Adult ADHD and Childhood Trauma

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If you're looking for a deep dive into the correlation between adult ADHD and childhood trauma, then this video could be for you. In this video, we talk about adverse childhood experiences and the brain.
We also discuss the potential ways in which childhood trauma may contribute to the manifestation and exacerbation the symptoms of ADHD in adults.
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@she__khinah 7 месяцев назад

Of course there is a strong correlation between childhood trauma and ADHD. As a child with ADHD I got so often screamed at and beaten for my ADHD symptoms like executive dysfunction and forgetfulness. Getting constantly punished for executive dysfunction, forgetfulness, stimming or being annoying is not an uncommon experience of children with ADHD. So I'm really not surprised that there is a link between ADHD and trauma. At school teachers categorize you as lazy, a genius or as just being stupid. Nobody has normal expectations for you.

@Kasnokas00 3 месяца назад

and yet some people with adhd is the most creative and smartest ones, much love sending your way❤

@meinennamensagichnet 3 месяца назад

I am pretty vnvinced ADHD is a diversity like it is being a morning or evening person. The theorie behind the different times people feel most alert is that early society needed people on watch all times of the day and night. So it was just natural that some people would ve sleepy in the mornings and alert in late evenings so everyone would be safe while sleeping. Same is in my opinion with adhd. It comes with many important traits like quick and unusual problem solutions, creativity, high energy but some negative traits low self control, low performance on reperstive work, etc In an esrly society we would have needed some who made clothing stitch by stitch amd some to tell a entertaining tale on the fireside. We would have needed some who questioned old solutions and invent better ones. We would have needed some who went out looking for berries and some who tried the odd one just because someone said "i dare you..." to find out it is eatable.

@jadejago7664 2 месяца назад

That caregivers went to screaming at you for your behavior as a parenting tactic is enough to trigger ADHD symptoms that then become hard wired.

@imitationsofmyself 2 месяца назад

"As a child with ADHD I got so often screamed at and beaten for my ADHD symptoms" This happened to me but with autism

@sarahkelly6375 2 месяца назад

100% agree! I am so anxious now because I worry I am going to mess up big time. I feel like any moment I could get distracted and totally mess up on stuff.

@Ads_1001 Год назад

I've experienced childhood trauma & also still experience adhd as an adult, I relate to this vid on a deeper level. Whoever is reading this & has experienced the same like me, sending lots of hugs 2 u ♡♡♡ Gud times r coming ur way soon!! Keep going ♡

@josemonfort452 Год назад

Lots of hugs 4 U 2 🤗🤗🤗

@animefans2420 Год назад

Thanks u tooo ❤

@yogidevendrabiriyani1777 6 месяцев назад

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@s.tiaira9081 6 месяцев назад

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@Divine_healing 5 месяцев назад

Thank you,and you too ❤❤

@lauriefaber6627 Год назад

This is literally my story. Childhood abuse and trauma / C-PTSD. Fast forward several years. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult in my early 30s. Even though i'm now being treated for both, I don't know that the ADHD would have ever presented were it not for the abuse I suffered as a child.

@lauragadille3384 Год назад

Me too

@lauriefaber6627 Год назад

@@lauragadille3384 i wish i were younger and could get another degree, but this time in neuroscience! in my opinion, there absolutely is a correlation between certain ways we had to be 'all on' during our childhoods and what it takes for us to be 'all on' in our adulthoods.

@JenSumma Год назад

Same here and I had symptoms in kindergarten but my dad was physically abusive and refused to let me see a psychologist

@Limehead5 Год назад

@@JenSummaI'm so sorry to hear that that happened to you. Sending virtual hugs ❤

@Yashuop Год назад

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@pilothyper Год назад

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@Mightype Год назад

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@zaxyt2.059 Год назад

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@A55a551n Год назад

Hey guys

@funnytv-1631 Год назад

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@lilbrownbear Год назад

i think one way to differ between PTSD and ADHD is that once you realize your triggers, where they stem from and have a control on you emotions, behaviors and defence mechanism, PTSD can be dealt with. As time passes by one can overcome such triggers and ones reactions to them. While with ADHD, the symptoms persist regardless of identification amd control of triggers. Also its not constant and fluctuates depending on your mental state. For example, you might not always be sensitive to sensory stimuli and are likely to be so when stressed or tired.

@pinkishhaven5158 Год назад

What sucks for me is that socializing IS the trigger. Being one of those "given" a label in school that lasted from elementary to high school, it's almost instinct to want to avoid attention from any social interaction while feeling very lonely for being misunderstood when I do at the same time. That's probably why I'm struggling so much in college. I should've graduated this year but it looks like I'll have to repeat another year.

@acutechicken5798 Год назад

@@pinkishhaven5158 That's awful. The only way I was ever able to escape having social anxiety was by finally making friends with people similar to me, with whom I could talk with and visit, and so on. Only when I made positive experiences was I able to undo my mind viewing socialization as a threat.

