Sorry, I Missed This: The Everything Guide to ADHD and Relationships with Cate Osborn Cate answers your burning ADHD questions
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Sep 9, 2025 This solo mailbag session dives into the intricacies of living with ADHD. Cate Osborn tackles listener questions, exploring why once-thrilling activities become mundane. She clarifies what an ADHD diagnosis truly means and offers tips on practicing self-kindness amidst challenges. Insights about managing task overload and how ADHD symptoms may change with age add depth to the discussion. There's a peek into upcoming treatments beyond medication, making it a captivating and reassuring dialogue for anyone navigating ADHD.
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Why Stimulating Activities Become Routine
- ADHD brains seek novelty so even enjoyable activities can feel routine and cause the mind to drift.
- Cate Osborn explains that the brain keeps 'cooking up' ideas and checks out from the current activity.
Diagnosis Is For Information, Not Obligatory Medication
- You can pursue an ADHD diagnosis for clarity but you don't have to accept medication to use ADHD strategies.
- Cate Osborn urges using ADHD tools and systems even without a formal diagnosis.
Host's Medication Packing Mishap
- Cate Osborn shares forgetting to unpack her antidepressants and spiraling into depression as a result.
- She uses that story to show how executive dysfunction and overwhelm cause self-blame.