COUCH THERAPY

Therapy for the ADHD Woman by the ADHD Woman

ADHD IS MISUNDERSTOOD AND HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. AS A THERAPIST WITH AN ADHD DIAGNOSIS I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FEEL THIS WAY. BUT THERE IS A WAY OUT.

DID YOU KNOW?

Most women with ADHD don't get an accurate diagnosis until their late 30s or early 40s.

Researchers found that 23.5% of women with ADHD have attempted suicide compared to 3.3% of women without ADHD.

Women with ADHD often develop coping strategies that can mask or mitigate the severity of their ADHD symptoms.

50 percent of women with ADHD also suffer from one or more additional conditions, referred to as a comorbidities.

MASKING

PERSISTENT

TASK PARALYSIS

TALENTED

REJECTION SENSITIVE DYSPHORIA

DOPAMINE

TIME BLINDNESS

INSPIRING

ENTREPRENEUR

PEOPLE PLEASING

PROCRASTINATION

OBJECT PERMANENCE

GENEROUS

JUSTICE SENSITIVITY

AMBITIOUS

FORGETFUL

HYPERFOCUS

RESTLESS

SPONTANEOUS

RELENTLESS

CHRONICALLY OVERWHELMED

FIDGITY

RESOURCEFUL

PERFECTIONISM

ARTISTIC

INNOVATIVE

PASSIONATE

DIFFICULTY WITH TRANSITIONING

RESEARCHER

CREATIVE

NEURODIVERGENT

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION

BODY FOCUSED REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS

DISSOCIATIVE

PROBLEM SOLVER

POLYMATH

DEFAULT MODE NETWORK

SKILLED

TRAUMA

SHAME

CURIOUS

KIND

EMPATHETIC

INVENTIVE

CLEVER

IMPOSTER SYNDROME

INVALIDATED

LONELY

DISTRACTED

TENACIOUS

THOUGHTFUL

IMAGINATIVE

IMPULSIVE

STUCK

ADHD WOMAN

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