@pinkishhaven5158 Год назад

@@acutechicken5798 ⚠️ long ass message ahead 🚨 ⚠️ yeah, I have friends too. Some good ones. But I purposely pull away. I self-sabotage a lot it's almost a habit lol... Two of them just graduated and I'm genuinely happy for them, but I'm also content to stay behind. They'll be fine without me, I've purposely been less active with chats so I won't hinder their progress and reassure them I'm fine whenever they check up🤣 And it don't help that the best buddy that I could open up with right now is in the same situation I am lol. We're both passively suicidal and taking it in stride like "Aight mate, whoever of us goes first...well goodbye🙋" XD Anyway... The habitual trigger response whenever I feel like I'm being misunderstood, even when most of them are unintentional, is dissociation. And that's legit dangerous, as I've realized. Not only do I dettach from negative emotions, but with the positive ones as well. It's like I'm detaching from myself. So while I don't feel a sense of urgency, I don't feel content as well. There's also the dissociation with the cause of your trigger. You'll forget WHY you're feeling/what caused it but it won't go away, merely add up to the already full heavy feeling. Or on the other hand, you'll immediately dissociate with your emotions but your mind remembers the details and that's hella heavy too. whew...lots more to unpack there yet I can't afford a therapist but I also never will if I'm still stuck being an undergraduate and unemployed🤣 But...again...I have no feeling of urgency🥲. Just numb and...passive. My journals look like chicken scratch cuz my mind races and my hand can't keep up but I have to admit that writing what's precisely on my thoughts is soothing afterwards. Well, if I don't I'll forget anyways😆

@doraga6390 Год назад

@@pinkishhaven5158 if you are not on therapy, or even if you are, i recommend reading book about attachment styles. Because of your trauma your attachment is more like Disorganized (a mix between anxious and avoidant). It helps you understand deeply why you want closeness but reject and how that rejection you are making stresses you. It has helped with my relationships and how I navigate them (I an in ENM relationships). What functions with one person does not with other, and knowing their attachment styles and my own style has helped into understanding us better

@Just1Nora Год назад

I've resolved my scent and smell triggers, for the most part, but yelling or loud men still turns me into a hysterically sobbing ball. I haven't found a way to heal that one yet. My ADHD paralysis, among other things, is very bad though and I get overwhelmed quickly.

@lauragadille3384 Год назад

I just got diagnosed with ADHD and now I see how it relates to my childhood trauma

@orientainapore 2 месяца назад

same

@adequatemagic Год назад

Adult ADHD diagnosed in 1997, at 37. I was misdiagnosed in highschool (class of 1978) as temporal lobe epilepsy. I had childhood trauma (catholic school from 9-12 years of age, yes I was abused) 😢 Thank you for this. Reframing my perception sounds promising.

@farciarzfunny5326 Год назад

and they say they are "catholic" or "Christian" but do things that lead to things like your trauma

@andrewrosenberg9272 Год назад

Wow. I was diagnosed with adhd last year. I have cptsd, as well as temporal lobe epilepsy. Crazy similar.... raised in a Cult.

@Heyu7her3 8 месяцев назад

You could've had all 3, such as epilepsy triggered by the trauma

@davloe 6 месяцев назад

Childhood trauma can cause adhd-like symptoms, and having (especially undiagnosed) adhd can lead to childhood trauma. For me personally, mostly the second is true. Having an extremely competitive entrepreneur father who never had time or cared much about my feelings, but expected me to "just function" has left emotional scars that to this day make me unable to work or study (I'll just stop putting effort into anything after a short time, sabotage myself and ultimately destroy any faith I could possibly have in myself). I put my attention on my childhood trauma for some months now and I see a lot of inner improvements, but it's too early to challenge myself again (since it'd only reinforce my beliefs about me being a failure). Nonetheless, I can and will overcome this eventually!❤️‍🔥

@poppins1632 Год назад

This made me think of the ADHD folks superpowers like photographic-like memories, acute awareness of what is happening around them, the ability to learn things in minute detail at hyper speed, especially if it’s a special interest etc etc. Yes it’s sh*t that those qualities may also be the result of trauma but ADHD is more than negatives and deficits.

@notmyrealaccount8564 Год назад

That’s why I think ADHD makes you prone to being traumatised rather than the trauma causing you to have ADHD. ADHD makes it harder to process your emotions and thoughts so any difficult ones are even harder. Imagine hyper focusing on something bad that happened. 😳

@notmyrealaccount8564 Год назад

@@MeNameDanny That’s awful sorry they did that. Were you being treated with medication at the time? That’s usually what makes people better, until they stop it anyway. Despite what they originally thought people don’t grow out of ADHD they just leave school which is usually what’s making their ADHD worse. They still have it lingering though and when they next hit something that they can’t manage it rears its ugly head. Unfortunately hardly anyone understands ADHD even the doctors who are supposed to be specialists often get it wrong. Doctors have messed me up beyond belief which makes getting sick even more stressful now because I just can’t trust them to do what is required. Is there any way you can get assessed privately? It might help you to regain some control over your health. I know it’s difficult to self advocate but it’s the only way to get the right treatment and you have to be relentless because nobody cares or knows more about you than you do so trust yourself and what you feel is wrong. I hope it works out for you.

@rabbitdrink Год назад

i got adhd, it all really aint worth it. id rather not be a zombie when im off the meds

@dearjuan 4 месяца назад

Learning things in a minute? You clearly don’t have adhd lol.

