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ADHD Chatter

Bitesize | How to manage RSD in your relationship

ADHD Chatter

Alex Partridge

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 β€’ 637 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 22 February 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Karen Doherty is a fully qualified Therapist and Relationship Coach, with over 20 years experience and specialises in neurodiversity. Watch the full episode πŸ‘‰ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Opd8B4ipk&t=691s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Is there a particular type of emotional dysregulation that you see cropping up time and time again with your clients in their relationships?

0:10.0

Well, RSD, I think, is probably the most known, the one that people talk about.

0:17.0

It's that being triggered by hearing a criticism or a rejection in an

0:22.9

unintentional comment of the partner and that's it's it's quite serious because some

0:28.1

people that that's a visceral reaction it's it's a felt reaction and it takes time to recover

0:34.3

from it you're nodding. You know that one.

0:38.2

Oh, absolutely.

0:39.0

Yeah.

0:39.5

I mean, it's debilitating.

0:41.9

Yes.

0:42.3

For me, personally, and I know for...

0:44.8

It is.

0:45.1

For millions of others of people with ADHD and neurodiversity, where does it come

0:50.3

from, do you think?

0:53.6

ADHD is that, you know, an ADHD psyche is just intense and

0:57.8

passionate isn't it can't take that away from it that's the beauty of it that's why it's

1:01.4

fabulous to work with it's why it's fabulous to be around but you know it comes at a cost so

1:06.4

there is there is there is there is a very very very high sensitivity level.

1:13.6

The rejection sensitivity,

1:19.8

that would feed into also a difficult relationship with self.

1:23.8

And that's a feature of neurodiversity,

1:27.3

as I'm sure you've spoken about with other guests.

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