How ADHD Causes Emotional Dysregulation

People with ADHD feel emotions more intensely than do people without the condition. For many, emotional dysregulation and rejection sensitive dysphoria are two of the most difficult symptoms to manage

ADHD impairs the ability to regulate feelings – anger, anxiety, sadness, or other.

The result: overblown, extremely emotional reactions to small setbacks or challenges.

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[Hison-Dcarman]

I'm a veteran, was actually addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with ADHD. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

[BritneyT.]

As I've gotten older I've noticed emotional disregulation becoming more of an issue -_-

[livh]

Lately at work I have been feeling incredibly and like I could cry or have a panic attack for the smallest reasons. It goes on for hours. Then the next day I’m as happy as can be and embarrassed about my reactions the day before

[kimifur]

Yes, yes, yes. By far the biggest ADHD challenge I have always had since childhood is my seeming inability to stop myself getting just SO VERY ANGRY when something really quite minor happens. And then I can't talk myself down, and I just get more and more worked up, and SO EMOTIONAL! This can literally ruin an evening or make me feel like the world totally sucks and nothing good will ever happen again. Thank you for explaining this in such an informative video!

[awerges]

When I was diagnosed with ADHD in the late 1990's, I was also diagnosed with anxiety disorder and depression. it turns out that I actually have emotional dysregulation.

[ellesterling]

i get really upset when things don’t go the way i planned and i wish i could deal with it but my brain shuts down and i literally just want to collapse and cry. i can hide it in front of other people for the most part though

[AriknotErik]

I hate my ADHD and my emotional dysregulatjon. I wish I figured this out sooner. Now my relationship is ruined.

[virtusetglorie]

I hate myself. My life has been miserable. 30 years of this shit. I still live with parents. I fell into drugs, I never found what I was good at, I couldn't keep a job or focus in school. I lost the love of my life because I couldn't keep my shit together. I'm in therapy and rehab now and just started a new job and antidepressants but fuck I feel like I have just been at the bottom for eternity and that there is no escape.

[melissahopeful]

My entire family has this problem, ADHD+aspergers+PMS= loud, intense insanity!

[gianthills]

Explains my whole life. Anger just takes me. I never knew because ADHD until recently. Makes life so hard, creates anxiety and sense not normal like other people.

[louisetaylor]

For people who are struggling with ANYTHING: try to add to your life doing something for somebody else...like volunteering at an animal shelter, holding a door for somebody, letting someone merge in traffic, being kind in someway to a neighbor...just get out of your own head and consider what it must be like to walk in someone else's shoes...people all around the world are trying to make a life just like you are...this will help you put your own issues into a realistic perception...at the end of your life you can say, "regardless of what I had to work with, I made the world a little better"

[ALBUMOF]

I’ve recently realised that I might have ADHD or Complex PTSD. I’ve always had problems with my mood swings and sudden eruptions. I do find it hard to calm down and regulate my emotions when I’ve been set off.

Edit: I would love to seek a professional diagnosis because I know there’s definitely something up with me.

[classicnobody]

I feel really bad for leaving my ADHD friend now . It was toxic I have Autism and she had that, we couldn't self regularate

[danielmachado]

Sometimes I just don't understand what I'm felling, embarrassment for no reason, extremely exacerbated exiting, angriness, sadness and others one. I just can't del with it!!! Yesterday my mom said to me I was possessed by the evil cuz I simply was hyperactived... And today I'm extremely sad and I don't even know why I look do depressed and sad!

[Harlequin]

"Inability to respond to delayed rewards." Is this why I normally don't feel any level of satisfaction from reaching long-term goals?

[themelonsoup]

Such a simple answer to a question I've been asking for years thank you

[madderHare]

I've always found ways to train my poor executive function but I had no idea the effect ADHD could have on my stability of mood, so I've always refused treatment. I'll think about this differently now!

[CanadianOptionsTrader]

Thanks so much for doing the voice-over! Very informative!

[psementalist]

This describes me and my ADHD and how I act

[theoak]

My second wife used to tell me when shit hits the fan I can count on you and when you stub your toe the world falls apart.. I chose a career as a chef, now understanding why. Because the immediate stress of completing a task made me perform at Peak levels and when regular stituations arose i would under perform. Meaning not knowing what to do.