ADHD at work – rejection, regulation and the emotional load

For many people with ADHD, the emotional side of work can be just as challenging as workload or deadlines. Experiences of rejection, heightened emotional responses and difficulties with regulation can make everyday interactions – from emails and feedback to meetings and performance conversations – feel unexpectedly intense and exhausting.

Join Kath Wood and Alice Gibson, Disability Training & Consultancy Specialists, for this practical and empathetic session exploring rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD), emotional regulation and the often unseen emotional load experienced by people with ADHD at work.

In this session, we’ll explore:

  • What rejection sensitive dysphoria is and why it’s so commonly experienced by people with ADHD

  • How RSD and emotional regulation can show up at work, from feedback to emails and meetings

  • Why everyday workplace situations can feel disproportionately intense for neurodivergent employees

  • The impact this can have on confidence, performance and wellbeing when it goes unrecognised

  • Practical ways managers and colleagues can communicate more supportively

  • Simple, realistic adjustments that can make work feel safer and more manageable

This session will offer practical insights and clear guidance to help organisations better understand ADHD, reduce emotional strain and create more supportive working environments.

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