Dec 11, 2019
Our podcast on Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria or RSD (Ep. 19)
is among our most downloaded episodes. Members of our Facebook Group also continue to
post about RSD. Since it’s such a popular topic, I wanted to close
the loop on RSD with the optimism that you have come to from me. I
do not feel that I delivered that in Episode #19.
Since recording that first episode on RSD, I’ve discovered
that there’s actually a lot you can do to reduce and even eliminate
symptoms of RSD and that’s what this episode is all about. Here we
discuss:
- The Cliff Notes version of what RSD is (If you haven’t listened to Episode #19, you can do that here.)
- How RSD and social phobia differ
- How RSD and bipolar disorder differ
- The reason why those of us with ADHD and RSD tend to have low frustration tolerance, less patience, and more difficulty with temper and excitability than those without the conditions
- What flooding is
Join us as we discuss what women with RSD have done to reduce
and even eliminate their symptoms? This includes:
- Learning about their ADHD and RSD
- Medication
- A change of environment
- Discussion of the new term VAST
- The importance of choosing your Gold Star people and resources
- The three things that will always help to motivate those with RSD
- What it means to be an amplifier
- The importance of acknowledging your creativity
- How planning ahead prior to an RSD episode can help to reduce and even eliminate symptoms
- The importance of “taking the emotion” out of it and considering other perspectives that may be more accurate than what we can see when our RSD flares up
- Why you need to continue to trust your own intuition
- Tracy’s suggestions on RSD, ADHD, and dating
Resources:
I have created the Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)
Protocol for ADHD as a resource for you. When we have a plan, we’re
less reactionary and more successful in managing not only our RSD
but also our ADHD. You may download
it
here.
Take the RSD Symptoms Test here.