68: ADHD and Relationships: How to Stay Regulated with the People You Love

You hold it together all day, then walk in your front door, and everything comes out sideways. You're snappier with your partner, more defensive with your kids, and impatient with the people you really want to enjoy being with. This episode is for the adult with ADHD who's tired of the people they love the most getting the worst version of them.

I walk through what's happening in your nervous system when relationships and ADHD collide at home, why ADHD defensiveness, impatience, and controlling behavior show up strongest with the people closest to you, and what starts to shift when you work on nervous system regulation instead of gritting your teeth through dinner. If ADHD rejection sensitive dysphoria, mental rushing, or ADHD parenting dysregulation feel familiar, this one's worth your time.

00:00 - Why Relationships and ADHD Get Complicated at Home

02:53 - ADHD Defensiveness as a Fight or Flight Response

09:54 - Vulnerability, Written Communication, and Retraining Your System

10:27 - Impatience in Relationships and the Rushing You Can't Turn Off

16:51 - ADHD Controlling Behavior and Why You Insert Yourself

20:57 - Co-Regulation and Becoming the Calm in the Room

Live workshop on July 15 called Calm is Contagious, on co-regulation, ADHD, and relationships. Get the details here

Check out the show notes and other resources at https://jennafree.com/blog/adhd-relationships-stay-regulated

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