@MorgansMemez 3 месяца назад

@@rabbitdrink when im off meds i cannot function as an adult, i leave my car keysin my car door, leave milk out, cant find my wallet, cant go to work untill i dont have enough time and i am late, the brain fog is terrible too... but the meds bring me into the present and i can function.

@Limehead5 Год назад

I believe Childhood Trauma leading to CPTSD (Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is the main diagnosis for most people with mental health disorders. I feel that if you look at any other mental health disorder and compare those symptoms to the symptoms of CPTSD, most of the symptoms are covered by those of CPTSD... Early trauma really messes up a lot of lives 😢

@Heyu7her3 8 месяцев назад

I recently said this about the fearfully-avoidant attachment style likely being the attachment style for neurodivergent people.

@SimplyAri_Kim Год назад

Thank you so much for helping people for making these types of videos. It really helps me mentally and when I watch your videos I learn more about myself, who I am, who I want to be and how to make it happen. ❤❤❤ Keep up the amazing work!

@Just1Nora Год назад

I have cptsd and was dx in my early/mid 30s with ADHD and now possibly asd. Looking back at my childhood I remember my report cards from the middle of elementary school through middle school my teacher(s) would write, "Has trouble staying on task/focused, or has trouble concentrating," and I remember my mom saying, "Nora, stay on task!" while I performed various chores or homework. Being messy but needing structure and order were also big things, and still are. I was also a premie baby and while I was only in the nicu for six weeks I wasn't held by hardly anyone. My parents didn't get to hold me until 3 days after I was born, and my mom told Dad to hold me first even though it was Mother's day. I think she had post pardom depression. Both pairs of grandparents came over to "help" in the early days, before I was home, but they weren't really any help with childcare of my 17 mo old sister, which is what she really needed, so my mom didn't get much chance to drive a city over to see and hold me. We now know how important skin to skin contact is for bonding, and in premies to help regulate their autonomic functions like breathing and heart rate. Being kept from the mother in those first few weeks causes babies to develop anxiety later in life (a study on mice anyway). I wasn't even held much until I was about a year old and had caught up in size and weight to my peers due to home monitoring etc. That's info given by both parents. I'm sure that the lack of contact probably caused some problems with me. Plus my mom wasn't happy to be pregnant with me before my sister was two and out of diapers. So possibly in utero trauma as well? It's complicated.

@derekbacharach Год назад

Yes, early infant attachment is vital and without this, an infant's wiring can get screwed up. Too many people think if you can't remember Trauma it won't affect you. Not true. Your brain may not understand but your wiring and your body is keeping score.

@foxyloon Год назад

This video really hits close to home. I've had a very turbulent childhood, a series of traumatic experiences while growing up due to my living environment. Have also observed several ADHD symptoms being present, and had therapists agree with that assessment when I explain my struggles. Just urges me to seek an official diagnosis all the more.

@josueacunauwu Год назад

Furry! I mean wait what? (Sorry :/)

@goofball2228 3 месяца назад

I have ADHD and nobody thought I did because I always got good grades. The trauma however of constantly being screamed at, called “annoying” and never being able to organize myself leading to punishment has caused me to be depressed as a teenager

@FennecTheRabbit Год назад

Im curious about the causal direction. Does trauma cause ADHD in adults or are folks with ADHD more likely to have traumatic experiences as children (I mean imagine being undiagnosed ADHD as a kid and having to struggle through school and being treated like an idiot? That’s traumatic AF for a person). So I just wonder about the directionality.

@derekbacharach Год назад

Trauma is not the only cause of ADHD. Genetics plays a factor too. Trauma can manifest in how we think, feel and behave or as stated in this video how we make sense of others and our environment.

@alexshorty3719 11 месяцев назад

I think it's more likely for ADHD to cause trauma, not the other way around. Neurodivergent kids (and also adults) often end up being social outcasts, thus they are at high risk of experiencing traumatic events. I remember my ADHD symptoms getting worse in negative episodes of my life, but I've always had it (I am diagnosed). And since ADHD is believed to be a genetic condition, it seems unlikely that trauma causes it. But that is just my suggestion. :)

@Heyu7her3 8 месяцев назад

@@alexshorty3719 epigenetics _(which posits that nature & nurture impact each other)_ supports the notion of trauma changing one' genes to express certain attributes. just like certain learning ones can be acquired through an accident, it's also possible for brains to shift neurologically in traumatic situations, such as with lobal seizures.

@ayseyilmaz3910 7 месяцев назад

Gabor Maté says it is not genetics but it is transgenerational trauma.

@grandmastermario3695 26 дней назад

@@alexshorty3719exscuses to act up exscuses to abuse a child pathetic, trauma can cause adhd, its just that parents want us to think its no a cause, because parents just don't want to own up to anything.

@Orech-the-Nut Год назад

Being differently wired leads to a specific kind of trauma (experience of being excluded, targeted, critised, gaslit, overlooked etc. Because you seem or behave weird or you not fit in), so the coincidence of innate neurodivergence and trauma is much more difficult to untagle. Because of general tendency to target or overlook needs of those, who’s brain functions in a different way, it is nearly impossible to be born neurodivergent and to have no trauma or ACE at all! I want also point this out, because this kind of connection between neurodivergence and trauma is often overlooked.

