Hacking Your ADHD You Might Also Like: Sorry, I Missed This from Understood.org
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Jun 23, 2025 Caroline McGuire, an author and ADHD coach with a master's in education, shares insights into the challenges of navigating relationships with ADHD. She discusses how executive functioning impacts social skills, leading to feelings of loneliness and insecurity. The conversation emphasizes the importance of authenticity and shared interests in forming genuine connections. They also explore the need for self-awareness and practical strategies for building and maintaining friendships, helping individuals embrace their self-worth and enhance social interactions.
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ADHD Impairs Social Skills
- ADHD affects social skills mainly through weak executive function impacting time management, emotional regulation, and focus.
- These challenges cause missed social milestones and reduced confidence, leading to loneliness despite making more friends.
Authenticity Over People-Pleasing
- Many with ADHD adopt personas or interests to gain social acceptance, often hiding their true selves.
- Discovering authentic self is key to building genuine, meaningful relationships rather than superficial ones.
Poetry Class Leads to Slam Fame
- Kate Osborne joined a poetry class for a boy she liked, despite not liking poetry.
- Unexpectedly, she became an internationally recognized slam poet before deciding to stop.