Loving Someone with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: A Guide for Partners, Family, and Friends to Understanding RSD and ADHD Emotional Intensity
Language: English
Published by Jstone Publishing, 2026
- Softcover
- New
Seller: Books Puddle, Woodside, NY, U.S.A.Books Puddle
AbeBooks seller since November 22, 2018
Condition: New
£ 26.26
Quantity: 4 available
Add to basketSeller Inventory # 26405797074
- Title
- Loving Someone with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: A Guide for Partners, Family, and Friends to Understanding RSD and ADHD Emotional Intensity
- Author
- Walter, Leyla Maro
- Publisher
- Jstone Publishing
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1764563794
- ISBN 13
- 9781764563796
When Every Conversation Feels Like Walking Through a Minefield
Loving someone with ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria means living with a level of emotional intensity that most relationship books never address. A forgotten errand triggers a shame spiral. A gentle suggestion lands as a devastating critique. A moment of silence is interpreted as abandonment. The partner on the receiving end of these reactions often feels confused, exhausted, and invisible, unsure how a relationship built on genuine love can produce so much pain.
The First Comprehensive Guide Written for the Partner
This book fills a critical gap in the ADHD relationship literature. While most resources focus on the person experiencing RSD, this guide centers the partner, parent, or family member who navigates the emotional fallout daily. It explains the neuroscience behind rejection sensitivity in clear, accessible language, maps the specific relational patterns that RSD produces, and provides evidence-based tools drawn from Schema Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Nonviolent Communication, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Practical Scripts, Clinical Frameworks, and Real Strategies
Each chapter combines neurological explanation with actionable application. The book includes ready-to-use communication scripts for the hardest conversations, a co-regulation toolkit grounded in polyvagal theory, a framework for distinguishing RSD responses from abusive behavior, and structured exercises designed for both individuals and couples. It addresses the partner's own cognitive distortions, compassion fatigue, identity erosion, and the self-care requirements that make every other strategy sustainable.
Beyond Romantic Partnerships
Dedicated chapters address RSD in parent-child relationships, friendships, dual-ADHD couples, and co-parenting dynamics. The book examines how gender, hormones, cultural context, and the co-occurrence of autism and ADHD shape the expression of rejection sensitivity across different relational contexts. It provides specific adaptations for each context rather than assuming a one-size-fits-all approach.
Built on Science, Written with Compassion
Grounded in peer-reviewed research with APA-formatted references throughout, this guide treats both people in the relationship with equal respect. It validates the partner's exhaustion without pathologizing the person with RSD. It provides the clinical depth of a professional resource in language that any reader can access and apply immediately. This is the book that partners of people with ADHD and rejection sensitivity have been searching for.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Books Puddle
Woodside, NY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 22, 2018
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 12 to 19 business days | 12 to 14 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 3.02 | £ 5.28 |
Payment methods
Store description
I mainly carry imported books from South East Asia / South Asia for readers of all Age Groups.
Specialty
South Asian and South East Asian Culture, Religion, Art etcSeller's business information
PLETOS INC
6931 51st Avenue, WOODSIDE
Woodside, NY U.S.A. 11377
Terms of sale
We accept return for those books which are received damamged. Though we take appropriate care in packaing to avoid such situation.
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Books Puddle, Woodside, New York, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.