.IT’S HARD NOT TO TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY. When someone shouts at you on the road, you feel the sting of their anger. When scrolling through social media, you see a picture of a friend out with your other friends—and wonder why you were not invited. When you write a friend or relative to get together, it’s […]
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When Extrinsic Motivation Vanishes, ADHD Brains Get (Even More) Creative
Posted on March 20, 2023 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Procrastination, Adult ADD/ADHD.No motivation? ADHD brains rely on external structure to keep them driven and determined. So when their normal, extrinsic routines disappeared this spring and summer, ADDitude readers developed creative new strategies for building motivation all over again. Read the full article
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The ADHD self-diagnosis ‘industry’ offering a quick fix that doesn’t exist
Posted on February 23, 2023 by CoachRudy in Adult ADD/ADHD.When Kim Raine received her diagnosis of ADHD in 2021, she was flooded with a mix of emotions. Grief, for the years she’d spent unable to pinpoint exactly why she felt different from others; all the times she’d lain awake at night with racing thoughts, suffered mood swings or worked all day and seemed to […]
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ADHD and Social Awkwardness
Posted on February 13, 2023 by CoachRudy in ADHD Self-Esteem, Adult ADD/ADHD, Emotions & ADHD.Do you ever wish that you could pause time, take back something you said, and start over? Would you like to be someone who has quick comebacks in conversations instead of thinking of something good to say 10 minutes later? Typical elements of conversation and communication can be tricky for people with ADHD or other neurodivergent individuals. […]
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The ADHD-Friendly Guide to Filing Taxes
Posted on January 26, 2023 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Organization, Adult ADD/ADHD, Money Management & ADHD.Why do so many of us put off doing taxes until April? Because it’s all so overwhelming! Use these tips to overcome common hurdles, find the right paperwork, and simplify the process so you’re done before April 15. Read the full article
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ADHD and Patience With Others
Posted on December 29, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD In The News, Adult ADD/ADHD.By Neil Petersen Theoretically, having ADHD is something that can increase your empathy for other people. You know what it’s like not to fit in, to struggle with things other people take for granted, to act in ways that don’t make sense to yourself or other people. All of that potentially makes you more understanding […]
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ADHD & the Black Community
Posted on November 28, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD Children, Teens & Students, ADHD Women & Girls, Adult ADD/ADHD.Rashida-Perry Jones, a board member of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), says, “Too often ADHD is unrecognized, misdiagnosed, and mislabeled in the African American community.” Ms. Perry-Jones also says, “Typically, it’s teachers who first recognize the symptoms of ADHD in their students. But there’s a double standard in many schools, with African American […]
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Misconceptions About ADHD
Posted on November 24, 2022 by CoachRudy in Adult ADD/ADHD.In the latest episode of Misconceptions, Mental Floss video producer Bethel Afful discusses her own experiences with ADHD and gets into some of the scientific literature documenting our evolving understanding of this tricky neurodevelopmental disorder. Not everyone who has ADHD is apt to be hyperactive, for example. There are multiple presentations of ADHD. There’s the predominantly […]
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