134 ADHD in a Plus-Sized Body

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

[Trigger Warning: Fat phobia, anti-fat bias, Thanksgiving, obesity, medical bias toward plus-sized people. Please save this episode for a time when you feel emotionally able to interact with these ideas]

Gather 'round the table, my friends, we're going to have a chat about being plus sized and ADHD, and the specific challenges that plus sized people face when seeking to obtain ADHD diagnosis and treatment. Please be gentle with me and with yourself as you listen to this conversation that I have with my dear client, Sarah.

Resources:

Health at Every Size

Intuitive Eating

Body Positive Power by Megan Jayne Crabbe

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I-H have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement and
0:11.1	coaching for adults with ADHD. I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD.
0:17.0	Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges of adulting, relationships, working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder.
0:27.0	I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B.
0:34.0	Hey what's up?
0:39.0	This is Kristen Carter and you are listening to the I Have It podcast episode number 134. I am medicated, I am
0:46.4	caffeinated, and I am so ready to roll. Today we're going to be talking about having ADHD and the specific challenges barriers to obtaining treatment and lack of support for someone who is in a plus-size body.
1:01.0	Now before we get started here, I think it would be appropriate for me to add in a
1:05.5	trigger warning because we are going to be talking about my client's experience of being
1:10.5	plus size. We are going to be mentioning sexual abuse, we are going to be
1:14.4	mentioning racism and oppression, and if now is not a good time for you to interact with
1:21.8	these thoughts and ideas, especially because it is the week of Thanksgiving and you know if you are a plus-sized person you might be in situations this week with family members who might not be very kind.
1:36.3	And so I just want to issue this trigger warning right here up front and let you know kind of
1:42.4	like what you're getting into with this conversation.
1:45.0	It is a beautiful conversation that I have with my client Sarah.
1:49.0	She is just such a bright light, a deep well of wisdom and she talks about her experience
1:56.8	obtaining an ADHD diagnosis and the challenges that she went through and she gives a lot of encouragement for plus-size people, but you know if this is not a good time for you to be interacting with this episode, I just wanted to let you know so that maybe you can come back to it later at a time when you are able to
2:17.3	interact with the ideas. So yeah, I just wanted to let you know. week is Thanksgiving in America like I said and I just really want you to know specifically you I want you to know how
2:30.8	Thankful I am for you. I am just blown away by your love and your
2:35.3	support and the ratings and reviews and your listens and your emails your
2:39.3	Instagram dams all the things like this podcast definitely would not exist if you didn't listen to it and
2:46.1	I'm so thankful to be surrounded by a community of ADHD years a community of adults with ADHD who just like freaking get it. I just feel so much
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