@Orech-the-Nut Год назад

Other thing is there is increased vulnerability to trauma in some kinds of innate traits… so if someone was born with ADHD trait, they can also be more vulnerable to ACE and trauma that other kids.

@SoManyRandomRamblings 4 месяца назад

Agreed...my mom was my biggest bully...my mom hated that I was on the spectrum and even though I was the best behaved child I got constantly abused because I wasn't what she wanted. I wouldn't make eye contact, I didn't want to go into fast food places alone as a child and order for the whole family...but she was determined to force me to be "normal" Meanwhile my brothers were legit criminals breaking into semi trailers to steal electronics and the countless neighborhoods they robbed as teens. But I got punished just as much or more than they did. I think people don't point out the correlation of being neurodivergent leading to the trauma, because people don't want to accept that ableism is so common.

@Orech-the-Nut 4 месяца назад

@@SoManyRandomRamblings I am very sorry you were treated that way. It is just not fair to treat neurodivergent kids like this!

@ashleyosborne9007 3 месяца назад

Insightful and I agree. Consistently not getting needs met during childhood is basically complex trauma. Thank you.

@lauraglass4716 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for your soft video voice too! That really helped.

@MsLilac88 Год назад

I always find your videos about relationships & mental health useful & it gives me better clarity. 😊

@zacflemo1994 Год назад

As someone whom had received severe bullying as a child due to my adhd, this video hit home

@mintygirl08 11 месяцев назад

At 45 yrs old, I have recently come to realise that I suffer from ADHD and I too had a traumatic childhood. From when I was around the age of 5/6, my sister became ill, paralysed, had multiple tumours and brain surgeries and died when I was 22. I’ve always known I was wired differently, and it comes as a little relief to be able to put a name to the reason why. Hopefully, I can now navigate my way through this.

@Spectre-1337 11 месяцев назад

I've been watching this channel and how to ADHD, and i must say it helps

@hollic8740 Год назад

This is so true... A very remarkable breakthrough.. I have suffered with ADHD as an adult.. From my 16 years of age... But never really showed through my childhood..

@Semi-Scientific Год назад

I knew that there was a link between adhd and Trauma I’m happy I came here to understand more about it

@elisakauko Год назад

I had a relationship of 12 years where I was codependent and my ex a vulnerable narcissist ( he told me he was not a chauvinist, but a narcissist after 2 years of our divorce). After that I had depression diagnosis and going to treatments the nurse did a test about ADD ( nowadays ADHD ). I got to know I had also attention deficiency disorder. Got out of depression symptoms, but now I know where the ADHD comes from 😊 Super aware and happy even joke sometimes about it. I am in a better place and nothing takes my peace and joy away!

@derekbacharach Год назад

It's unfortunate that if you're recovering from attachment Trauma, your path to recovery can include enough boxes to check off to be diagnosed with ADHD. There ought to be a kinder identifier such as Post-Traumatic Attachment Resilience/Recovery

@ayseyilmaz3910 7 месяцев назад

If you didn't have childhood trauma, you wouldn't be so much affected by your adulthood trauma and you wouldn't be a codependent marrying a narcissist. One of your parents might be a narcissist. Sorry to say that. I just found out that there is a book called "human magnet" haven't read yet but will. Good luck! 🍀

@mariaalforque6430 Год назад

God Bless this channel. You have solved my problem that I have lived all my life 😢

@josueacunauwu Год назад

I've been wondering about this for a very, very long time, and now everything seems to make much more sense to me...

@josueacunauwu Год назад

I think I experienced two major "traumas" in my life: s3xu4l abuse and moving to another country. The latter one affected me the most, and that's exactly when I started noticing more ADHD symptoms, but mostly immaturity (which is not a symptom of adhd but trauma). Then when I was 13 I had a very bad depression because I found out I was g4y and started blaming myself for the abuse I suffered when I was younger, and I thought maybe that's the reason I have these feelings now (but overall, a lot more horrible things happened to me during that time). When I was 15 I changed school, I was bullied there and I had no friends, but that's exactly when I started noticing that something was really wrong with me. At the end of that year I found out what ADHD was, and suddenly everything started to make more sense to me. I've been wondering lately that probably I had either ADHD or an untreated trauma, but now it seems like they might be both and they're probably connected... (Don't wanna draw attention with that freakin' story of mine, I seem to be victimizing myself for some stupid things u.u)

@ejakaegypt Год назад

Why do I love subtitles? Thanks for this

@Flamingzombie Год назад

Thank you gave me a lot more understanding thank you just thank you

@tuomassaarela 6 месяцев назад

Great video, thanks! This could explain why I match 99% of the ADHD symptoms but they did not occur in early childhood

@dandydiavoless1473 3 месяца назад

the link between both makes SO much sense

@anna-zarahsorsen7490 Год назад

thank you so much for posting it helps me understand myself and I actaully have really hard doing that ! * :-) i love your videos and you should contiune!! thank you again!!

@rg1whiteywins598 10 месяцев назад

I had childhood-adulthood trauma. Has gone on and on and i have ADHD. I cant sit still. I need to do more than one thing at a time .

