Laura Key

Do you want a different one, by the way? I'm kind of liking this one.

Do you want a different one, by the way? I'm kind of liking this one.

Listeners of the show know that the very first episode I shared my own ADHD story and the impetus for my discovery and I had ADHD was also a breakup and a very, very dramatic breakup that left me kind of reeling. And like, I got to figure out what's going on with me. And it was a slow path to discovery. And I'm still I'm like one eighth of the way through it.

Listeners of the show know that the very first episode I shared my own ADHD story and the impetus for my discovery and I had ADHD was also a breakup and a very, very dramatic breakup that left me kind of reeling. And like, I got to figure out what's going on with me. And it was a slow path to discovery. And I'm still I'm like one eighth of the way through it.

Is it too personal if I ask you? Have you been in a serious relationship since then?

Is it too personal if I ask you? Have you been in a serious relationship since then?

In one of the episodes of Climbing the Walls, you share audio from, it was your sister's wedding. You were the maid of honor and there was like some self-deprecating humor about your relationship experience. I think you referred to yourself as like erratic or I actually wrote it down. See, I have a note card, like refusing to grow up.

In one of the episodes of Climbing the Walls, you share audio from, it was your sister's wedding. You were the maid of honor and there was like some self-deprecating humor about your relationship experience. I think you referred to yourself as like erratic or I actually wrote it down. See, I have a note card, like refusing to grow up.

Exactly. Talking with you is making me realize that there may be a lot more people listening with RSD, rejection sensitivity dysphoria, but they're not experiencing it because they're anticipating it and they're just avoiding it.

Exactly. Talking with you is making me realize that there may be a lot more people listening with RSD, rejection sensitivity dysphoria, but they're not experiencing it because they're anticipating it and they're just avoiding it.

So rejection sensitivity as a journalist. Let's talk more about that.

So rejection sensitivity as a journalist. Let's talk more about that.

Well, now that climbing the walls is out, you're here. You didn't hide. Congratulations. It's not out yet. When this goes up, it will have gone out.

Well, now that climbing the walls is out, you're here. You didn't hide. Congratulations. It's not out yet. When this goes up, it will have gone out.

All right. So tell ADHD AHA listeners what is climbing the walls about.

All right. So tell ADHD AHA listeners what is climbing the walls about.

When we started talking about this, I was like, oh, this is going to be about the pandemic and the rise of TikTok. That's all this is going to be about. And it goes so much deeper.

When we started talking about this, I was like, oh, this is going to be about the pandemic and the rise of TikTok. That's all this is going to be about. And it goes so much deeper.

As a member of the team here at Understood and as an editor and getting to listen as this has been created, it's just I'm learning so much about myself as a woman with ADHD as I'm listening to these episodes. And I'm curious, what have you learned about yourself through the creation of this show?

As a member of the team here at Understood and as an editor and getting to listen as this has been created, it's just I'm learning so much about myself as a woman with ADHD as I'm listening to these episodes. And I'm curious, what have you learned about yourself through the creation of this show?