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Reconnecting with Family and Friends

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Because of their executive and social challenges, it is difficult for some adults with ADHD to maintain the rituals of holidays that have become almost sacred in many families.

I myself spent the early years of my marriage putting all my energy into hiding my ADHD-related problems from my husband’s super-competent sister and mother, and coping with the growing anxiety resulting from not knowing how to help at family holiday gatherings, not knowing how to talk about it, and not having any techniques developed yet for surviving these events.This stemmed in large part from my lack of domesticity, the fear of revealing it to my family members, the years of avoiding these events and then the years of avoiding these people because of the negative expectations.

I just didn’t want to hear the judgmental disapproving tone in the voice on the other end of the wire I was sure would greet me if I did attempt to connect.Isolation comes from the disconnection adults with ADHD often experience from family and friends.

It can lead to depression or plain old loneliness and sadness. One of the most poignant phrases I’ve heard was from a client who described the difficulty of not being able to relate in ways that reflect who you are and that you care.

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