While you’re right that it’s not an explicit ADHD thing, it is very much a symptom of it. How To ADHD made a video about motivation and points out some of the emotional aspects of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0Xv0eVGtY which can cause the problematic low self-esteem and people-pleasing behaviour. But there has been a lot of connections with ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria which can further connect to the behaviours in the OP.
there has been a lot of connections with ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Reading this phrase is like watching my life flash before my eyes. I’m struggling to think of issues I’ve had over the decades that I couldn’t relate back to that crap.
While you’re right that it’s not an explicit ADHD thing, it is very much a symptom of it. How To ADHD made a video about motivation and points out some of the emotional aspects of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0Xv0eVGtY which can cause the problematic low self-esteem and people-pleasing behaviour. But there has been a lot of connections with ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria which can further connect to the behaviours in the OP.
Another good Additude article was written from a question sent in, “How can I stop people-pleasing at work?”.
In short: Everyones ADHD affects everyone differently but this definitely has strong connections to ADHD.
Thank you for the rundown and links. It’s news to me but that does indeed sound like there’s a connection there.
I’ll have to look into that more at some point. I appreciate your effort to help educate a lot.
Wild to read about RSD and see myself in every single sentence.
Reading this phrase is like watching my life flash before my eyes. I’m struggling to think of issues I’ve had over the decades that I couldn’t relate back to that crap.