315 Why ADHD Feels So Shameful (and How to Fight Back)
I Have ADHD Podcast
Kristen Carder
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
If you’ve ever felt like your struggles with ADHD make you "less than"—this one’s a must-listen.
We’re diving deep into Shame Resilience Theory (thanks, Brené Brown!) and unpacking why ADHDers are especially vulnerable to toxic shame. Spoiler: It’s NOT because you’re lazy or broken (even if you’ve been made to feel that way).
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We’re done letting shame run the show. Join me and learn how to break the cycle and build real shame resilience 💥. Hit play now—you do not want to miss this one!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the I Have ADHD podcast, where it's all about education, encouragement, and coaching for adults with ADHD. |
| 0:13.7 | I'm your host, Kristen Carter, and I have ADHD. Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, |
| 0:20.0 | and challenges of adulting, relationships, |
| 0:22.8 | working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder. |
| 0:26.6 | I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to |
| 0:32.4 | point B. |
| 0:33.9 | Hey, what's up? |
| 0:34.7 | This is Kristen Carter, and you've tuned in to the I have ADHD podcast. I am |
| 0:39.2 | medicated, caffeinated, regulated, and ready to roll. How are you? How are you? Come in, get settled. |
| 0:48.6 | Don't forget a snack. Grab a drink of water. I hope you're having a great day. I really, really do. What are you up to? |
| 0:56.9 | I'm always so curious. I've mentioned this before. I'm always so curious. What are you doing while you are |
| 1:01.9 | listening? Are you doing the dishes? Are you on a run? Are you in the car with your kids? Hey kids, |
| 1:07.5 | what's up? I hope everybody is just living their best life. Again, I'm a little too excited |
| 1:14.1 | for it to be spring. So this energy coming at you right now, this is springtime energy. |
| 1:19.6 | This is almost summer energy. This is we made it through January, February, March, and April |
| 1:25.7 | energy. This is, I just had my 44th birthday energy. Like I am just |
| 1:31.2 | like, let's go. I'm, I'm happy. I'm happy about life. I'm happy about the weather. I'm happy |
| 1:39.3 | about my birthday. Like, we're ready to roll. The emotional regulation coming in right now is like I need to regulate |
| 1:46.8 | these good emotions, these really intense, excited, positive emotions because it can get a little |
| 1:55.5 | like cagey if I'm feeling too excited. Okay, so I'll bring it down a notch and say that we're going to talk |
| 2:03.6 | about shame today. So there, I ruined the whole vibe saying that we're going to talk about shame. |
| 2:09.3 | We're going to talk about shame today. It's a solo show. We're going in all kinds of different |
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