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ADHD Untangled

ADHD & Love: Why You’re Not “Too Much” with Dr Anna Machin

24 Nov 2025

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Have you ever wondered…Why you keep chasing intense, slightly toxic love and then get bored when things finally feel calm?If it is actually love at first sight or just your dopamine having a field day?If you are simply “too much” for love altogether?Whether even penguins are as faithful as we were told at school, or if they are out there mixing it up too?Same.If you have ever cried over someone you knew was wrong for you, felt like rejection might actually break you, or tried to turn yourself down to be “easier” to love, this episode is for you.This week I am joined by Oxford-trained evolutionary anthropologist and real-life love scientist, Dr Anna Machin. Yes, that Dr Anna from Diary of a CEO. Together we untangle the messy, addictive, beautiful world of love through the lens of ADHD.From the very first minute we go straight into the questions you secretly Google at 1am:❤️ Is this love or just dopamine? 🚩 Why do I fall for red flags then get bored when things are calm? 🤯 Am I actually “too much” for love? 🐧 And if even penguins are at it, is anyone really built for lifelong monogamy?Dr Anna brings the science. I bring the tangled ADHD heart. Together we untangle:🧠 Why ADHD brains crave intensity and the high of early chemistry💞 Why “love at first sight” is a myth and what your brain is really doing💔 Rejection sensitivity, heartbreak withdrawal and why it hurts so much📱 Dating apps, overstimulation and why they fry your brain🐧 What penguins, cheating and monogamy can actually teach us about real connectionThis one is tender, funny in places and very real. It is for anyone who has ever been told they are too intense, too emotional, too dramatic or just a bit too much.If you have spent years trying to be smaller, quieter or easier to love, I want this episode to feel like a deep breath for your nervous system. You are not too much. You simply have a brain and a heart that work differently, and you deserve relationships that get that.Let’s get untangled and show the world what we are made of. 🧡💡 Want to dive deeper?🧡 Join the free Untangled Community → click here🎓 Become an ADHD Coach → click here🧘 Retreats → click here✨ Follow us → @adhd_untangledLots of love and strength,Rosie 🧡🖤

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