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Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) experience disproportionate problems with anger, irritability, and rejection sensitivity. This emotional dysregulation is exacerbated during the pandemic, when baseline stress and anxiety are already abnormally high. To identify helpful strategies in trying time,
ADDitude asked its readers, “How do you manage negative emotions, such as anger, in your relationships?” Read their advice below, and leave your helpful insights in the Comments section.
How to Manage Anger with ADHD
“Empathy and knowledge of ADHD’s hallmark symptoms has helped me. Dislike the disorder but not the person. This approach doesn’t always work, but it is the best place to start.”
Managing Anger in the Dark Days of Winter
The holidays are behind us, the winter solstice has come and gone, so the days are getting longer. (Cheers to that!)
Still here we are kicking off the dark days of January which means even more time indoors. And that can result in feeling more agitated, less stable, and angry.
“This seasonal component is related to the amount of sunlight,” says Melvin McInnis, MD, director of psychiatry programs at the University of Michigan Depression Center in Ann Arbor. “In the wintertime, people are more depressed.”
The medical field has long established a relationship between bipolar and seasonal depression, which can test tempers.