Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

The Truth About ADHD: It's Not Your Parents' Fault #adhdawareness #mentalhealth #ptsdrecovery

29 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Danielle Ralston explains that ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder, not something parents caused. She pushes back against coaching-industry claims that suggest parenting is to blame, warning that this messaging fuels shame and depression in people with ADHD.

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ADHD is not. It is not something your parents did. It's not horrible parenting or not hugging you enough or holding you enough or any of those things. ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder. And I know that there are a lot of people out there in the coaching industry that argue against that. Don't get me started on any of those people. But be really, really careful who you're listening to because the big thing with seeing a message like that— Blame it on the parents. Believing that you can heal your ADHD sets you up for that shame, frustration, depression spiral for a lot of ADHDers.