Adults and the ADD Emotional Rollercoaster

If you have ADD/ADHD, or you love someone who has it, then you are familiar firsthand how the emotions can be all over the place.  While you may never be bored with your ever-changing emotional landscape, it also creates a tremendous amount of stress.

By nature, people with Add are born with a temperament that is often intense and very emotional.  We react strongly to our environment, and often, we overreact.  On the other hand, when the emotions become so overwhelming that we can’t handle them, we may stuff them down.  That doesn’t work either because eventually, that stuff comes out, and it usually isn’t pretty!

 

Your emotions are your emotions – they make up who you are.  But there are ways to get a hold of them such that you manage them well while enjoying the human experience of feeling.

 

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ADD and your emotions do not have to ruin your life.  You are merely going to have to do more work to keep things under control than the rest of the world.  On the other hand, having ADD can be a good thing.  Instead of punishing yourself for the ways your ADD hurts you, try focusing on the good things ADD has brought into your life.  We are way cooler than we give ourselves credit for!