ADHD and the Weight of the World (opens in new tab)

Why This Matters When you exceed your emotional budget, you do not become a better person — you become a less functional one. Work suffers, sleep suffers, the people closest to you start walking on eggshells, and the causes you say you care about get less of you, not more. Children watch how you carry difficult news and learn what is possible. Burnout costs you years of useful engagement. Withdrawal costs you the relationships and capacities you would need to act on anything at all.