How to Make Friends with ADHD, PART 2 : • Making the Journey to ...
Making friends is not as easy as the world wishes it was. True story, I used to hide out in the library to avoid recess. Lots of ADHD kids did things like this to avoid the awkwardness of being picked last for the team or left out entirely. Unfortunately, when kids avoid learning how to make friends when they’re younger (or it’s just really, really hard because they are stuck with super uncool people) the skill of making friends is embedded.
What I mean by this is that the little things we do to tell someone we’re interested in being friends, or that we have a common interest or reason to hang out with them is “new” to us. So as we get older, making friends becomes harder. At 5 or 6, everyone is kinda new at making friends. At 18 or 25, people often have a lot of experience at it. That means if you’re like me and kinda awkward in the friendship department, at a certain point in your life, it’s harder for even more reasons than it was when you were 5.
That’s why I’m so invested in teaching people how to do this. Making friends is the answer to many challenges in your life. It’s an answer to big things like loneliness and belonging, and it’s a partial answer to things like fitting in, identity and community.
This video is part one of a series on how to make friends as an adult with ADHD. In it, I mention a tool to help you. I call it “Demystify Making Friends” and it’s free if you want a little help and support learning how to make friends as an adult.
You can get a copy for yourself here: carolinemaguireauthor.com/dem...
Let me know in the comments what you think about my thoughts on ADHD and making friends. And, of course, you can find out more about friendship and other ADHD skills on my website carolinemaguireauthor.com/
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