ADHD VS ADULTING: Why so many of us feel like bad adults and what to do about it

LATE BLOOMERS

Rich & Rox Pink

Self-improvement, Education

5.0 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Why does everything feel so hard? In this painfully honest episode, Rox and Rich unpack the everyday struggles of “being a grown-up” with ADHD—from brushing your teeth to answering emails to keeping your house from turning into chaos. They talk about the crushing shame of falling behind on life admin, the emotional toll of forgetting simple things, and the silent pressure of pretending you’ve got it all together.

Rox shares what it’s like to feel like a bad adult almost every day, and Rich opens up about how he’s learned to support her without judgment. Together, they explore what’s really behind the meltdown over laundry, the panic over unopened letters, and the guilt that follows every unfinished task.

This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt broken by the basics. You’re not lazy, you’re not alone—and there is a way through. Let this be your permission slip to drop the shame and find your own version of functioning.

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0:00.0	Adulting versus ADHD, who wins?
0:02.6	I feel like this could be a really short episode.
0:05.0	Adulting won, ADHD, zero.
0:08.1	However, we are going to dig into why ADHD adults often feel like bad adults.
0:13.6	The problem with setting us up to fail with the expectation of what adulting is,
0:19.0	what is the definition of a successful ADHD adult
0:22.1	and what to do when we need to adult and we actually need support.
0:27.3	This is late blooms where we are getting our lives together and adulting.
0:34.9	Right. That was lovely. Thanks.
0:37.6	Serenading me before the start of the air.
0:39.7	Okay, so what is adulting?
0:42.4	In my mind, it's organizing your life, doing DIY, paying bills on time, cleaning teeth,
0:54.1	bathing, being organized, doctors, booking holidays,
0:59.5	like just living your life the adult way.
1:03.7	Yeah.
1:04.4	I agree, actually.
1:05.6	So broadly, just existing in this world with no real trouble maybe yeah maybe trouble you know we can
1:16.9	never stop incidents and accidents that may come and mess up our day but generally speaking getting
1:23.8	through every day pretty well holding down a job, holding down your home life,
1:29.7	and just kind of succeeding most days.
1:33.6	So what is ADHD then in that context?
1:37.6	So we know what adulting is?
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