2019
Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.
109 min
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Friendships – one of the most important relationships in our lives - is also a common area of struggle for people with ADHD.
I got together with my good friends who are also neurodiverse to talk about the challenges we have experienced with friendship, and what it's like to have friends who also have autism, ADHD, dyspraxia, dyslexia.
Whether you’ve recently moved to a new city or started a new job while working from home, making friends as an adult can be hard.
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.
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.
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.
Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than “worried well” are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receiving unnecessary treatment.
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Michael A. Freeman had long noticed that entrepreneurs seem inclined to have mental health issues. Freeman and California-Berkeley psychology professor Sheri Johnson decided to take a deeper look at the issue.
After graduating from college, Jen Gotch was living with her parents, heartbroken and lost, when she became convinced that her skin had turned green.
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Look more closely and you’ll see.