@AlmightyDRock Год назад

I can relate to this video so well hope y’all have a fantastic week and always remember you matter 😌😌🥰🦋

@animefans2420 Год назад

Thanks 😭✨🤍 U too

@AlmightyDRock Год назад

@@animefans2420your welcome 💙

@animefans2420 Год назад

@@AlmightyDRock 🥰

@monave2938 Год назад

ADHD can definitely show up as an adult! I had a traumatic event & went undiagnosed with PTSD. I knew something was wrong, I just didn’t know what because I wasn’t very familiar with PTSD, I felt like I was basically in a long term state of shock. Then the ADHD kicked in. I could barely read a sentence, when before, I had been an avid reader. I ran out of gas because, well I just couldn’t think to do it. I forget to get my car inspected, I never did that in 20 years! And the list goes on…unfortunately at this time I was also a single mother. I am so grateful I am much better now & also grateful to the person who told me I had PTSD.

@charlotteanne2636 9 месяцев назад

How did you know it was ptsd? X

@Rafael-sw3dw Месяц назад

One kind of early childhood trauma is oftentimes overlooked: Childhood attachment trauma, caused by emotional neglect or failed attachment between parents and child.

@Moshi_cha Год назад

wait- my new friend that just got to my school has ADHD and childhood trauma and she said that she had no friends in her whole life until me and my other friend met her..and she cuts herself..i hope she will be okay...may God be with her amen 🙏 If you think I'm lying...no im serious...

@juliuscaesart Год назад

This makes a lot of sense… relate to this a lot

@AdmiralAckbar666 9 месяцев назад

Excellent info graphic 🤘😙

@joejanota707 10 месяцев назад

ADHD and CPTSD here. Only recently found out in recent years about the possibility of both. Turns out having Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, autism and depression and OCD are all linked in very closely together too. I was under the impression that they were exclusive, but as more treatment and conversation takes place. I've learned that the presence of one is highly likely to indicate the presence of another. It's weird because I thought I handled past trauma really well. Turns out I did, but the learned behaviors aren't gone. If anyone else has a similar diagnosis and is struggling. Be yourself. I stopped isolating. Not isolating less, stopped. Burn out and energy loss, for me at least, was by masking. I drank excessive amounts and was a terrible person imo. I thought I was doing what people wanted me to do. But I just want to spend time with animals, just watching them is good enough for me. Drink coffee and do research. That's it. I can just be myself, be happy instead of pretending to be like everyone else. I don't hide my mannerisms and to be honest, I couldn't care less about what people think. Be yourself, be happy and evidently, others become happy too.

@MathewsNunes Год назад

Nice! I already knew some of that info by watching some Gabor Maté's videos on ADHD and childhood trauma. I'm so happy that a big psychology channel is sharing this golden information!

@2chooks Год назад

My roommate says I can't have ADHD cuz I can't run around. It was clinically proven that I have it. Physically impaired people can have ADHD!!

@gircakes2 Год назад

So if you became paralyzed after being diagnosed, would she think you were magically cured of your ADHD? People really do only have one braincell bouncing around in their skulls like a DVD screen saver.

@2chooks Год назад

@@gircakes2 He's a meth head

@archgirl7797 2 месяца назад

Your roommate is ill informed 😂❤

@bluedale6563 Год назад

Thank you for this

@mltiago 10 месяцев назад

ADHD is an SYMPTOM that points to a cause. This DSM model made us confuse symptoms with the cause itself.

@humanistastv 2 месяца назад

I don't have this condition but when I was a child I was more super focused and calmer child than now!

@tjtjmich16p Год назад

It's one of those things that seem kinda obvious now that you think of it, My grandmother was always abusive to me because of my forgetful tendencies and my inability to concentrate and now i hate her even though I've tried to throw the burden of pain away i still hate her,

@livv6999 Год назад

Thank you

@JakitSol Год назад

I would have loved to know this info over a decade ago, but my god does it frustrate me even more about the hefty lack of such info before 2015.

@River.w Год назад

I'm literally trying to find a doctor to see if I have CPTSD or ADHD. They said as a kid I didn't have ADHD but that was over 20 years ago and more is known about the mind. I've been thinking recently I have both😅 I'm glad I might not be exaggerating.

@Daniel_15293 4 месяца назад

I have difficulty studying, am very social anxious, impulsive, introvert, and hyperactive, i've got extreme fear of rejection and always assume people dislike me or hate me...i cane to the realization i might have adhd bc i also struggle with Organisation and stuff. 🤷🏻‍♂️🧐 I always wondered what was wrong with me and ive been asking myself why i act so weird to the point where i thought i loose my mind. 🧐🤷🏻‍♂️

@erniecolussy1705 Год назад

All but one of the adults with ADHD that I knew as children experience some physical, sexual or emotional abuse as children or teenagers. I know the exception experienced emotional neglect as a child. But for other reasons I suspect they also experienced abuse but couldn't confirm this. (Yes, I understand that neglect counts as trauma. I was just providing added information.) I never suspected a link between trauma and ADHD. But a link is consistent with what I have observed.

@dlibby4979 21 день назад

I think deep down I knew this link before I found this.

