Emotional Regulation
Feeling everything at full volume, then being told you are too sensitive.
Rejection sensitivity, irritability, emotional flooding, the overwhelm that arrives out of nowhere. These articles explain why your nervous system reacts the way it does, and why it was never a character flaw.
How Do I Get Through Today?
When ADHD and menopause collide, some days are just too much. Here are calm, in-the-moment tools to get through an overwhelming day no willpower required.
Read the answer →Why Do I Wake Up With Dread?
You open your eyes and it's already there a heavy, sick feeling of dread before anything has even happened. Here's why morning anxiety hits so hard for women with ADHD in midlife, and what actually helps.
Read the answer →Why Does Rejection Destroy Me?
A small criticism can flatten you for days. That's rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) the ADHD symptom no one warned you about. Why it feels physical, why it's worse in midlife, and what helps.
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