Building Healthy Relationships
Building healthy relationships as a man with ADHD is challenging but achievable. It can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life to have someone or multiple people in your life to support you in managing your ADHD. Join us today as we explore how we do this, even with our ADHD.
Just Give them a F*cking Calculator
Accommodations for students who are neurodivergent are essential for their success. As resilient and adaptable as they must be to overcome the obstacles they face, they deserve an education system that respects neurodiversity and the science of learning. Let's give those who need them the tools so they can succeed.
How to Process a Break up as Men with ADHD
For men with ADHD, breaking up can be difficult; we may feel the need to blame ourselves, but there’s always another side that we need to explore.
But we don’t have to do it alone. Join us as we discuss what we can do to process the pain of ending relationships.
Unlocking Productivity: Embracing the GROWN Mindset for ADHD Men
In this blog post, ADHD life coach Marc Almodovar discusses the power of embracing the GROWN mindset for highly sensitive men. By forgiving oneself, acknowledging progress, and reducing people-pleasing behaviors, individuals can achieve true self-confidence and unlock their full potential for greater productivity and fulfillment.
Don’t Just Try To Find The One, Find The One Who Accepts You
Self-reflection, authenticity & open communication is the key to building healthy relationships. Read my story of facing my ADHD & finding the love of my life by setting realistic boundaries & expectations, learning about each other & evolving our relationship over time. Don’t try to find your One. Find the person (or people) who will love and accept you for who you are.
Masks Off: Embracing Your Authenticity to Build Strong Relationships
Men with ADHD can overcome the challenges we face in building relationships. It takes knowing that we have to set boundaries and put ourselves into positions to find our tribes. Join us today as we talk about some strategies on what to try!
Walking in Your Truth: An Educator’s Journey to Authenticity
When you live with ADHD, you have to embrace authenticity and own your uniqueness. Just by living your life, you can inspire others. People will remember how you made them feel, not what you said or taught. Join one of our moderators, Jonathan E. Greer, as he shows how he empowers himself and, most importantly, inspires the next generation with his mantra: “Everyone’s different, and that’s ok.”
Understanding the Link Between ADHD, Social Stereotypes, and Masking
Are you or someone you know struggling with ADHD and hiding it? Learn how societal expectations and stereotypes can lead to masking symptoms in men with ADHD. Discover effective coping strategies, embrace your strengths, and understand the importance of building a support system. Break the cycle and start living the life you deserve.
EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION & ADHD
Emotional Dysregulation is a big part of ADHD, however, it’s not in the DSM-5 as criteria for ADHD. That being said, considering the structure of our brain, how it communicates, and how our memory works, it has to be recognized as a major factor in understanding and managing ADHD.
The 5 Stages of The ADHD Journey
Dealing with untreated ADHD can be difficult and overwhelming for anyone, but it can be especially challenging for men. One of the biggest things we have discovered in observing the Men’s ADHD Support Facebook Group and in our Discord chat server is that many men go on a very similar journey through different stages of their ADHD. Take some time today and follow us on this journey from our observations.
Uncomfortably Perfect
All too often, we find ourselves searching and hunting for perfection. But perfection will never be within reach. We must find happiness in being comfortable in our imperfections.
From Chaos to Clarity: How Journaling Can Help Men with ADHD Prioritize Self-Care
It’s common for men to have good and bad days. But why did we have a good or bad day? Well, there can be many factors. If we ate, what we ate, if we exercised, if we took our ADHD meds, if we were stressed about something, if we let frustrations build up, if we made a mistake. Things like this and other anxieties sometimes eat us alive.
But what can we do about it? Find out today.
Sweating It Out: The Surprising Benefits of Exercise for Men with ADHD
Wait! I know what you’re thinking. “OMG another blog telling me to workout…” *giant eye-roll*.
Look, yes, this is that kind of blog, but I promise, there’s a reason why it’s so important. As men with ADHD it can be too easy for us to get caught up and forget about the importance of self-care, in this series we are going to be talking about some tips and tricks on self-care, and today’s is on the importance of exercise in ADHD management.
How to Pause with ADHD
ADHD sometimes means that we are constantly going 100 mph. However, we also have to take time to pause, center ourselves, do some self-care, and enjoy our hobbies. Pause yourself today and read about how!
Don't Make Resolutions! Make SMART Goals!
Many people are out there talking about making resolutions for 2023. You may have already started on them. I mean, it makes sense, there’s a lot of pressure on people to try to start maintain these resolutions. Here’t the thing though. Throw all of those resolutions away. Who needs all of that negativity at the beginning of our year? Instead of making resolutions, start your year off by making SMART goals instead!
The Power of Being Enough
"You're Enough."
Many people think that this means that you are done. That you have reached the pinnacle of what you can be. That you do not have to try any more. That you can rest on your heels.
This cannot be further from the truth.
The Basics of Managing ADHD
Managing ADHD and its chaos is, for most, a holistic thing. An entire system is needed to manage it. If you are able to put these things in place, you won’t just be living with ADHD, you’ll be thriving with ADHD. Read more here!
Types of Imposter Syndrome
People with ADHD often deal with Imposter Syndrome. We often feel like frauds, always afraid that we will not measure up to the expectations that others, and even ourselves, hope to achieve. While this list isn’t exhaustive, it is a good starting point for people to see patterns in their lives and how to move forward in overcoming these issues.
Facing Imposter Syndrome With Community
The negative environment that many grew up in, and may still live in, is the root of many of our issues with Imposter Syndrome. We have to learn to create an environment of positivity in our lives to replace the negativity that we lived with. That means learning to ask for help, building a support system, redefining our expectations of success, developing a system that works for us, forgiving our mistakes and learning from our failures, and setting boundaries for ourselves and others.
Imposter Syndrome and ADHD
Many people deal with Imposter Syndrome, and it’s rooted in many of the same things; constant negativity, criticism, shame, fear, and unrealistic expectations made by those around us. Sometimes the negativity comes from within ourselves because, in our own minds, we do not meet our own expectations.