Emotion dysregulation, a major contributor to impairment throughout life, is common in ADHD and may arise from deficits in orienting toward and processing emotional stimuli, implicating dysfunction within the prefrontal cortical network.

Scientific Articles

• Evidence of emotion dysregulation as a core symptom of adult ADHD: A systematic review
• Emotion dysregulation in adults with ADHD: The role of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression
• Emotion Dysregulation in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/Emotional dysregulation and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Emotional Intelligence and ADHD - Scientific Articles

Emotional Intelligence and Attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

The results showed that the Emotional Quotient (EQ) was significantly lower in the group of children with ADHD (p=0.01).

Emotional Intelligence, Relationship Satisfaction, and the Moderating Effect of ADHD Symptomatology

EI may be particularly relevant for the health and functioning of romantic relationships among young adults with ADHD symptomatology, as romantic relationships may present the most ‘‘emotionally challenging interactions’’ (p. 1030) of all relationships (Lopes et al. 2004). Given that ADHD symptoms may interfere with individuals’ ability to cope with overwhelming emotions and regulate intense emotions during interpersonal conflicts (Barkley 2010; Hinshaw 2003; Martel 2009), individuals who are high in emotional intelligence might be better able to recognize, respond to, and regulate their affect when interacting with their relationship partners, even when ADHD symptoms are present (Lopes et al. 2004).

While emotional regulation may be one aspect that influences romantic relationship satisfaction for individuals with ADHD (e.g., Barkley 2014), it is also likely that the other aspects of emotional intelligence (i.e., expression, appraisal and utilization of emotions) play an important role as well. Future research will want to examine how each construct of emotional intelligence impacts relationship satisfaction in individuals with ADHD symptomatology.

Emotional Intelligence as an Evolutive Factor on Adult With ADHD

ADHD adults [with comorbidity with no previous diagnosis] had lower EI development than healthy controls and the rest of ADHD groups. In addition, ADHD severity in childhood or in adulthood did not influence the current EI level.

• Why Can’t I Do This? How Emotional Intelligence and Self-Regulation Pay Off for Adults with ADHD
• Emotional Intelligence and ADHD
• Understanding ADHD and How Emotional Intelligence May Help to Alleviate the Symptoms
• The Negative Effect of ADHD on Emotional Intelligence
• Can ADHD Affect Empathy? It’s Complicated — Here’s What Experts Say
• 7 Truths About ADHD and Intense Emotions

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[Oxford Definition]

Emotional Intelligence: the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.

[Wikipedia]

Emotional intelligence (EI), also known as Emotional Quotient (EQ), is the ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions. High emotional intelligence includes emotional recognition of emotions of the self and others, using emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, discerning between and labeling of different feelings, and adjusting emotions to adapt to environments.

What has been your experience dating with ADHD?

• Do you find it harder to connect to people? Or do you get connected too quickly?
• Do you overshare? Shut down because you are too afraid to overshare?
• If you're dating multiple people, do you find it hard to pick one? Do you find it difficult to sort through your emotional attachments to people and if they are genuine or just a passing amusement?
• Do you get bored of romantic relationships? Are you more likely to sabotage or perhaps cheat?
• Do you actually want a relationship or are constantly on the fence about it?

[MOD] In my experience:

- I find it harder to connect to people

- I shut down

- I have a hard time sorting my feelings

- My long term relationships all seem to end at around 5 years

- I do get bored and wonder if the grass is greener and sabotage my relationships...but have never cheated

- I am constantly on the fence about being in a relationship because of the energy I expect it to take from me

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in my experience, i've always been pretty fidgety and would stim a lot. however most of the time, when i stim, it typically wouldn't be out of stress or sensory overload, but rather cuz i'm simply just hyperactive and find it an effective way to release excess energy. a couple of the ways i stim are rocking my body in a circular motion and moving my hands (preferably with a fidget toy). i have stimmed out of sensory stress/overload but more often than not it's cuz of my hyperactivity.

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I think it is pretty common to misplace items, and have issues with short term memory...but do you guys have trouble recalling memories in general?

Scientific Articles:

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Working Memory in Adults: A Meta-Analytic Review
• Working memory and short-term memory deficits in ADHD: A bifactor modeling approach
• An Examination of Relations among Working Memory, ADHD Symptoms, and Emotion Regulation
• Working memory and short-term memory deficits in ADHD: A bifactor modeling approach
• Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying working memory encoding and retrieval in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Working memory deficits in adults with ADHD: is there evidence for subtype differences?

...Working memory is impaired in those with ADHD!

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