When Supporting Your ADHD Partner Starts to Feel Like Carrying Them and How To Change That
You’re managing calendars, clocks and checklists for two and instead of connection in the relationship, you’re feeling resented and resentful. Your partner is shutting down and feeling inadequate and criticized.
This is not a failure on either partner’s part! It’s a signal that some adjustment is needed for both partners to feel supported, seen and loved.
“We’re Speaking Different Languages:” Navigating Neurodivergent + Neurotypical Love
Frequently, two people who love each other may be trying to express love, but in a way that isn’t landing with the other. When we can put clear language to expressions of love, then that miscommunication can be bridged and people can adapt their expression so that they can be better understood. Identifying love languages helps us do this.
The problem is, the book on Love Languages was written by and for neurotypical people. So what can we do if one or both people in the relationship is neurodivergent?