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Nov 2023
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241: The Science of Rejection Sensitive ...

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Extreme reactions to percieved rejection are common feelings amongst people with ADHD, but is the science there to back that up and explain wy it happens? That's what we're looking at in this week's episode Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, voted for by our patrons

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References & Further Reading
ADHD
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/symptoms/

RSD 
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24099-rejection-sensitive-dysphoria-rsd
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10569543/

Emotional Dysregulation
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/25065-emotional-dysregulation
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1586/ern.12.109
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37747111/
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