ADHD and Anxiety: Why Worry was Never the Whole Story
You finally got the anxiety handled — and then started dropping the balls you never dropped. For a lot of women with ADHD, the anxiety was never the engine of the problem. It was the exhaust: the cost of running an unsupported ADHD brain for twenty years, quietly holding things together. Here is why treating the anxiety alone keeps stalling, why women get the label first, and what actually helps.
Pathological Demand Avoidance in Adults with ADHD: Why You Can't Do the Thing (Even When You Want To)
You wanted the pottery class right up until you signed up for it. Now your own calendar feels like an order from a boss you resent. Demand avoidance (PDA) in adults isn't laziness or defiance — it's a nervous-system response to losing autonomy, and it's common in ADHD brains. Here's why pushing harder backfires, what the research actually says, and the moves that help.
Why CBT Doesn't Work for a Lot of Women with ADHD — And What to Try Instead
Your therapist hands you the thought record. You're supposed to catch the thought, challenge it, replace it. But at 11 p.m. when your brain is looping "I'm lazy, I'm failing," you're not pulling out a worksheet. You're lying there, stuck, feeling worse because now you're also failing at therapy. If CBT has felt like one more thing you're doing wrong — the method might not match the brain.