How online community is saving (and breaking) my ADHD brain | Sorry, I Missed This

About this episode

Laura Mears-Reynolds discusses the impact of online community on individuals with ADHD, including challenges and benefits.

Laura Mears-Reynolds, founder of ADHDAF and an award-winning community organizer, joins Cate to talk about online communication, building connection, and staying in touch when you have ADHD. They dig into rejection sensitive dysphoria and miscommunication, object permanence with people, time blindness in relationships — and why online community can be genuinely life-saving. Plus: the great voice memo debate, and why your calendar reminder system for friends is not sociopathic.

People in this episode

Host: Cate

Guest: Laura Mears-Reynolds

Topics covered

• online community
• ADHD
• communication
• relationships
• rejection sensitive dysphoria
• time blindness

Keywords

• ADHD
• online community
• communication
• rejection sensitive dysphoria
• time blindness
• relationships
• voice memo debate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ADHDAF

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