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🗓️ 6 January 2026
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Sign up for my free class REJECTION SENSITIVITY 101 here!
In this episode, I’m breaking down five research-backed facts about ADHD that should fundamentally change how we think about diagnosis, medication, and long-term care. These aren’t hot takes. They’re uncomfortable truths.
Here’s what we’re covering:
• 80% of people stop ADHD medication within the first year—not because it “didn’t work,” but because the system failed them
• Diagnostic criteria are still wildly outdated, especially for adults, women, and older adults
• Many people seek diagnosis because someone else pushes them to, which makes staying in treatment much harder
• The “antibiotic fantasy” of ADHD treatment—why trying meds once and quitting is almost guaranteed to fail
• Too many clinicians treating ADHD aren’t properly trained, creating shame, confusion, and poor outcomes
This episode is about naming what’s broken—so you can advocate for better care, better information, and better support.
If you have ADHD, love someone who does, or work with ADHD clients or patients… this is required listening.
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| 0:00.0 | If rejection hits you harder than it should, if your body reacts before your brain can catch up, |
| 0:06.2 | if a delayed text, a neutral comment, or a surprise meeting invite can send you into a spiral, |
| 0:13.5 | I'm teaching a class this week that is 100% for you. |
| 0:18.4 | For a lot of adults with ADHD, rejection sensitivity isn't just an emotional experience. |
| 0:23.9 | It's a whole body nervous system experience. Your heart races, your chest tightens, your brain |
| 0:30.7 | starts scanning for danger, and you spiral. And here's the part that most people miss. |
| 0:37.1 | Your body reacts the same way to real rejection |
| 0:40.2 | and imagined rejection. So even when nothing is actually technically factually wrong, your nervous |
| 0:48.9 | system doesn't know that. It still freaks out and creates a rejection story that hijacks your |
| 0:53.9 | entire day. |
| 0:55.4 | That's what we're unpacking in my live masterclass this week, Rejection Sensitivity |
| 1:00.3 | 101, understanding it, soothing it, healing it. It's happening this Thursday, January 8th at 12 p.m. |
| 1:08.1 | Eastern. Go to I have atyadj.com slash rejection to sign up. Inside this training, |
| 1:13.9 | I'll teach you how to tell the difference between real rejection and rejection stories. |
| 1:19.4 | That one distinction alone can interrupt spirals, calm your body, and help you to respond from |
| 1:26.2 | groundedness instead of fear. We'll cover why rejection |
| 1:29.7 | sensitivity shows up so strongly in adults with ADHD, what's actually happening in your brain |
| 1:35.7 | and body when it does, the tools I personally use to regulate my own rejection spirals, |
| 1:42.0 | and what healing actually looks like, not masking, not toughening up, |
| 1:47.0 | but actually feeling safe in your own body. Imagine keeping your ADHD brain, your intensity, |
| 1:53.8 | your creativity, your humor, your heart without the constant hum of, did I mess up, or am I in trouble? This is not a fantasy. This is actually |
| 2:04.0 | possible. And you don't have to figure it out alone. Join me live on Thursday, January 8th at 12 p.m. |
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