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Cold feet about our wedding
Forum: Support for the ADHD Partner
Hi
Im getting married to my ADHD partner soon. We have been together for 6 years and I have a preteen son. We are getting married in April. Partner doesn’t want to medicate as he doesn’t like taking meds as they will change him and it’s unnatural.
The issues we have had in our relationship are
sharing of chores Very defensive and lacking accountability if I tr Read more of this blog post »
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“Parenting” an ADHD spouse is always destructive to your relationship because it demotivates and generates frustration and anger.”
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
“The shame that people with ADHD, male or female, carry around with them after years and years of being told that they are inadequate is a critical factor when a marriage starts to fall apart, or when they are approached by a well-meaning spouse about asking for an evaluation for ADHD. Shame often triggers anger and defensiveness, which can shut down what ought to be a straightforward conversation before it has even begun. Anger, stonewalling, and defensiveness can seem unreasonable to a non-ADHD spouse who, not having experienced this same type of repeated bashing of the ego, doesn’t understand it or interpret it correctly.”
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
“He learns that getting things done doesn’t get him much credit, which demotivates him.”
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
― The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
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