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Losing Yourself
ADHD & Marriage News - September 16, 2024
Quote of the Week
Quote of the Week“Are you you?”
- sign in a local restaurant
Losing Yourself
I hear regularly in non-ADHD support groups this comment:
“I feel I’ve lost myself (in my relationship)”.
Do you feel the same way?
If you feel lost it may be because navigating the struggles and emotions in your life has distorted both your relationship and you. You might be ‘walking
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More books by Melissa Orlov…
“Parenting” an ADHD spouse is always destructive to your relationship because it demotivates and generates frustration and anger.”
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
“The shame that people with ADHD, male or female, carry around with them after years and years of being told that they are inadequate is a critical factor when a marriage starts to fall apart, or when they are approached by a well-meaning spouse about asking for an evaluation for ADHD. Shame often triggers anger and defensiveness, which can shut down what ought to be a straightforward conversation before it has even begun. Anger, stonewalling, and defensiveness can seem unreasonable to a non-ADHD spouse who, not having experienced this same type of repeated bashing of the ego, doesn’t understand it or interpret it correctly.”
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
“Recognize, however, that some people with ADHD compensated for their ADHD in childhood but fall apart after they have too much on their plate as adults. Typically, this happens with the introduction of children into your lives. Raising kids takes an inordinate amount of organizational skill, which is not generally an ADHD strong point.”
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
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