ADHD and oversharing go hand-in-hand for many people. If you have overshared on social media, with your friends or co-workers or even with your family, it can cause you to feel ashamed, embarrassed and like you want to crawl into a hole. I get it!
Oversharing is a very common trait with ADHD. So while you definitely want to learn how to pause when you're about to say something you might regret later, this is a skill that ADHD'ers need to learn, not something that comes automatically to you.
And that's totally normal.
As someone with ADHD myself, this is how I overcame my tendency to overshare. In this video, I also discuss why we overshare, strategies to help you learn to overshare less, and a pivot plan for when you catch yourself in trouble after sharing too much!
0:47 I have ADHD so I overshare
1:12 Social norms for sharing vs oversharing
3:05 Why is oversharing an issue?
3:56 Why do we overshare?
6:37 What can we do to change this or stop oversharing?
8:05 How can you move forward?
10:28 Examples of what to share less
10:59 How to get out of sticky situations
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