By Edward Hallowell — 2020
If you’re struggling with depression or anxiety, your symptoms may actually be due to untreated ADD.
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ADHD and depression are commonly coexisting conditions with some overlapping symptoms. The link between the two is complex.
It’s natural for children, like adults, to experience emotional ups and downs. For some children, feeling “blue” for an extended period can be a sign of depression. If your child’s mental health interferes with social activities, interests, schoolwork or family life, it’s time to get help.
Often, disabled people have their disability treated, but they don’t have their emotional or spiritual needs addressed.
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The author and clinical psychologist Andrew Solomon examines the disabilities that ramps and designated parking spots don’t address.
Brain differences such as autism, ADHD, and dyslexia are not something to be cured, but something to be embraced as part of human diversity.
Small ways to build up your confidence while accepting your imperfections—not their limitations on your life.
I asked my amazingly wonderful, devastatingly handsome, most level-headed, even-tempered, fiscally responsible, strategically thinking, husband to write about some of the positive aspects of being married to someone with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). Here’s what he said.
Learning how to make friends as a adult can be particularly difficult when you have ADHD. Readers share their real-world tips for striking up new friendships.
Whether you collect new friends easily or lean on a few, long-term friendships dating back to kindergarten, there’s no wrong way to build relationships. This is true especially for people with ADHD, who often report that their symptoms complicate, challenge, and color friendships.
Hyperfocus on a new relationship and partner — showering them with gifts and attention — may be mistaken for love bombing, especially when the heat begins to cool.