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The ADHD Cringe Lab

The ADHD Cringe Lab

You know that feeling when someone describes an ADHD moment so accurately you want to laugh and cry at the same time? That's every episode of The ADHD Cringe Lab.

The ADHD Cringe Lab is the ADHD comedy podcast where two credentialed ADHD coaches act out the cringe moments we all recognize — then actually explain why our brains do that.

Every episode, hosts Stephanie and Faelyne perform a skit dramatizing a real ADHD experience — hyperfocus spirals, planner fails, time blindness disasters, shame spirals, task paralysis, and every flavor of neurodivergent cringe — then break down the science, validate the struggle, and offer real coaching perspective. No toxic positivity. No empty superpower talk. Just honest, funny, evidence-based ADHD content from people who live it and coach it.

Whether you're newly diagnosed, late-diagnosed, finally figuring out why your whole life suddenly makes sense, or just done pretending your brain works like everyone else's — you're going to hear yourself in every episode.

Featuring: the ADHD Spaghetti Bear, the Cringe Mailbag, the Validation Station, and Prescription Protocols that actually make sense for ADHD brains.

Because if you can laugh at it, you can learn from it.

Email us: TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com

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  • July 1 · 29 min

    The Founders: Founding Fathers (Off the Record). America and Canada Birthday Edition

    The Founders (Off the Record), Founding Fathers America 250th and Canada 159th Birthday Edition Stephanie was writing in a hotel room in Boston, staring at portraits of Paul Revere and George Washington, and one rabbit hole later we ended up here: how many of America’s Founding Fathers — off the record — had ADHD? It’s a cross-border special for The ADHD Cringe Lab, your ADHD comedy podcast hosted by two certified ADHD coaches. America turns 250 on July 4th. Canada turns 159 on July 1st. We’re making the case for both sides. Famous people with ADHD didn’t have a diagnosis. They had hyperfocus, impulsivity, crisis activation, and an interest-based nervous system that changed the course of history. On the American side: Benjamin Franklin (naked air baths, farting essays, self-taught ADHD coach), Alexander Hamilton (11 affairs of honor, wrote 51 Federalist Papers in six months, may have thrown his shot on purpose), Samuel Adams (failed at everything until the British accidentally built him the perfect ADHD work environment at 43), John Hancock (strategic gout and the signature that started a revolution because he was DONE sitting in that hot room), Paul Revere (never stopped moving, couldn’t sleep, made the most noise doing everything), Betsy Ross (crossed the Delaware to elope, one-snip efficiency hack, may have helped Washington cross it too), Mammy Kate (personal agency inside an impossible system, walked into a British prison with a laundry basket, chose this), and Molly Pitcher (found the spring first, fired the cannon, survived the cannonball, went back to work). Then we head north. Thanadelthur, the Dënesułinë Ambassadress of Peace who could see the peace before it existed and wouldn’t stop until it was real. And Laura Secord, masking at a dinner table full of American soldiers, then walking 32 km cross-country through a swamp for 18 hours, born — plot twist — in Massachusetts. America is hyperactive ADHD. Canada is inattentive ADHD. Same diagnosis. Different coping strategies. Same show. No Prescription Protocols this episode — just the science, the history, and the validation. Because sometimes recognizing yourself in a two-hundred-and-fifty-year-old founding document IS the protocol. A NOTE FROM THE LAB: The ADHD trait analysis in this episode represents our personal observations based on hours of rabbit hole research, historical records, and our combined experience as certified ADHD coaches. We are not diagnosing anyone, living or dead. While collecting data, we just got hyperfixated on a very specific moment in time. You’re welcome. 🧪 Which Founding Father are you? Take the quiz: https://adhd-founders-quiz.netlify.app/ 📊 Full ADHD Founder Spectrum Chart: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aujAQfaXY7nVcRusihRcZPxXcevgE-fc/view?usp=sharing ADHD cringe, ADHD comedy podcast, ADHD Cringe Lab, certified ADHD coaches, neurodivergent, ADHD adults, ADHD podcast, famous people with ADHD, historical figures ADHD, ADHD history, ADHD founding fathers, ADHD hyperfocus, ADHD impulsivity, ADHD dopamine, ADHD crisis activation, ADHD interest-based nervous system, ADHD late diagnosis, ADHD aha moment, neurodivergent history, ADHD women history, neurodivergent women

