r/adhdwomen • u/huskylotus • 26d ago

Social Life Anyone else struggle immensely with maintaining friendships?

This is a HUGE source of stress, guilt, and insecurity for me. Ever since high school/college ended and my friends moved to different places, I’ve had an extremely hard time consistently keeping in touch with good friends. Even just texting people often takes more energy than I have. I hang out often with my one friend who’s still in the area, but even that is exhausting sometimes (at absolutely no fault of my friend, I love her to death and enjoy spending time with her). I feel EXTREME fomo when I see/hear about other friends hanging out without me, but at the same time, it’s my fault for not being better about keeping in touch. I guess I’m just venting here and wondering how big of a stress source this is for my fellow adhd ladies

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u/Heavy_Abroad_8074 AuDHD 26d ago

Yes, I usually only have the social battery to have one or two close friends at a time

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u/Mobile-Outside-3233 25d ago

I’m say my period. Is it anxiety that causes all of the emotional exhaustion? Like, are we anticipating what could go wrong or wrong and this is very emotionally draining?