Sorry, I Missed This: The Everything Guide to ADHD and Relationships with Cate Osborn Cate answers your burning ADHD questions
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.