The Importance of Advocacy in a Relationship With Someone With ADHD

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I wanted to kind of go back to what you mentioned about advocacy and kind of talking about that within romantic and sexual relationships especially where one person has ADHD and one person doesn't. What are some things that can crop up that can kind of cause conflict for lack of a better word or just kind of like misunderstandings and then how can you use advocacy to kind of like bridge those gaps? There's so many right there's so many places but fundamentally the big thing with ADHD is that ADHD profoundly affects your executive function. I think again it comes down to communication and negotiation but one of the most powerful things somebody with ADHD can do in a relationship is simply just talk about their experience, she says

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Cate Osborn, who is a certified sex educator with ADHD, a mental health advocate and full-time content creator. Cate joins Hannah to talk about how typical understanding of ADHD has let down women and minority genders, having ADHD and dating, and how ADHD and kink can intersect. Cate unpacks rejection sensitivity and time blindness, discusses the relationship between ADHD and consent, and shares her opinion on why kink is a great tool for managing stimulation. Finally, Hannah and Cate discuss relationship dynamics where one person has ADHD and the other(s) doesn’t, the moral obligation to treat people with compassion, and how communication is crucial in all relationships.

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