ADHD in Men vs. Women: "It Sounds Like a Way Worse Deal!"
The Hidden 20%5 Mars 2025

ADHD in Men vs. Women: "It Sounds Like a Way Worse Deal!"


Best friends and podcast hosts Kat and Jack bring their signature honesty and humour to a candid conversation about ADHD. Jack, founder of Beautiful Strangers—the creative team behind hit podcasts NewlyWeds and The Girls Bathroom, joins Kat to share what they’ve learned in the year since launching their ADHD podcast, Distracted.


In this chat with Ben, they dive into their biggest bugbears with the ADHD community, the reality of private vs. NHS diagnosis, and the fine line between distraction and procrastination. They also explore an often-overlooked topic: how ADHD sensitivity manifests differently in men and women—and why that matters


1:45 ADHD: Does like attract like?

2:58 Finding Your Neurodivergent Squad

3:53 Kat’s ADHD Realisation

5:00 Jack’s Mid-Haircut ADHD Realisation

5:28 The Journey of an ADHD Diagnosis

6:16 Going Private VS 22 Year Waitlist VS ADHD Self-Diagnosis

6:52 The Human Experience through an ADHD Lens

7:20 Undiagnosed & Needing Medication VS Formally Diagnosed ADHD

7:49 Why Kat & Jack decided to start ADHD Podcast, ‘Distracted’

9:05 Double ADHD Teamwork is the Dreamwork

9:36 Kat & Jacks Advice for starting a Podcast

10:12 What inspires Kat & Jack’s ADHD Podcast Topics?

11:16 The Most Surprising Thing About ADHD: One Year On

12:14 Discovering the Undiscovered: Spreading the Word About ADHD

12:46 ADHD in Women VS ADHD in Men

13:32 Kat & Jack’s World of ADHD Bugbears

15:20 Autism Stigma VS ADHD Stigma

15:50 Why Jack Decided Not To Use ADHD Medication

17:04 Kat & Jack’s Key Strategies for ADHD's Toughest Challenges

18:29 Kat’s Top Tips for Tackling ADHD Procrastination

19:03 Distraction VS Procrastination

19:24 The Twenty Minute ADHD Game

20:32 Letting Go of The ADHD Shame

21:04 Brilliant ADHD Brains

21:48 The Beauty of ADHD Emotional Extremes and RSD

22:52 Intuitive Empathy VS Physical Empathy

23:37 When RSD Can Take Over Rationality

24:11 Celebrating Women’s ADHD Sensitivity & Shining a Light on Men’s ADHD Sensitivity

25:57 Embracing The Power of A Good Cry

26:23 Jack’s Dry Years

26:58 Kat & Jack’s ND Badges of Honour

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On "The Hidden 20%," host Ben Branson chats with neurodivergent [ADHD, Autism, Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Tourette's etc.] creatives, entrepreneurs, and experts to see how great minds.. think differently.

Host: Ben Branson

Head of Production: Bella Neale

Assistant Producer: Phoebe De Leiburne

Video Editor: James Scriven

Social Media Manager: Charlie Young

Music: Jackson Greenberg

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