This is a fascinating take, and I am in awe of your healing journey! I’ve been doing my own deep trauma recovery work for over a decade, and I know that it is a long hard road to see big changes in our emotional lives as trauma survivors.

What you’re saying is much more in line with the current DSM definition of ADHD, which notes that emotional dysregulation is an associated characteristic of ADHD but isn’t a diagnostic criteria.

Something I’m wondering about is the relationship between the environment and ADHD emotional dysregulation. ADHD children experience so much criticism and shaming over things that are out of their control — if our parents and educators were better resourced to support ADHD kids, would we see something different in terms of emotional regulation? I wonder.