Welcome to the I have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement and

coaching for adults with ADHD.

I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD.

Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges

of adulting, relationships, working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder.

I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B.

Hey what's up? This is Kristen Carter and you are listening to the I have HD

podcast. I am medicated, I am regulated, and I'm

ready to roll. I'm so glad to be with you today on this hot and humid day. It is a balmy 95 degrees in Pennsylvania and I am here for it. I was made for this

weather. I love feeling like I'm living in an oven. It's the best. It's the best feeling. Yeah,

welcome to the pod. We're gonna have a chat today about trauma and I am

nervous because this is a lot and I've been putting off having a conversation

about trauma and

while I know that I am equipped to have this conversation

I still understand the brevity of my position and the weight that it

carries as being someone that you tune into for information about ADHD and mental health and I just don't take it lightly.

This conversation is really difficult.

It's very tender for me personally and it's something that has completely changed and

shaped my worldview in the last couple of years. I have always identified as someone who does not have any trauma.

So we're going to start there.

I've always identified as someone who doesn't have trauma and I have always up until the last couple years

thought my gosh I grew up in such a healthy family I'm so lucky and to have that

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