Most ADHD education focuses on inattention. The thing that derails lives more often gets far less airtime.

Emotional dysregulation — the intensity of emotional response, the difficulty regulating once activated, the flooding that bypasses rational thought before it can intervene, is present in around 70% of adults with ADHD. It affects relationships, work, self-concept, and the willingness to try again after things go wrong.

And it barely appears in the diagnostic criteria.

If "I feel everything too much" has always been more your experience than "I can't focus," this piece is worth your time.