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When Their Chaos Feels Like Your Burden: Loving Untreated ADHD | Why We Love
This episode of 'Why We Love' addresses the profound emotional exhaustion and grief experienced by partners in relationships with untreated ADHD. Host Jill Daiken explores the concept of 'carrying the mental load,' where one partner becomes the external executive function for the other, leading to a loss of identity and deep loneliness. This guide is essential for individuals who feel they are managing a project rather than sharing a life with their significant other, offering validation that this fatigue is real, valid, and not a character flaw.
We dive deep into the psychological dynamics…
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