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“I Don’t Need to Be Fixed!” Epiphanies of Self-Acceptance from Adults with ADHD

By ADDitude Editors — 2022

The path to self-acceptance is long and treacherous for adults with ADHD, many of whom mistake their symptoms for personal faults. Here, ADDitude readers share the moments they realized that they weren’t broken at all—and that their wild, wonderful ADHD brains didn’t need fixing.

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ADHD and Relationships

If you have ADHD, you might find it hard to date, make friends, or parent. That’s partly because good relationships require you to be aware of other people's thoughts and feelings. But ADHD can make it hard for you to pay attention or react the right way.

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Hope Cristol
2021
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Dating Is Awkward—Even Without Asperger’s

Filmmaker Evan Mead, who has Asperger’s, exposes struggles with dating and intimacy for people on the autism spectrum and runs events featuring speed dating and exploring facial expressions.

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Christopher Reynolds
2016
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Getting the Help You Want: Neurodiverse Couples Therapy

Don’t Give Up on Couples Counseling! Find a Therapist Who Understands Neurodiversity Instead

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Sarah Swenson
2021
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The Top 5 Things People in Neurodiverse Couples Should Know

Romantic relationships are hard enough, but what if your partner is autistic?

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Sarah and Larry Nannery
2021
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Relationship Epidemic: Shutting Out Body Wisdom

Most of us struggle at one time or another with an inability to feel what’s going on inside us at the level of emotion and energy flow. The technical term for this problem is “alexithymia.”

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Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay Hendricks
2010
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Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication (NVC)

The communication technique of Non-Violent Communication (NVC) developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg provides a way to communicate with our partners safely and peacefully.

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William Stierle
2020
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In Search of Erotic Intelligence

Couples are having less sex these days than even in the famously uptight ’50s. Why?

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Esther Perel
2003
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Healing Relationships Through Compassion and Connection

Applying Buddhist teachings to emotional healing with relationships, marriage, and lust.

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Tara Brach
2017
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