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  • July 1 · 18 min

    ADHD Shame Spiral | One Bad Comment

    Have you ever gotten ten compliments and one small piece of feedback and your brain just filed the compliments directly into the trash? In this episode of The ADHD Cringe Lab, your ADHD comedy podcast hosted by two certified ADHD coaches, we put the ADHD shame spiral under the microscope. First we act it out: two people review their first podcast recording, exchange genuine enthusiasm and one completely reasonable comment about lighting, and both silently pack their bags and move to another country. Internally. Externally they are smiling and saying "totally, easy fix!" Then we break it down. What Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria actually is and why the ADHD brain processes perceived criticism as a genuine threat. Why 10 compliments disappear and 1 small comment becomes the only thing that exists. Why the masking response, smiling perfectly normally while your brain is fully on fire, develops as a survival skill and what it actually costs you. And why your reaction is never just about today. It's about all of it. Every corrective message, every dismissal, every moment someone made you feel like too much or not enough. We're prescribing 4 protocols for interrupting the spiral before it makes decisions on your behalf, because your spiral is not qualified to be your ADHD coach. It doesn't have the credentials. It has never even been to Canada. Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon Music. TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com KEY CONCEPTS Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD): the ADHD brain's tendency to process perceived criticism as a genuine threat, a real threat response, even when the criticism is minor, neutral, or imagined. The pain is neurologically real. "Just let it go" - not helpful advice when a threat response is already firing. The Confirmation Bias Spiral: once the brain locks onto a negative interpretation, it filters everything through that lens, collecting evidence to confirm the threat and filing all contradicting evidence under "probably not true." It's not being dramatic. It's doing exactly what it was wired to do. The Masking Response: the gap between what's happening internally during a spiral and what's visible externally. Developed young, when ADHD reactions got labeled too much or too sensitive. Keeps the peace. Takes enormous energy. Means nobody around you knows what's actually happening. The Emotional Flashback: spirals are rarely just about the current moment. One lighting comment triggers every corrective message and dismissal going back years. Out of proportion from the outside. Completely logical from the inside. We also dig into Dr. William Dodson's research: kids with ADHD receive roughly 20k more negative or corrective messages by age 10-12 than their peers, about 5-6 extra criticisms a day. THE FOUR PROTOCOLS Name It to Tame It: the moment you feel the spiral start, say it out loud or write it down: "This is RSD. This is not reality." Naming it moves you from the emotional brain to the logical brain. Give it a pet name. Take some power back. The Evidence Locker: before you react, quit, or send something you'll regret, write down every positive thing from the interaction alongside the trigger. Make your brain look at the full picture, not just the threat file it compiled. It's a selective editor, not a liar. The Story Audit: ask: is what I'm believing right now actually true? Or a story I've told myself so long it feels like fact? RSD builds a playlist your inner critic recorded without permission. The audit asks one question: is this true based on real evidence right now? The 24 Hour Rule: make no decisions, send no messages, quit nothing within 24 hours of a spiral. Spirals peak fast and drop fast. What feels unsurvivable at 2pm often looks like a normal Tuesday by morning.

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  • June 23 · 3 min

    The ADHD Cringe Lab Trailer

    You know that moment when your brain replays a weird look someone gave you three weeks ago — at 2 AM — when you should absolutely be asleep? Yeah. This podcast is for you. Welcome to the ADHD Cringe Lab, hosted by Faelyne and Stephanie — two certified ADHD coaches who are also living proof of everything they talk about. Every week, we take one cringy, chaotic, completely relatable ADHD moment, act it out, break down the science behind it, and hand you real tools for next time. Because ADHD brains work differently. And yes, that sometimes means social cringe, time blindness, late replies, lost items, and showing up to the wrong place at the right time. But it also means you're capable of things a neurotypical brain could never imagine. The cringe doesn't need to stay hidden. It needs a voice. And this lab is officially open. What to expect from the ADHD Cringe Lab: One cringy, relatable ADHD moment per episode — acted out in full, with zero shame The science behind why your brain does what it does — explained by coaches who do the same things Real, practical tools you can actually use (not just "make a to-do list") Warm, honest conversation about what it's really like to live with an ADHD brain The occasional blooper, because we are who we are New episodes drop every Wednesday. Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, and wherever you listen to podcasts. P.S. One of us will definitely be awake at 4 AM when the first episode drops. You know who you are. Meet the Lab Chief Cringe Officer: Spaghetti Bear — purple, science goggles, lab coat, zero impulse control, maximum authority US Research Wing: Stephanie Canadian Research Wing: Faelyne The Cringe’oMeter: our pre-experiment data collection — a real-time reading of how ADHD life is treating us this week How to submit your cringe Email: TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com Or fill out the Cringe-fession Form. Anonymous submissions welcome. No judgment. Only science. ADHD Founders’ Quiz - July USA and Canada Birthday Episode: Take the ADHD Founders' Quiz. Which founder are you?

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