“I Wish I’d Known Earlier About Adult ADHD”
“I wish I’d known earlier about Adult ADHD.” That came through loudly as the recurring theme of responses to the ADHD Partner Survey question: “What do you wish you’d known earlier about ADHD?” [Note: I …
ADHD and denial
Chapter 15: Reaching Through ADHD Denial In A Loved One
Understanding denial is one thing; reaching through ADHD denial in a loved one is quite another. In previous chapters, we learned about what ADHD is, how it affects the brain, how it affects our relationship with …
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Chapter 14: Adult ADHD & Brain-Based Denial
“Denial” of ADHD symptoms hurts everyone. But we compound our hurt when we wrongly attribute this denial in our ADHD partners to stubbornness or willfulness. Sometimes, that is the case. Many times, however, “ADHD denial” springs …
Chapter 13: Psychological Denial of ADHD, or The FEAR Factor
By Taylor J. Chapter 13 is the first chapter under the #2 Success Strategy: Dealing with Denial. As such, it covers the common psychological reasons behind denial of ADHD– that is, for either partner denying …
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ADHD, Eyeglasses, and Stigma: Part 4
Part 3 here. Be Careful With Those ADHD Eyeglasses Maybe this has happened to you. As soon as you started learning about ADHD, you suddenly saw it all around you. You have officially donned …
