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Hi! I'm Carmen, and ADHDer who wants to spread awareness, relate to other ADHDers and have fun talking about the difficulties, awesomeness, and new research behind the adhd brain.Let's get started!
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THE VERSION OF ME YOU MADE UP (opens the original)
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AuDHD, Late Diagnosis, and the Exhausting Job of Defending Yourself Against Motives You Never Had Authentically ADHD with Carmen RESEARCH NOTES / SHOW-NOTES SOURCES In this episode of Authentically ADHD with Carmen, we’re talking about what happens when people don’t just misunderstand you—they confidently decide what your behavior means, assign motives you never had, and then treat that interpretation like fact. For AuDHD adults, especially those diagnosed later in life, this can feel painfully
ADHD, Autism, or Both? The Identity Plot Twist Nobody Explained to Us (opens the original)
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ADHD and autism can share features - executive-function struggles, intense focus, sensory differences, social friction, emotional dysregulation - without being interchangeable. This episode explores how the same outward behavior can have different internal causes, why AuDHD often feels like living with competing access needs, and how to respond with curiosity instead of shame. This episode is educational and is not medical advice or a diagnostic assessment. Screening tools can start a conversati
Your Brain Didn’t Forget They Exist—It Lost the Retrieval Cue (opens the original)
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Have you ever forgotten to text someone you deeply love, missed an appointment that genuinely mattered, or lost the important object you deliberately placed somewhere “safe”? It is often described online as an ADHD or AuDHD “object permanence” problem—but that is not quite what is happening. In this episode of Authentically ADHD with Carmen , Carmen breaks down the real neuroscience behind why AuDHD brains lose track of people, plans, tasks, and everyday objects. She explores context-dependent r
Your Student Isn’t Refusing to Learn—Their Brain Is Busy Surviving the Classroom (opens the original)
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Neurodivergent students can know the answer, understand the lesson, and still be unable to access learning in a classroom that feels loud, unpredictable, overwhelming, or emotionally unsafe.In this episode of Authentically ADHD , Carmen explores what autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD students may need before their brains can fully engage with instruction. We break down the neuroscience behind sensory overload, working-memory challenges, stress responses, executive dysfunction, and co-regulation—and why
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