trigger warning: this one's a bit heavier than usual. We're talking eating disorders, body image and how they show up differently when you've got ADHD.

we get into binge eating (and why it's so under-diagnosed, especially in women), the shame spiral that follows it, growing up in the Tumblr pro-ana era, and why rejection sensitive dysphoria makes body comments stick for life. we also go there on the Ozempic conversation; the accessibility of it, the trend of it, and why beauty standards always seem to circle back to whatever's hardest for "normal" people to get.

plus: masking as a hidden driver of disordered eating, ARFID and sensory sensitivity in neurodivergent people, why scales are lying to you, and the stories behind our own body image baggage (boat parties, boob jobs, and the bikini we avoided for years).

we're not experts, just two adhd women talking honestly about something that doesn't get talked about enough. if you're struggling, please reach out to BEAT or your GP.

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If you've ever eaten the same meal every single day for three weeks and genuinely loved every bite, and then suddenly couldn't look at it ever again, this episode is for you.

This week we are getting into something that doesn't get talked about enough in ADHD spaces: food. Not in a diet culture way, not in a wellness way, in a why have I ordered the exact same thing from this restaurant fourteen times and felt zero shame about it kind of way.

Because the ADHD relationship with food is its own thing entirely. The hyperfixations that take over your entire personality for a month. The safe foods you return to when your brain has nothing left. The forgetting to eat until your blood sugar crashes and suddenly every emotion you own arrives at once. The specific paralysis of standing in front of a full fridge and genuinely being unable to decide what to eat. The way a favourite food can go from the only thing you want to completely repulsive overnight with absolutely no warning.

It's chaotic. It's neurological. And it turns out it makes a lot more sense when you understand how the ADHD brain actually works.

In this episode:

• What food hyperfixations actually are and why the ADHD brain keeps returning to the same things
• The safe food list — what yours says about you and why the grief when a safe food stops working is completely real
• Forgetting to eat and then eating everything — the blood sugar crash spiral and why it keeps happening
• Decision fatigue and food — why a full fridge can feel more overwhelming than an empty one
• The dopamine hit of food and why ADHD brains are especially wired to seek it
• Beige food, sensory sensitivity and why certain textures and foods feel genuinely unbearable
• The restaurant order thing — why so many ADHDers find one thing they love on a menu and never order anything else ever again
• ADHD medication and appetite — what actually happens and how to work around it
• The chaos of food shopping with ADHD — buying seventeen ingredients for a recipe and then ordering a takeaway anyway

This is not a nutrition episode. We are not here to tell you what to eat. We are just two women with ADHD comparing notes on the most unhinged food habits we have and figuring out why our brains work this way.

Chaotic, honest, and very relatable — especially if your current hyperfixation meal is getting slightly out of hand.

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Is ADHD actually a disorder — or is it a brain that evolved for a completely different world?

In our first ever guest episode, we sit down with Dr. Alex Curmi — psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and host of The Thinking Mind podcast — for one of the most eye-opening conversations we've ever had on this show.

We get into evolutionary psychology, why the ADHD brain may have been an extraordinary advantage in hunter-gatherer times, and why modern life — think open-plan offices, smartphones, TikTok, and 9-5 schedules — is essentially kryptonite for the way our brains are wired.

But this episode goes way beyond the theory. Dr. Alex gets into the stuff that actually affects our day-to-day lives: why so many women aren't diagnosed until their thirties or forties, why medication alone isn't enough, and the specific, practical interventions that can genuinely help with the ADHD symptoms that nobody talks about enough — impulsive spending, emotional dysregulation, and rejection sensitive dysphoria.

In this episode:

• What evolutionary psychology actually is and why it changes how you see your ADHD brain
• The hunter-gatherer theory — why ADHD traits that feel like problems today may have been survival superpowers
• Why smartphones and social media actively make ADHD symptoms worse (neurologically, not just in a "phones bad" way)
• The real reason so many women are diagnosed late — and what gets missed
• Why ADHD is a spectrum and what severe ADHD actually looks like day-to-day
• The overdiagnosis vs. underdiagnosis debate — Dr. Alex's honest, nuanced take
• Why medication is just one piece of the puzzle and what else needs to happen
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) techniques for emotional regulation and RSD — explained simply and actually usefully
• The journaling technique Dr. Alex uses with patients to rewire impulsive spending habits
• How to structure your life and career around your ADHD strengths rather than constantly fighting your weaknesses
• Where to start if you're struggling and don't know what to do next

Dr. Alex's take-home message: You don't have to stay stuck. Start with the simple stuff — sleep, exercise, cutting back on overstimulating tech. Try the strategies. And if you've tried a lot by yourself and you still need more support, reach out to a professional. But don't let your problems just simmer.

We are not medical professionals — we are just two women with ADHD having the conversations we wish someone had with us sooner. Dr. Alex is the expert in the room and this one is genuinely worth listening to twice.

Find Dr. Alex Curmi:🎙️ The Thinking Mind Podcast — available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube📱 Alex Curmi Therapy

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