Rage quitting, constant tiny mistakes, and emotional regulation with ADHD (John Garden’s story)

What if the clue to an ADHD diagnosis was making a different tiny
mistake every night on stage?


John Garden is a therapist and professional musician. He shares
how years of strong emotional reactions, rage quitting, boredom
with repetition, and feeling like a failure eventually led to an
ADHD diagnosis.


The conversation explores emotional regulation, inattention to
detail, perfectionism, and the hidden ways ADHD can show up. It
also highlights how ADHD realizations are often not a single
lightning-bolt moment. More often, they come from years of
experiences that slowly add up until everything starts to make
sense.


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For a transcript and more resources, visit ADHD Aha! on
Understood.org. You can also email us at adhdaha@understood.org.


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empowering people with learning and thinking differences, like
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