267 Why Are Relationships SO DANG HARD for Adults with ADHD?

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

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

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Living with ADHD can often feel like navigating a minefield, especially when it comes to relationships. Impulsivity, distractibility, memory issues, and struggles with self-reflection can create a myriad of obstacles. In this episode, I share personal anecdotes to illustrate how these ADHD symptoms impact our ability to build and maintain strong connections.One key takeaway is the importance of understanding our unique brains. By doing so, we can improve our relationships by fostering de...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement and
0:11.2	coaching for adults with ADHD.
0:13.5	I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD.
0:17.5	Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges
0:21.1	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, this is Kristen Carter and you are listening to the I have the
0:41.4	80s to ADHD podcast.
0:43.0	I am medicated, I am caffeinated, I am regulated,
0:46.4	and I am ready to roll.
0:49.3	Today we're talking about relationships.
0:51.7	We are talking about why we with ADHD suck at relationships and I think that this episode is
1:02.0	going to be extremely valuable but I do want to let you know it
1:06.2	might be a little bit hard to handle as you're listening to it because we're just going to get
1:11.5	into the thick of it. We're going to talk about ADHD,
1:14.3	we're going to talk about the symptoms of ADHD and how they impact our
1:18.9	relationships and just like why in general we can struggle. Relationships are a topic that come up all of the time when I'm coaching so if you don't know I am a coach
1:30.8	I coach thousands of people with ADHD and we coach in relationships all the time
1:37.6	I have never met a person with ADHD who does not want to improve their relationships and my hand is in the air saying
1:45.4	same I am also a person with ADHD who is working toward improving my
1:52.2	relationships it has never come easy for me. It has with
1:57.7	like a few unicorn type people in the world, but in general relationships do not come easy for me at all.
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