Dirty Laundry

Why Adults with ADHD Are so Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help

By: Richard Pink, Roxanne Emery

Narrated by: Richard Pink, Roxanne Emery

Brought to you by Penguin.

If you have ADHD - or love somebody who does - DIRTY LAUNDRY will change your life, and your relationships.

Do you feel crippling shame because you struggle with cleaning, personal hygiene, or time-keeping? Do you always feel misunderstood by the people close to you and find that they get frustrated by your behaviour?

DIRTY LAUNDRY is an unfiltered look into the chaos of real life with ADHD. It will transform your self-hatred into self-acceptance, with simple tips that actually work for your brain. It will also help to educate partners, parents and friends, to help them move from frustration to patience, understanding - and love.

Learn how to:
- Stop believing you are fundamentally broken
- Stop judging yourself by the standards of a neurotypical world
- Communicate your struggles to those who love you
- Support someone with ADHD in ways that work for them
- Be compassionate rather than judgemental

...and much more.

From the husband-and-wife team behind social media phenomenon @ADHD_Love, whose viral videos have been viewed more than 200 million times, comes a fearless, often outrageously funny, account of life, learning, and growing with ADHD. They share the strategies they have used to reduce shame, improve communication, and find happiness in their neurodivergent household.

Filled with heartbreak and humour in equal measure, DIRTY LAUNDRY is an invaluable resource both for neurodivergents and the people who love them.

©2023 Richard Pink (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

Made us giggle and helped us forge a much deeper connection with our friends and family with ADHD. A godsend!

Highly recommended ... offers resources for both people who are neurodivergent and their partners, as well as models for how to have more productive conversations (Hartford Courant)

I’m not alone, and I can’t stop crying

I believe I’m undiagnosed, but everything. I mean everything in this book I can relate too, and this book has moved me to wanting to find therapy. Thank you rox, for giving words to my world.

A pleasure to listen to!

The romantic partner dynamic is what pulled me into listening to this great book! It helped me to understand myself and how my very compassionate partner feels about me sometimes. It also helped me to better understand my daughter and sisters with adhd. I highly recommend it!

absolutely loved it!

great from being to the end. I now know I'm not alone. thank you

I cried all the way through!

As an adult woman with adhd, I’ve spent my whole life battling shame. Even knowing I had adhd for most of my life, it was still a deep point of shame and something I only talked about almost in a whisper. This book pulled my struggles out into the open and shed glorious light onto all the hidden parts and let them simply… be. All the tips were spot on and frankly practical. Every little bit I would burst into tears again because there was hope. This was real. Not some excuse I came up with to get out of things. (Something I was constantly accused of by parents, partners, and educators over the years.) Realizing my brain is not bad, it’s just got some major differences, felt so validating. I cannot recommend this book enough! And it was a pleasure to listen to. Richard and Rox bring their signature sound and humor to every moment so that listening to this book is like getting to hang with them over coffee. I will be pulling this one out to listen to over and over. Well worth the credit!

Best book on ADHD ever!

I laughed and cried on and off through the entire book. Never before has a book made me feel seen, didn't even think that was possible. Now only to persuade my so to listen to it as well 😅 Really glad you read it yourselves, you guys are so great and I truly love following you on SoMe 🥰

Please get it translated to Norwegian as well so I can buy copies for my entire family