Join the host and her husband as they share relatable and humorous stories from the ADHD community, destigmatizing ADHD and fostering peer support. From forgetfulness and awkward moments to quirky antics and mishaps, these anecdotes highlight the everyday struggles with humor and understanding. Get ready for an exciting upcoming event bringing together the ADHD community for support and awareness.
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The podcast promotes peer support and humor to unite the ADHD community, break stigma, and improve self-worth.
It highlights the difference in frequency and impact of common behaviors in ADHD individuals, fostering understanding and awareness.
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Podcast Format and Purpose
The podcast revolves around sharing the most ADHD things that occurred in February in a lighthearted and community-building manner. The host describes the segment called 'the shame eradication,' which aims to unite listeners by sharing humorous and relatable experiences of ADHD behaviors. This sharing not only provides a sense of community but also helps in addressing shame and stigma associated with ADHD symptoms. By sharing these experiences on social media weekly, the segment fosters peer support and awareness about the condition.
Misplacing Items and Frequency of ADHD Behaviors
The podcast delves into the distinction between common behaviors like losing things, forgetting, or dropping items that everyone experiences, and how these actions differ in frequency for individuals with ADHD. The host gives a personal example of constantly losing their phone, illustrating the heightened frequency at which such behaviors occur. Another example shared is about a person having multiple pairs of glasses but still facing difficulty leaving the house due to misplacing them, highlighting the impact of these behaviors on daily life and relationships.
Humorous ADHD Experiences from Listeners
The podcast features a collection of funny and relatable ADHD moments shared by listeners in February. These anecdotes include incidents like spraying surface spray on food instead of cooking oil, mistaking objects, falling asleep during tasks, and engaging in impulsive actions like trying to play with a car at a dealership. Each story showcases the humorous and sometimes challenging aspects of living with ADHD, creating a space for laughter and understanding.
Audience Interaction and Engagement
The podcast encourages audience engagement through sharing their 'most ADHD' moments, creating a sense of camaraderie and understanding among listeners. These shared experiences range from forgetting to watch a movie at the theater, impulsive actions like self-piercing nipples, to humorous mishaps like writing notes with multiple pens or misplacing items. The host emphasizes creating a safe and inclusive space where listeners can share, laugh, and connect over their shared experiences with ADHD.
Myself and my 'glamorous assistant', my Husband Big are back by popular demand sharing the @adhdafpodcast followers and Planet ADHD AF Peer Support Community member's 'Most ADHD Things' of February.
I created the infamous last question from every ADHD AF Interview, 'What is the most ADHD thing you've done this week?' to unite the ADHD Community with shame eradication, camaraderie and lols! These personal stories are commented on the weekly socials posts to get ADHDers connected, because Peer Support is invaluable in when dealing with a diagnosis later in life. Raising ADHD Awareness,and breaking the stigma by poking fun at the calamities and chaos the condition can cause. Turning tragedy into comedy, laughing at the things that would usually make us cry. My quality of life and self worth greatly improved with the knowledge that these mishaps are not personal failings,and that I'm not alone in them...my hope is that in sharing these silly episodes,yours will too. We're all in this together!
If you are struggling YOU ARE NOT ALONE and there is free and immediate support out there so please do REACH OUT!
I would LOVE to speak to you over Zoom/Discord in Planet ADHDAF Online Community, filled with like-minded LEGENDS to lean on, learn from and blether with. Alongside Peer Support, there are blogs, vlogs, ADHD Coach led Support Groups, Accountability Pods, Body Doubling, Behind the Scenes content, Next Guest Spoilers, Exclusives and Discounts on all ADHDAF Jewellery, downloadable and Live Events Tickets! Community Membership is worth over £50 so is an absolute STEAL at just £10.50 per month!Getting support whilst also supporting this podcast,so that ADHDers in 197 countries and counting can get the validation and information provided by continuing these crucial conversations. SEASON 3 COMING RIGHT UP but in the meantime check out the TITBITS!
Hope to speak to you at one of the Online or LIVE Events very soon! Laura & Big x SELF DIAGNOSIS IS VALID. ADHD IS NOT A TREND. ADHD IS REAL!