• bloogoose@lemmy.zip
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    10 days ago

    ADHD sufferers can feel emotions more intensely, but aren’t specifically more empathetic.

    • Squirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 days ago

      Both are true, in my experience, especially with comorbid rejection sensitive dysphoria. That’s not to say that’s always the case though. In my case, empathy became my coping mechanism for the heightened emotional states and the constant anxiety of letting others down. Anecdotally I’ve heard similar from others, but certainly not everyone.