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‘I physically can’t get off this chair’ (or ADHD Task Hyperfocus Paralysis)
For years, I wondered why I get ‘stuck’ in places, even places where I do not wish to be! If I was reading as a child, I’d read all day and all night until the book was finished, even hiding under the duvet with a torch that would quickly get turned off when mum did […]
Insomnia Season: Hot Nights, Busy Brains and the Battle for Rest
I’m hearing it every day at the moment – from clients, friends and family: ‘I can’t sleep. I just can’t switch off my brain’. Obviously the heat doesn’t help. It’s uncomfortable, clammy and gross. We’re all lying there with a sheet draped over us or nothing at all, and a fan whirring away in the […]
The pitfalls and benefits of a late ADHD diagnosis
My diagnosis in my 50s was followed by a period of relative silence on the matter. I told my family, of course, but I didn’t share it widely, certainly didn’t immediately run off to tell my employer, and didn’t fully understand what it meant for me. I was still me, of course, exactly as before...
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: what it is and how to manage it
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) describes an intense emotional response to perceived criticism, rejection, or disapproval. Many people with ADHD report sudden, overwhelming feelings of shame, sadness, or panic in response to subtle social cues. While not an official diagnosis, it is often used to describe heightened social emotional reactivity linked to ADHD-related emotional dysregulation.