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You Had a Fight with Your Best Friend at Work. Now What?

By Gwen Moran — 2019

It’s not very different from falling out with your spouse or best friends, says Kira Nurieli, CEO of Harmony Strategies Group, a dispute-resolution and crisis-management firm. “The only difference is it may affect your productivity at work, whereas at home it would affect your productivity at home,” she says. There are steps you can take...

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Friendships Pose Unique Challenges for Women on the Spectrum

Many autistic people have trouble making and keeping friends. This has led to the myth that they don’t want friends3. In reality, they long for friendships just like anyone else. But they face unique challenges in forming and maintaining them.

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Liz Pellicano
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How to Make Friends As an Adult With ADHD, According to Our Readers

Learning how to make friends as a adult can be particularly difficult when you have ADHD. Readers share their real-world tips for striking up new friendships.

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ADDitude Editors
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Step Back from Symptoms and See Yourself Clearly to Rescue Faltering Friendships

Blurting, rudeness, and poor impulse control were sabotaging friendships for this woman with attention deficit. By stepping back and taking stock, she learned how she looked to others — and turned the trend around to improve her social skills.

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Linda Karanzalis
2019
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What Type of Friend Are You? How ADHD Influences Friendships

Whether you collect new friends easily or lean on a few, long-term friendships dating back to kindergarten, there’s no wrong way to build relationships. This is true especially for people with ADHD, who often report that their symptoms complicate, challenge, and color friendships.

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ADDitude Editors
2022
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ADHD and Relationships

If you have ADHD, you might find it hard to date, make friends, or parent. That’s partly because good relationships require you to be aware of other people's thoughts and feelings. But ADHD can make it hard for you to pay attention or react the right way.

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Hope Cristol
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Say You're Sorry and Mean It

Forgiving someone is a way of letting go of old baggage so that you can heal and move forward with your life. It benefits both the person who forgives and the offender because it can allow both people to let go of past resentments.

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Terry Gaspard
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Managing the Flames of Conflict

Conflict doesn’t mean the end of your remarriage, and can actually make it stronger. There are always going to be disagreements; you cannot avoid them entirely. What you can do, however, is become skilled at recovering from disputes by talking about your perspectives afterwards.

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Terry Gaspard
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Dear Therapist: I Survived Cancer, but Now I’m Afraid My Husband Resents Me

“For your husband, your illness may have made him acutely aware of not just your mortality, but also his own.”

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Lori Gottlieb
2019
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When Your Spouse Has Cancer

Includes Frequently Asked Questions about how to communicate and cope.

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Love Lost: The Effects of Cancer on Marriage and Relationships

Although being in a close relationship during the cancer journey can dramatically improve outcomes, the stress of treatment and the diagnosis itself can take a toll on couples, sometimes in a negative way.

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Don Vaughn
2021
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