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Is it ADHD or just Blue Monday?

New episode out now on ADHD or Life – A Couple’s Perspective 🎙️ We’re talking Blue Monday, why this time of year can feel heavier, and why ADHD can make it hit different (and harder).

Before we get into the doom and gloom… we start with @Spacegoods! It’s had Adam absolutely BUZZING for a week and operating at a level of energy that frankly isn’t available in standard retail.

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What we cover in this episode:
- Blue Monday: real thing, marketing thing, or “either way I feel a bit grim”?
- Why ADHD can make January feel like wading through fog.
- Adam’s hyperfixations this week: we went to see Song Sung Blue (Neil Diamond)… and now Adam is fully convinced he needs to start a Neil Diamond tribute band.
- But what’s the difference between an ADHD hyperfixation and Donna’s long-standing obsession with Ronan Keating… the one that literally got her in the newspaper? (Yes, really.)
- Is it sadness… or are we just absolutely knackered?
- Why this time of year can be so rough.
- “Overstimulated but underwhelmed” — the most ADHD sentence ever.
- Adam thinks work helps. Donna’s quietly enjoying him having a few nights off…
- What song made Donna cry on the way to the podcast? (It’s a moment.)
- The underrated power of having a day off.
- Practical stuff that helps when you’re in the mud: starting your day fresh at ANY time, the 2-minute rule, and getting out of shame spirals.
- Adam reveals his secret to avoiding New Year’s resolution shame.
- Do you stop caring with age? Should you stop worrying what people think?
- Donna’s perspective (as always: calm, neuronormal, and mildly baffled by Adam).
- And yes… Emmerdale gets a mention. Obviously.

5 Minute Moans:
- Adam’s driving… and the important question: does ADHD control the windscreen wipers? Because the wiper decisions being made are NOT neurotypical.
- Donna’s fashion choices: is it a cute co-ord… or is it giving cheap tracksuit? (We discuss. Thoroughly.)

We finish with our listeners’ good, bad and ugly stories — and we’re genuinely grateful for every one. Keep them coming, because they make this podcast what it is.

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