@brentongr Год назад

Have there been any videos on how to deal with repressed memories ? A couple of days ago I remembered something traumatic from my childhood. it must have been so horrible I forgot about it until now.

@charlotteanne2636 9 месяцев назад

Im 32 and have my adhd refered for diagnosis in the uk, there is a 7 year waiting list for adhd diagnosis unfortunately so a long wait ahead, ive had trauma as a teen but because there are so much worse things that could have happened like someone dying.. ive not had any support or therapy on what happened as a teen. How bad does trauma need to be to be ptsd? Does seeing things that arent there and fleeing in fear count, nightmares and dreams of dying for years, suicidal, fear of getting beat up etc. For years ive told my story to people in seak of validation however no one has whitnessed similar feelings as no1 else has been in the same sitaution which i belive my undiagnosed adhd as a teen lead me too. Now im thinking i may have had ptsd this whole time as well. As a mother of two it would be nice for some clarity on it all and support with my emotions where needed however its not looking possible anytime soon unless i go private which costs loads. Anyone with both adhd and ptsd pls enlighten me x

@dylanbryant8628 Год назад

very interesting vid!

@moonislam8634 11 месяцев назад

I relate adhd got diagnosed with boarderline adhd and and trumautic childhood. I request can make video about breathing fast and shallow with these conditions like adhd and truma

@chenstormstout9456 Год назад

Soooo….I had suffered a concussion when I was either 8or 9. I’m wondering if that would’ve affected me in some way.

@aardbei54 Год назад

Ngl Imma need to see the statistical analyses on this one

@lostwarrior2021 Год назад

Lol its almost 3 in the morning. Why am I still up

@MrBuns-yi2hk Год назад

Go to sleep 0)_(0

@blubirbeed4172 Год назад

Lol same !

@andrew0801 Год назад

Same

@Strawberry_935 Год назад

Early love the vid by the way :)

@peggyh2637 Год назад

This certainly makes sense to me.😮

@zippymacadoo6336 Год назад

Well that's why! Thank you!

@kiaragriffin8468 Год назад

My oldest brother has ADHD, but idk if it’s linked to childhood trauma 🤷🏾‍♀️

@Pindolene Год назад

Hi, could you please fix the on-screen subtitles on this video? They overlap the text on-screen and the way it splits up ADHD into "A D H ADHD" or some similar variation, is distracting 😅

@catagenesis9910 Год назад

I have to admit that as a long time fan of the channel, this one seemed like a reach. It will certainly resonate with a high degree of your viewers, but seemed statistically insignificant when looked at from a generalisable lens. This could have gone more for a deeper analysis as to how that transference occurs for those who have both in more depth and just set aside the selection bias hunt in the studies cited. No hate at all, I'm a huge fan of you guys and will keep watching on with all your stuff... but you also asked us to leave a comment, and I didn't want to be dishonest. Looking forward to see what's next 😊

@jaman_jy Год назад

gosh, thank you, i was feeling pretty alone for a sec. most of the people i know who also have adhd went through some traumatic things as kids, yeah, but a good portion of it was because others treated us like garbage for traits related to adhd. statistics can be easy to "twist" to back up any argument we want to make (and i'm not saying psych2go did it nor that it is in bad faith btw!). and while 17% is notable, correlation vs causation is a thing. i could make an inference that most people who have adhd are lgbtq+, because i've observed it, but it doesn't mean the two are directly linked. like yeah, i was officially diagnosed recently, but i've shown symptoms my entire life and it had been suspected for a while. i was also singled out and bullied growing up, ""because"" i was a weird hyper kid interrupting and asking a lot of questions and it made me an easy target.

@zacflemo1994 Год назад

I was also wondering if you could do a video on Kawasaki disease and how if you get frontal lobe damage, how it affects adhd and other disorders I was 4 mnths old when I had KD, which led me to get brain damage to my frontal lobe cortex, also the fact I was born with ADHD, basically makes my symptoms even more of a combination of ADHD and Autism, basically ADHD x2 w/ Autistic tendencys, sorry I have a hard to explaining it sometimes

@mrgaminduck5544 Год назад

Oh boy, I am pretty sure I have childhood trama and ADHD. This shall be interesting

@mrgaminduck5544 Год назад

Why does my name have numbers now

@seaoftra Год назад

I just abstain from all stimulation, anything that can alter my emotions, like exciting books or movies or exciting music or social situations where i would get distressed. This is the only thing that seems to help. Its difficult to live like this, but at least i can be a normal person this way.

@teegutta4689 Год назад

HEY GOOD MORNING MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WELL I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE HOW EVERYONE IS DOING THIS MORNING, WELL I HAVE TO GO BACK TO LAY BACK DOWN SO I CAN GET UP AND GO OUT TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE BS IN THE HOUSE, INTELL LATER ON MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, HAVE A BLESSED DAY. TEE 💯🙏💪💙

@BFAstudios75 Год назад

I think this video is meant for some of us not all, I took an hour or more trying to listen to this video but I kept rewinding lol laugh of the day

@A55a551n Год назад

That is the second video i don't have to make timestamps from

@CreativeTigresa7 Год назад

I was just thinking about this being a possibility I also have sleep apnea which also mimics adhd and it also worsens symptoms. 🥴

@Yaur Год назад

I thought ADH was not real..bcs my mom always tell me its not real..

