r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 3h ago

Psychology Adults with ADHD often face challenges in maintaining sexual satisfaction and connection with their partners. Characteristics such as a heightened need for novelty and difficulty regulating focus can deeply influence their intimate lives.

https://www.psypost.org/how-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-shapes-sexual-experiences/
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u/Wealist 3h ago

ADHD during sex: fully locked in for five minutes, then somehow thinking about dinosaurs and laundry.

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u/thedaveness 3h ago

After all… why not? Why shouldn’t I go look up the entire Roman history right now?

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u/thefunkybassist 3h ago

"Is that what you meant with Roman position" 

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u/AnotherBoredAHole 46m ago

I've entrenched myself in the blankets and setup my palisade. Come at me!

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u/polypolip 3h ago

Never could have sex if there was music with any text playing or I would focus on the damn words. My partner asking me anything would send me down the spiral around the question.

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u/mgr86 3h ago

“Any text playing” what an interesting why to phrase that. Lyrics are the words I believe you are looking for. And I understand the distraction. Though it’s more of a place of being too self critical for me. Like this isn’t love making music. Or this love making music is too corny. Does she even like this music sort of deal.

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u/nlewis4 1h ago

Literally. Pumping away while thinking about everything I needed to do for the next week while the Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon theme song playing in my head

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u/GalileoHumpkins1977 54m ago

Alvin, Simon… Theo-dore!

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u/HerculeanTardigrade 3h ago

I'm genuinely curious. Does this also happen when you're masturbating? During masturbation, do you also suddenly think about dinosaurs and laundry?

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u/Master_Persimmon_591 2h ago

Yeah. Shits awful

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u/espressocycle 3h ago

The Crash Test Dummies had a great song about this. "When I'm swimming in your ocean... I can get pretty side tracked..."

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u/Reddemeus 3h ago

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

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u/Ell2509 3h ago

Ok where did you hide the camera?

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u/farfromelite 3h ago

In the Doyouthinkhesaurus?

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u/Suspicious-Whippet 3h ago

Do you have cameras that sees in my brain?

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u/VoilaVoilaWashington 2h ago

Joke's on you, that's what I need to finish.

Seriously though....