Dating as a person with ADHD is exhausting. I feel like I’m broken and I don’t know how to fix myself.
I’m 31m and I’ve struggled with ADHD my whole life, especially with dating and finding a significant other. I’ve only ever had maybe 2 girl friends in my life that were actual relationships, but other than that just a bunch of on and off again stuff since I was 19.
I’m pretty open and upfront that I have adhd, amongst other mental health issues such as depression, anxiety disorder, rejection sensitivity dysphoria and cPTSD. Usually that doesn’t turn people away, but it’s like once they meet me then it’s a completely different story and i never make it past the first date. It feels like something is wrong with me. All I know is how to be myself, and I feel like that’s the problem. I constantly feel like I’m too much and not enough at the same time, meaning my own personal mental problems are too much for another person but because of that I can’t be enough of a potential partner for someone. I don’t know what anyone what’s from me. Does anyone else feel the same?