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Therapist Uncensored Podcast

TU122: Loving & Living with Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (or ADHD) with Ari Tuckman

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Education, Self-improvement, Relationships

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

When we think of ADHD, we often imagine a restless & figity child who loses focus rather than the grown up parent or partner these kids eventually become. It is a legit neurological condition - yet adults with ADHD or ADD often believe that they are forgetful, lazy, selfish & disorganized. Unfortunately sometimes so do their partners. This episode will help you apprecitate your unique gifts or value your distractable partner.

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So it's more that kind of like Death by a Thousand Cuts kind of a thing for these couples.

0:31.0

And it just feels like here we go again yet another place

0:35.2

that you have disappointed me or yet another place I've disappointed you

0:39.2

followed by here we go again yet another place where you're angry at me.

0:44.7

Like I am doing the best I can.

0:48.4

I'm really trying.

0:49.6

Why are you always angry?

0:51.4

You know, they both feel powerless. The non-Adih H.D. spouse feels

0:54.5

powerless to create a more reliable partner, but the ADHD spouse feels powerless to

1:00.9

create a satisfied not angry partner.

1:05.0

And then they fall away from being on the same team. Therapist Unsensored brings you decades of experience with interpersonal psychotherapy,

1:19.9

relational neuroscience, modern attachment, and anything else they think will be helpful in healing humans.

1:25.0

Now, hear your co-host, Dr. Ann Kelly, and Sue Marriott.

1:29.0

Hi everyone, this is Ann, and today we're going to talk about a topic that we typically

1:37.2

associate with kids when you think about the idea of attention deficit hyperactivity

1:41.7

disorder ADHD often draws out an image of young children having

1:47.0

difficulties in school, having overactive behaviors, and we don't often get a chance to think about how this difficulty manifest

1:55.8

through the lifetime and into adulthood but today's guest Ari Tuckman has

2:01.4

written multiple books on this topic about how adult manifestations of ADHD

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