Adult ADHD relationships can be incredibly difficult, emotionally draining, and at times heartbreaking.
If you’re in one, you’re most likely beyond frustrated by your ADHD partner.
You feel you can’t rely on them. Everything they do upsets you and makes you want to pull your hair out.
No matter how good or bad you think your relationship is, there’s always room for improvement. There’s always room to have more fun, be more loving, and be a better communicator.
I know I’m constantly researching date ideas, romantic getaways, and ways to love my boyfriend in his love language.
If you’re looking to help repair your relationship, or you just want to spice it up, I created a 30 Day Relationship Challenge!
Quality time is my primary love language. But in a very close second, there’s the love language physical touch.
If I don’t get enough physical touch, I start to feel lonely and unloved in my relationship. This means I can start to get very irritable and begin to initiate more arguments.
Despite the name, physical touch love language often has little to nothing to do with sexual touch. If your partner’s primary love language is physical touch, they’ll feel warm and filled with love whenever you embrace them, even with just the slight touch of your hand.
If you want to make your partner feel secure and happy when their love language is physical touch, do these 6 things every day:
I think learning to fight fair has been one of the hardest things for me and my boyfriend. We both grew up in very argumentative environments, so we were so accustomed to the way we were doing things.
But being in love is a daily choice. And the longer I’ve been with my boyfriend, the truer those words become. You have to constantly adapt and grow as a person as your love evolves and goes through the seasons.
With that said, here are 5 simple, yet important rules for fighting fair in your relationship:
Oh, relationship advice. There’s shitty advice all over the place, don’t you think? Wear this and your husband will love you. Do that and your wife will love you forever. Blah blah blah. Just stop already.
Not only do bad pieces of relationship advice set up a false picture of love, but they could also be ruining your entire relationship.
Here are 5 pieces of bad relationship advice you should stop believing so you can start to have a healthy relationship:
CONTENT WARNING: This post mentions eating disorders, self-harm, and suicide.
For my second book review on my blog, I wanted to read Sad Perfect by Stephanie Elliot. I read so many mixed reviews about, but I wanted to give it a shot. I wanted to form my own opinion based on the content and the portrayal of mental illness.
Sad Perfect is a moving story about Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. It’s informative, yet relatable. It’s heartbreaking, yet hopeful.
I do want to make a trigger warning before continuing with my review. I imagine this book can be incredibly triggering for those struggling with an eating disorder, especially ARFID. There were very descriptive passages of self-harm that triggered me greatly. I had to ground myself before reading on.
So to start my review, I say read this book at your own discretion. If you want to gain insight on less known mental illnesses, please read on.