@riechen Год назад

ur proly like 13 so u proly dont got adhd u calm down as u grow up i was da same way

@Yaur Год назад

@@riechen oh ok

@Pindolene Год назад

Unfortunately that's quite a common narrative from a lot of people! It just makes it seem like those of us with ADHD are making it up and being lazy, which are harmful stereotypes about any disorder, let alone ADHD. But there's a lot of studies that show it is real, and what people can do to help them in every day life, even without medication. For example, I don't take meds because they didn't work for me (and actually made my symptoms worse), so I spoke to my therapist and have been finding other ways to help myself in daily life 😊 I'd say your best bet is to gently remind your mum that ADHD isn't just an excuse, and that it's a real disorder, but only if you're in a position where it's safe to say these things!

@Pindolene Год назад

@@riechennot always the case unfortunately

@riechen Год назад

@@Pindolene almost always, which might as well round up for this scenario. saying it doesnt count for every case dismisses it entirely

@jacobknopik1413 Год назад

What about EMDR? Is that going to help?

@MLove-777 Год назад

Thank you....✨✨💛✨✨

@heyItsBillieJo Год назад

Had to watch this ASAP as it nearly had my name wrote on it.

@speedy_comet Год назад

There are many connections and it's fascinating. For example if you know what MBTI is ADHD is quite common among INTPs compared to other types & they also have a high rate of dismissive attachment style as well. Most likely due to a troubled childhood or prenatal development.

@14shrak Год назад

I’m an INTP… And I’ve been suspecting I’ve had some sort of neurological disorders and stressing over it. I keep invalidating myself but It’s like I love and hate myself. I cant push myself to tell anybody about this.

@speedy_comet Год назад

@@14shrak Man just so you know INTPs are awesome. I relate a lot to the neurological disorders too tbh. I'm sure lots of people out there like us do to. You know what they say, ignorance is bliss (not 4 me). -INTJ

@14shrak Год назад

@@speedy_comet Yeah, It really is, no need to worry what people think 🤷

@gircakes2 Год назад

Oof, I'm INTP.

@lim.6535 Год назад

My adoptive parents don’t think I could have much trauma from fostering and adoption because of being 1 when I first started to live with them and 6 when I got to stay permanently and be adopted. I don’t remember actual memories until I was 6 either. A lot of what I tried to remember was incorrect and I couldn’t find what was a real memory or a dream I had as a child.

@JennysTubeHere 5 месяцев назад

Thanks finally some confirmation I have tp conclude I have adhd, because I could relate to people around me that have adhd. And yes unfortunately ptsd patiente. But the doctor doesnt agree with me or you. Im looking into alternatives for therapy or alternative medication. Feel free to share your knowledge en advise me.. thanks again y'all

@KE-xj9vm Месяц назад

I got diagnosed with ADHD at 40, but showed symptoms since childhood but did not become dysfunctional until later in life. I can’t see it being a hereditary thing in my family. I had a very unstable childhood however, and there is generational trauma. As a result I relate more to this than genetic

@sleepypotato4046 Год назад

I have adhd. I don’t think child hood, or any trauma, could cause adhd. I’ve always had adhd, i was born with it, there were no complications of any kind with my mom’s pregnancy, it runs in the family. It’s important to not look at things like that and jump to conclusions. Adhd and trauma are coorolated but that doesn’t mean trauma causes adhd. While it is plausible that pregnancy related trauma may cause adhd it’s important not to think of adhd as an issue or mental illness. Adhd and trauma are correlated because if you have adhd you are more likely to have trauma, not the other way around. If you have adhd you can be targeted for its symptoms as well as being more gullible to excuses and much more. It’s been long recognized that trauma can worsen the symptoms of adhd, therefore making it diagnosable or just plain more difficult to handle. Adhd is very complicated. The only childhood trauma I experienced was because of my adhd and how people treated me for it (i was undiagnosed), worsening my symptoms. Adhd causes things, things don’t cause adhd. There is clearly something that makes it happen but not after you were born. 1. Symptoms may have worsened due to trauma making it diagnosable. (We are chronically under diagnosed) 2. Trauma is often caused by the symptoms of adhd. 3. Adhd is correlated to other forms of neurodivergence. 4. Something that fits the criteria for adhd may be happening and we need a new for for it as well as more research. 5. Take things like this whith a grain of salt they are often miss proven, rebuked, and result in misinformation.

@sinnamon-troll84 Год назад

Having ADHD doesn't childhood trauma. They way you get treated by adults, your peers, and the school system for your behavioral problems due to *having* ADHD causes the trauma. They would rather beat and scream at you than help you.

@tjtjmich16p Год назад

My grandmother still thinks beating someone will cure adhd

@nathankonidaris 5 месяцев назад

I have both ADHD and PTSD, how does one live? life is so crippling without meds for both and is even harder on you when you’re living in a toxic environment you can escape

@bluberry5971 Год назад

I wish to hear more 🤔👍

@ritamaterne3107 Год назад

Question or two Can leaving a child with a tablet or electronic device all day every day cause ADHD or trauma? Can a quiet, reserved person/personality affect their future kids?

