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Why Do People With ADHD Seek Conflict?

In this video I explain one underlying physiological mechanism behind why many of us with ADHD seek conflict. This has a lot to do with the fact that people with ADHD typically have lower levels of dopamine in their brains.

Dopamine is an excitatory neurotransmitter, also known as a catecholamine. Other catecholamines include epinephrine and norepinephrine. Seeking conflict activates the fight or flight (sympathetic) nervous system which raises levels of catecholamines, including dopamine.

On one hand, conflict can make you feel better since levels of dopamine have increased, but can lead to a viscious cycle of feeling bad about creating conflict, followed up with beating yourself up (which many of us with ADHD experience). This cycle can then exacerbate feelings of low self esteem which is also very common in those of us with ADHD.

The key to breaking this cycle is increasing awareness and understanding the underlying physiology of what’s happening. By implementing healthier strategies of modulating dopamine, we can improve our conflict seeking behaviors.

What’s been your experience with conflict and ADHD? Have you found anything that’s been helpful for you or your family? Let me know

*this is not medical advice

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