Navigating Emotional Regulation with ADHD
At Agave Health, our ADHD emotion regulation coaching services aim to help users identify and regulate their emotions, providing them with a healthier and more fulfilling life. These programs are designed to help you with emotional regulation with a multifaceted approach.
"My coach has helped me to identify and deal with my emotions in a much healthier way."
Marvin H.
How ADHD causes issues with emotional regulation
Adults with ADHD often struggle with emotional regulation, which can lead to difficulties maintaining healthy relationships and controlling outbursts. ADHD emotional regulation is often a significant factor in circumstances where adults with ADHD experience strong emotions that they can't seem to break out of or redirect in a healthy manner.
Because intense emotions offer powerful stimulation and the ADHD brain can have trouble regulating focus, many ADHDers can find themselves either fixated or lacking in emotional control when their emotions run high. This can make it difficult to regulate one's reactions to emotional situations.
These symptoms can be damaging when it comes to maintaining healthy relationships with others because ADHDers can often get carried away with a feeling and are prone to emotional outbursts that can be a source of embarrassment or shame.
This can also be the driving force behind a common ADHD symptom known as Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD), characterized by a severe reaction of shame or humiliation in circumstances of rejection or criticism (whether real or perceived).
Struggles with ADHD emotional regulation can contribute to several mental and physical health symptoms, including the following:
Anxiety​
Depression
Substance abuse
Muscle tension and pain
Difficulty managing stress
Sleep Issues
Rejection 
Sensitivity 
Dysphoria 
(RSD)
How can Agave help you with emotional regulation
Agave Health is designed to help you with emotional regulation with a multifaceted approach.
Certified Coaches
You can reach out to your ADHD coach through the Agave Health app at any time. So if you're having an episode of ADHD emotional dysregulation, your coach is just a text, video, or voice message away.
Weekly Online Visits
Chatting weekly with your coach about the challenges you encounter with emotional dysregulation can help you better develop the skills that help you lower the occurrence and intensity of those episodes.
Tool
We also encourage members to track their emotions over time by using a mood journal, allowing them to recognize patterns and unique emotional triggers.
CBT Programs
Agave Health has a dedicated CBT programs for emotional regulation. Those programs are meant to provide you with the fundamental skills for managing ADHD and emotions, from becoming more aware of the emotions you're feeling and more able to identify them to accepting and working with your emotions when they occur.
Who is Agave Health for?
Our ADHD emotional regulation coaching services at Agave Health are specifically designed for adults who have ADHD and are built to serve their unique needs. However, if you don't have a formal ADHD diagnosis, there's no need to worry.
If you struggle with emotional dysregulation or any number of hallmark ADHD symptoms, you can still benefit from our wide assortment of coaching services.
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What our members say
I have benefitted so much from my Agave coach's advice and tips. ADHD is a daily struggle but since joining Agave days have been so much easier. It's not as hard to take care of myself now.
Valerie
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