496- Oversharing and Underinvesting: The Social Traps That Snare ADHD Adults
Apr 2, 2024
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Caroline Maguire discusses common social traps for adults with ADHD, such as oversharing and underinvesting in friendships. She provides strategies for overcoming these challenges, including setting boundaries, recognizing social cues, and engaging in high-interest activities. The podcast explores the impact of oversharing behavior and building connections while emphasizing the importance of self-compassion and gradual improvement.
Creating ADHD-friendly strategies to navigate social traps and foster genuine connections.
Balancing investment in friendships and setting boundaries to avoid oversharing for adults with ADHD.
Deep dives
Recognizing Social Challenges for Adults with ADHD
Carolyn McGuire shares ADHD-friendly strategies to navigate social traps and friendship challenges faced by adults with ADHD. Emphasizing individual goals over societal norms, McGuire underscores the importance of using strategies that are ADHD-friendly and tailored to one's neurology to foster genuine connections and belonging.
Balancing Friendship Investment
McGuire discusses the pitfalls of overinvesting or underinvesting in relationships. She highlights the need for balance in nurturing friendships, suggesting strategies like creating routines, setting regular check-ins, and maintaining interest to sustain social connections.
Understanding and Addressing Oversharing
Delving into the tendency to overshare, McGuire provides insights on setting boundaries and practicing self-regulation to avoid divulging too much information, especially with acquaintances. She encourages self-compassion and emphasizes gradual self-improvement rather than aiming for perfection in communication.
Navigating Relationship Dynamics and Red Flags
McGuire offers guidance on assessing reciprocity in friendships, considering factors like responsiveness, shared experiences, and effort put into plans. She advises on recognizing red flags in relationships and maintaining self-respect while navigating social interactions for individuals with ADHD.
Interrupting conversations. Appearing not to listen. Revealing too much personal information. Making friends as an adult with ADHD is hard for all these reasons and more. Caroline Maguire, M.Ed., explains how to overcome common social traps.
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