The Cost of Perfectionistic Thinking With ADHD and What Can Help In the first article in this series, we explored why perfectionistic thinking can develop alongside ADHD. For some people, high standards become a way of compensating for inconsistency, preventing mistakes, avoiding criticism, or protecting...

Why ADHD Can Lead to Perfectionistic Thinking Perfectionism is not considered a core symptom of ADHD. ADHD is more commonly associated with disorganization, unfinished tasks, missed deadlines, forgetfulness, and inconsistency, which seems to be the apparent opposite of perfectionism. Yet many people with ADHD struggle...