The emotion commotion of ADHD can hurt self-esteem, relationships, and just about everything else in life. Here’s what you should know to control it.

(8) ADHD Emotion: How it Affects Relationships

Rejection-Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) can wreak havoc on relationships. Since the wounds of RSD are almost unbearable, the only way to deal with the situation is to deny that the person—teacher, relative, coworker, or spouse—who is rejecting, critical, or teasing has any importance to the ADHD person. Rather than suffer more wounds at the hands of an authority figure, he devalues the importance of the other person. The ADDers has to find occasions several times a day to remind the other person how worthless, stupid, and even harmful they and their opinions are.

 專注力不足過度活躍人士的情緒動蕩問題不但損害個人自尊和人際關係,更令生活中差不多每樣事物都受到影響。了解多一些問題的癥結所在,有助更好地控制情緒。

(8) ADHD的情緒問題如何影響人際關係

RSD是ADHD人士對被拒絕過度敏感而產生的焦慮反應,它會破壞人際關係。由於RSD帶來的傷痛令他們難以忍受,ADHD人士唯一的應對方法就是否定對方的重要性,不管那些拒絕、批評或嘲笑他的人可能是老師、親人、同事或配偶。爲了不被權威的傷害,他們會貶低對方的重要性來保護自己。ADHD人士會不斷提醒對方,指出他們和他們的意見都是毫無價值、愚蠢、甚至有害無益。