@GLesbihonest 5 месяцев назад

I did not know the link to this extent. I simply searched, "How to deal with trauma as someone with adult ADHD", then this came up. Makes since. I was tracking combat related PTSD but have also dealt with some other phyical traumas and now, family issues that has refocused me to some childhood related traumas. How is one to cope when all of these come flying at you at once as your present self? 😔

@ushadevimushahary7296 Год назад

I need advice can someone plz help me. It's about my friends in school. They were friends but now I think something happened between them and hate eachother now.Lets just call them A and B. I sit with A in the same branch besides her and I can't change my place since the teacher said it's permanent. So A was talking behind B's back with two more other friends. Since I was among them I just nodded along with them without giving any of my opinion since they will dismiss it anyway. But A was surprisingly friendlier and nicer to me then other days. And B is more of a close and friendlier friend of mine. B was aware that A was talking bad about her behind her back so she asked me about it since I was with them at that time. I told her about it truthfully, then she lost her cool and said something (saying how what she said was false) about A. But A was just near us and she heard it all. So now the problem is how the hell should I face A tomorrow because she sits right beside me!?? tbh I don't care about what she thinks about me but she is rather pretty rude upfront.😥

@Pindolene Год назад

I'd say that to them! Mention that the drama does not involve you, and that you're just being honest. If they have something they want to say to each other, it's better that they do it directly rather than through a third person (aka you) as things could be misunderstood and cause even more upset. Good on you for staying honest about all this, that's the toughest part for most people. I hope it hasn't been too awkward for you!

@ushadevimushahary7296 Год назад

@@Pindolene omg thank you so much for this reply💕. Yes I will say that. But the main thing is she I mean A doesn't listen to what the other person has to say when she's angry and I would have to sit beside her with her negative attitude towards me and it would exhaust me..😞

@Pindolene Год назад

@@ushadevimushahary7296 bless you, yeah that sounds exhausting! Being surrounded by constant negativity is sure to make things a bit difficult for you. I hope you manage to get moved or at least set a boundary with them about not wanting to be involved/get dragged into any drama!

@ushadevimushahary7296 Год назад

@@Pindolene Thanks for the kind support^^. I'll definitely try to set my boundaries with her about the situation

@mohammadismail4584 3 месяца назад

I have been on meds for 6 years now... will i ever get better 😢??

@nyxxose Год назад

I know someone with ADHD and they definitely did not get along very well with their parents, which showed in their random impulsiveness and energy, where you can’t get a word in edgeways. She found a compassionate but yet overtly submissive guy that treated her well and they eventually got married, settled down, adopted a couple of cats and eventually got to meet me! But, the guy in the relationship got frustrated with her frustrations that i picked up on VERY quickly, and unfortunately they’re now both divorced. But this story has a happy ending. I managed to find him another girl, and he’s already feeling better! As for the ADHD sufferer, me and her still keep in touch, even if it’s long distance.

@recoveringsoul755 Год назад

Trauma in utero. Yes, something the mother would well remember, but would be intangible for the child

@gailremp8389 Год назад

I’m watching this…k. I’d say yep…

@maxerine Год назад

Hey can you do a video about how to handle life when nothing goes our way and we try to cope with it and still shit happens again and again and you can really feel that some kind of force is deliberately doing this to you and you don't even have friends and..............bruh I'm done...

@Monkey_lol_ Год назад

if neuroplasticity is a way then we really need to put more money into psychedelic research. I'm glad that it looks like this will be done anyway now but it took way too long

@zelvxcu Год назад

My mom yelled at me today and she threw an object at me that almost hit my head :( she also said "i want to kill you" and after that she said i have to leave the house it kept me crying all day :( But i hope everyone else has a good day or night :>

@brittybee6615 Год назад

I hope you have a peaceful weekend.

@flea10x6 Месяц назад

I take ADHDas With Hyperactivity. Does this correlation include ADD or predominant Inattentive?

@ceciliabalderas324 Год назад

I have ADHD I always had my whole life how do ik the my past abusive relationships lefy me with undealt with trauma

@I_AM_KARMA_WITCH Год назад

Hey.... Have you been spying on me cause this is my childhood story. I was extremely abused in everyway by my father. He beat me, burned me, cut me, touched me and made me touch him places that a daughter shouldn't. At the age of 16 I was diagnosed with ADHD and OCD but my parents couldn't have that because in public I was the Golden Child and so I was never treated. Now as an adult I've started trying to heal my mind and heart by seeing a therapist. He has diagnosed me with CPTSD and PTSD due my ongoing abusive parents and SA/Rape at gun point when I was 13. I have combined ADHD and OCD-Compulsive that again I've been diagnosed with and now I'm waiting to see a psychologist to dive further into my mental health and get a head CT to verify any brain damage from abuse. Needless to say I've intentionally "orphaned" myself and do not talk to my parents and some days that makes me so sad but my father will never touch me again....and my mother doesnt have to defend him too me anymore as she chose him over her daughter and made it clear that's who came first in her heart.

@QueenKelleyz Год назад

How do we know they weren't abused based on their consition and lazy parenting? I have had student who have behavior issues and their parents have refused to take them to the doctor.