ADHD and sex | Sorry, I Missed This

When you have ADHD, it can affect every part of your life - even sex. ADHD impacts how we show up in relationships. And it can be easy to forget it’s with us in the bedroom too.

ADHD sexpert and psychologist Dr. Ari Tuckman comes onto the podcast this week to talk about the connection between ADHD and sex. Listen to this foundational episode as we set the scene to cover more in-depth topics on sex in future episodes.

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Related resources
Sex, intimacy, and ADHD from ADHD Aha!
https://www.understood.org/en/podcast...
Ari’s book, ADHD After Dark
https://adultadhdbook.com/adhd-relati...
Come as You are by Emily Nagoski
https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
03:45 Why is ADHD and sex an important topic?
07:24 What Ari learned from research for his book, ADHD After Dark
10:33 ADHD and responsibility
12:47 Avoiding a transactional sexual relationship
14:55 Intentionality and ADHD
17:39 What can we do to help?
25:17 Ari’s main takeaways
26:45 What do I do if me or my partner is really excited about sex? But one or the other of us struggles to remember it exists?
29:54 What do I do if I get distracted during sex?

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