ADHD strains relationships through communication breakdowns, frustration, and feeling misunderstood. These stem from low executive function and working memory issues. The fix: explain your ADHD and how it actually works to your partner so they stop taking things personally.
The top 3 ways that ADHD disrupts relationships are communication, causing frustration, and feeling misunderstood. We're just going to look at it from a high level of how those 3 things kind of come from the same place. So when you're working on one, you're kind of working on helping all of them. At the root of this is people that you're having communication with or a relationship with understanding that ADHD is low executive function, low working memory, low serotonin, low dopamine. That those things mean that you can have challenges or be really weak in areas like planning, prioritizing, organizing. If you're explaining to anyone you're in relationship with that you have ADHD and what that basically means and how your brain is different, then that can help you have clearer communication. That means that the expectations are clear. That means that that will cause fewer arguments and less frustration more often.
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