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The ADHD Effect on Marriage
- Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
- Narrated by: Laura Jennings
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
An invaluable resource for couples in which one of the partners suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), this authoritative book guides troubled marriages toward an understanding of and appreciation for the struggles and triumphs of a relationship affected by it and to look at the disorder in a more positive and less disruptive way. Going beyond traditional marriage counseling, this discussion offers advice from the author's personal experience and years of research and identifies patterns of behavior that can hurt marriages - such as nagging, intimacy problems, sudden anger, and memory issues - through the use of vignettes and descriptions of actual couples and their ADHD struggles and solutions. This resource encourages both spouses to become active partners in improving their relationship and healing the fissures that ADHD can cause.
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- Theatre Nut
- 22-11-19
Liberating!
I am so grateful for this book. I recently split from my girlfriend who has ADHD. In fact she dumped me for about the 50th time. As soon as she felt us getting really close she would pull away. And pain would ensue. I have really struggled to understand her despite throwing myself heart and soul into the relationship. We still communicate now via text and occasionally see each other. It's hard to believe we will ever get back together though I still dearly love her. But this audiobook really helped understand her so much. It brought me to tears on many occasions. Thank you for helping me at least to understand her a little better. I wish I had listened to it much earlier in our relationship, perhaps (from my side at least) I could have reacted to certain stimuli in much better ways and things could have turned out differently. I'm very grateful for the act of generosity that this book is.
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- Willie
- 15-09-21
It's a brilliant insight into ADHD
It's a brilliant insight into ADHD and how to get an understanding of the crazy world of having a ADHD partner.
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- Tay438
- 15-06-23
Just examples of how the ADHD person is the root of all evil
I kept waiting for the help or the treatment but it is so so horrendous negative. I just wasted so much time listening to this negative toxicity.
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- Fiona
- 18-12-22
Demonises ADHD
Recently diagnosed and although I have an extremely happy relationship decided to learn more about potential impacts. The author very clearly doesn’t have ADHD and is suggesting it’s a huge problem in a relationship rather than them being super creative and loving usually way more fun. The first half of the book is basically just listing all the problems the ADHD spouse causes in life and others lives saying ‘treat the symptoms’ wow thanks I’m cured. Reductionistic and focused only on properly failing marriages. Might be nice to have all your negative beliefs confirmed as a non-ADHD person though and use this book as a nice weapon that you’re definitely not the problem, the ADHD person is.
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- stuart
- 19-08-22
as a person with ADHD I was hopeful
I found it doing worst case scenario all the time. I suffer from ADHD and was hopeful it would give me and my wife in site.
I don't think this is in general how ADHD are, we have traits of some. thought it would have helpful tips gave up with 2 hours left
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- Paula
- 07-06-22
An insightful and relaxing read
Recommended for anyone in a relationship with ADHD. Melissa's lived experience shines through with depth and clarity.
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- Diane Chapman
- 10-02-24
Informative and inspired hope
I like the matter of fact and clear to understand explanations and the self help tips to offer hope for the future.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-01-24
It’s for the non adhd partner
If you are an adhd person looking for strategy to save your relationship, steer away from this book. It’s written for the non adhd partner and gives strategy on how they should manage the relationship with an adhd person.
Totally useless for adhd people unless you want to gift it to your spouse
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- Sofia J Widlund
- 18-01-24
Get out of jail free card
As a man with ADHD I listened to this book on 1.7x speed as the performance is for those who can only cope with one word every 30 seconds. Secondly you can tell it is an American book as it encourages (heavily) medication regardless of severity of ADHD. Thirdly I learnt that it is okay to cheat on my wife as I can blame it on ADHD. It’s not my fault I hyper focused on the woman across the road, you were nagging me about cleaning!
Before anyone cries and says I need to finish the book. I did. It doesn’t get better. The author just goes on cycling holidays with her unfaithful husband.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-01-24
So good I listened to it twice
I found this book to be very Relevant, the narrater was also pleasant to listen to and lots of tips to apply as you go.
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