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What if the clue to an ADHD diagnosis was making a different tiny mistake every night on stage?
John Garden is a therapist and professional musician. He shares how years of strong emotional reactions, rage quitting, boredom with repetition, and feeling like a failure eventually led to an ADHD diagnosis.
The conversation explores emotional regulation, inattention to detail, perfectionism, and the hidden ways ADHD can show up. It also highlights how ADHD realizations are often not a single lightning-bolt moment. More often, they come from years of experiences that slowly add up until everything starts to make sense.
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Listen: Adult ADHD, perfectionism, and soft productivity understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/reframing-perfectionism-after-diagnosis
Read: ADHD and perfectionism understood.org/en/articles/adhd-and-perfectionism
Watch: ADHD and emotional dysregulation understood.org/en/articles/adhd-and-perfectionism
For a transcript and more resources, visit ADHD Aha! on Understood.org. understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/rage-quitting-adhd-emotions
You can also email us at adhdaha@understood.org.
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What if the clue to an ADHD diagnosis was making a different tiny mistake every night on stage?
John Garden is a therapist and professional musician. He shares how years of strong emotional reactions, rage quitting, boredom with repetition, and feeling like a failure eventually led to an ADHD diagnosis.
The conversation explores emotional regulation, inattention to detail, perfectionism, and the hidden ways ADHD can show up. It also highlights how ADHD realizations are often not a single lightning-bolt moment. More often, they come from years of experiences that slowly add up until everything starts to make sense.
For more on this topic
Listen: Adult ADHD, perfectionism, and soft productivity understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/reframing-perfectionism-after-diagnosis
Read: ADHD and perfectionism understood.org/en/articles/adhd-and-perfectionism
Watch: ADHD and emotional dysregulation understood.org/en/articles/adhd-and-perfectionism
For a transcript and more resources, visit ADHD Aha! on Understood.org. understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/rage-quitting-adhd-emotions
You can also email us at adhdaha@understood.org.
Questions about learning and thinking differences? Get answers and expert-vetted resources by asking the AI-powered Understood Assistant:
understood.org/en/assistant?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=assistant-agn-prod&utm_content=video
Understood is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you want to help us continue this work, donate at understood.org/en/donate?sc=AHA0725YTO&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=fundraising-agn-vid-adhdaha&utm_content=video
For more resources, support, and excellent memes, subscribe to our YouTube channel or follow us on:
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