Do people with ADHD have trouble talking about their feelings?

Adults with ADHD consistently report challenges with emotional regulation, including significant difficulty in regulating and reframing emotional context. Whether in the present or projected into the future, their experience is that emotions are something that happens to them.

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Does ADHD make it hard to talk about feelings?

Individuals with ADHD, children especially, really struggle with communicating their feelings. One result of this communication difficulty might show itself as frustration or anger and might appear as frequent mood swings.

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Do people with ADHD hide emotions?

Not everyone with ADHD experiences extreme emotions. People with ADHD hide their emotional problems because they are embarrassed or ashamed of the way they feel. Emotions are impossible to measure, so researchers ignore them.

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Why does ADHD make my emotions harder to say?

Challenges with emotions start in the brain itself. Sometimes the working memory impairments of ADHD allow a momentary emotion to become too strong, flooding the brain with one intense emotion. At other times, the person with ADHD seems insensitive or unaware of the emotions of others.

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What does an ADHD meltdown look like?

Similarly, people with ADHD can also experience 'meltdowns' more commonly than others, which is where emotions build up so extremely that someone acts out, often crying, angering, laughing, yelling and moving all at once, driven by many different emotions at once – this essentially resembles a child tantrum and can ...

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What if I Can't Tell What I'm Feeling? (Alexithymia)

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Are people with ADHD highly sensitive?

It is an attribute common in people with ADHD. Symptoms of hypersensitivity include being highly sensitive to physical (via sound, sight, touch, or smell) and or emotional stimuli and the tendency to be easily overwhelmed by too much information.

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How do people with ADHD argue?

An ADHD brain ? processes thoughts differently.

So, when we're in the middle of a conflict, it can be hard to keep calm and think straight. We can feel extreme guilt, anger, sadness, or anxiety, and it can be hard to manage everything we're feeling.

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Why do people with ADHD seem emotionless?

People with ADHD may be seen as insensitive, self-absorbed, or disengaged with the world around them. Emotional detachment, or the act of being disconnected or disengaged from the feelings of others, is a symptom of ADHD. However, it can also be caused by Adderall, a medication used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.

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Why do I struggle to talk about my feelings?

There are so many reasons why people find it challenging to have honest conversations about emotional or sexual feelings, boundaries, and desires. We might be afraid of conflict, afraid of judgement, or feeling tired, hopeless, or unsure of how the other person will respond.

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What do you call someone who won t talk about their feelings?

callous, indifferent, laid-back, passive, stoic, uninterested, blah, cold, cool, could care less, couldn't care less, draggy, emotionless, flat, impassive, insensible, languid, moony, stolid, unconcerned.

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Why do I have no words to express my feelings?

Alexithymia is when an individual has difficulty identifying, describing, and expressing emotions. This term was coined by Peter Sifneos in 1972, and it comes from the roots of Greek words that literally mean, “lack of words for emotion.”

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Do adults with ADHD hold grudges?

Type Three is Over-Focused ADD. This includes the primary ADHD symptoms plus trouble shifting attention, being stuck on negative thoughts and behaviors, holding grudges, excessive worrying and being argumentative. People with over-focused ADD tend to need a strict routine.

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What are the annoying behaviors of ADHD?

Kids with ADHD often have behavior problems. They get angry quickly, throw tantrums, and refuse to do things they don't want to do. These kids aren't trying to be bad. The problem is that ADHD can make it hard for them to do things they find difficult or boring.

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Why are people with ADHD so defensive?

ADHD makes us more sensitive to criticism. Often, our first instinct is to respond defensively or angrily to outside comments that feel like disapproval. But adults with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD) should know that doing so could sacrifice learning opportunities and the respect of others.

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Do people with ADHD handle breakups differently?

For those of us with ADHD, traits like rejection sensitive dysphoria, big feelings, and obsessive thinking prolong and worsen the pain of a breakup. After a heavy dose of heartache, I'm here to share my tips for moving on. Breakups cut deep in the ADHD heart.

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Do adults with ADHD lack empathy?

As we've discussed, unfortunately, many people with ADHD tend to have a lack of empathy. This can be addressed, though, through identifying and communicating about each other's feelings.

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How does ADHD respond to trauma?

In response to trauma, a child's developing brain can become programmed to “look out” for behaviour, activities or events that they perceive as threatening. This “hyper-vigilance” can often mimic hyperactivity and distractibility associated with ADHD.

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Do ADHD people get offended easily?

We're extremely sensitive to disapproval, rejection, and criticism. We might interpret a colleague's reaction to something we proposed as criticism, disapproval, or even insult, when none was intended. We tend to react self-defensively, or worse, angrily. Rejection sensitivity is extremely common in people with ADHD.

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Do people with ADHD ever apologize?

People with ADHD have the tendency to fixate on things. Instead of apologizing outright, they may spend far too much time trying to find a way to do it just right. They might dwell on what they've done, going over and over what they could have done differently or better.

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Do people with ADHD get offended?

Anger is not on the official list of ADHD symptoms . However, many adults with ADHD struggle with anger, especially impulsive, angry outbursts . Triggers can include frustration, impatience, and even low self-esteem. A number of prevention tips may help adults with ADHD manage anger as a symptom.

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Why can't I articulate my feelings?

Alexithymia is when a person has difficulty experiencing, identifying, and expressing emotions. It is not a mental health disorder but has links with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorders, and various other conditions. It can occur with autism.

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Why can't I talk about my feelings without crying?

Crying is a normal response to deep emotion. When we are hurt, frustrated, or angry, it's common to get teary-eyed and experience that familiar lump in the throat, making it difficult to talk. Crying can convey to others how deeply we feel or that we need extra care, which can be helpful.

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Do people with ADHD have alexithymia?

Alexithymia incidence was 41.5% in the ADHD group. The increase in the levels of impulsiveness, depression and anxiety correlated with the severity of ADHD symptoms; and impulsiveness predicted alexithymia in the ADHD group.

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