The ADHD Cringe Lab

About 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 (mailto:TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com)

Publisher

The ADHD Cringe Lab

Category

comedy · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jun 2026

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   ADHD Unfinished Projects | The House That Couldn't Stop Starting

   The Winchester Mystery House books an ADHD coaching intake: 160 rooms, 2,000 doors, and a staircase that only got as far as "2." In this Halloween episode of The ADHD Cringe Lab, two certified ADHD coaches dissect ADHD unfinished projects, the fresh start effect, and the interest-based nervous system. Key Concepts The Fresh Lumber Start The House's name for the rush of a brand new project: the aroma of new wood, the smell of possibility. The Fresh Start Effect Behavioural scientist Dr. Katy Milkman and her colleagues found that new beginnings give people a measurable bump in motivation to go after their goals. The Interest-Based Nervous System Dr. William Dodson describes the ADHD nervous system as interest-based rather than importance-based. Engagement comes from interest, novelty, challenge, and urgency. The Hobby Graveyard The collection of started-and-stopped projects that most ADHDers will recognize. Boarded-Up Decisions and Decision Paralysis A postponed decision doesn't go away. It just gets a wall. Unfinished Is Not Failed The House survived a major earthquake and is still standing. Still interesting, still getting visitors, still mysterious. Prescription Protocol: Close A Door Just one prescription this week. Pick one unfinished project and give it an official ending. Photo Attributions https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959.photos.018660p (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959.photos.018660p) https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959.photos.018666p/ (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959.photos.018666p/) (Jane Lidz, 1980) https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959.photos.018662p (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959.photos.018662p) https://www.https://loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959/ https://loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959/ (https://loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959/) https://loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959/ (https://loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0959/) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Winchester_Mystery_House#/map/0/17/37.31823/-121.95114 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Winchester_Mystery_House#/map/0/17/37.31823/-121.95114) https://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/digital/collection/sjplpc/id/199 (https://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/digital/collection/sjplpc/id/199) https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/Share/od741fncd2k5527n1r1m7utltp26l5fe (https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/Share/od741fncd2k5527n1r1m7utltp26l5fe) Colour Photo by Harsh-Light, used under Commons License with attribution: https://www.flickr.com/photos/harshlight/Winchester (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harshlight/Winchester) Connect with us Email : TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com (mailto:TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com) Cringe-fession Form: https://forms.gle/nua66LxRdVNvQVkt5 (https://forms.gle/nua66LxRdVNvQVkt5) Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adhd-cringe-lab/id6783463372 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adhd-cringe-lab/id6783463372) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033Dv5DunVldSWGRWvGDgq (https://open.spotify.com/show/033Dv5DunVldSWGRWvGDgq) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheADHDCringeLab (https://www.youtube.com/@TheADHDCringeLab) Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/614e9f5c-4132-40b7-8174-e73c0c51fbcc/the-adhd-cringe-lab (https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/614e9f5c-4132-40b7-8174-e73c0c51fbcc/the-adhd-cringe-lab)

2. 

   7 Oct 2026

   ADHD Horror Stories | We Didn't Ask. The Internet Delivered

   SHOW NOTES EPISODE DESCRIPTION Have you ever done something so ADHD that you had to leave the building, the city, or possibly the country? You're not alone. The internet has receipts. In this episode of The ADHD Cringe Lab, your ADHD comedy podcast hosted by two certified ADHD coaches, we open the Cringe Archives: real ADHD horror stories from Reddit and beyond. There's a stranger in the wrong hostel bed, a work lunch that took a turn into high school biology, a donut that never made it home, and a traffic moment that ended in eye contact with exactly the wrong person. Faelyne faces "Has Faelyne Done This?", a Lightning Round tests how fast two coaches can name the ADHD pattern, and one story takes the crown for Most Cringe. Faelyne also confesses something about her grandparents. Along the way we name what's really going on: social autopilot, working memory, object permanence, impulsivity and emotional dysregulation. None of it means you're broken. All credit goes to the brave souls who posted these. Links to the original posts are below. New episode of The ADHD Cringe Lab. Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com (mailto:TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com) Episode summary A Lab Lite episode with no skit. Stephanie dug up real ADHD horror stories from the internet, Faelyne reacted to them cold, and the two of them named the ADHD pattern behind each one. What we cover "Has Faelyne Done This?" Final tally: two out of three. The Hostel: autopilot on the way in, avoidance on the way out The Fetal Pig: blurting and the Unfiltered Broadcast Tim Hortons: working memory, and a very helpful Canadian honk The Therapist: impulsivity and emotional dysregulation A five-story Lightning Round Validation moment Sometimes the cringiest story is the one that finally gets you answers. Most Cringe Specimen Four, the Therapist. Send us your ADHD horror story Email TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com (mailto:TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com) (remember the THE) or use the cringefession form:  https://forms.gle/nua66LxRdVNvQVkt5 (https://forms.gle/nua66LxRdVNvQVkt5) YouTube -Join our Community:  https://youtube.com/@theadhdcringelab/community?si=qC8FXuIoUTdwGTi5 (https://youtube.com/@theadhdcringelab/community?si=qC8FXuIoUTdwGTi5) SOURCES & FURTHER READING Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., Taking Charge of Adult ADHD (Guilford Press). Working memory, impulsivity and emotional regulation in adult ADHD. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D., ADHD 2.0 (Ballantine Books). How the ADHD brain handles attention, distraction and autopilot moments. William Dodson, M.D., "How ADHD Ignites Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria," ADDitude. https://www.additudemag.com/rejection-sensitive-dysphoria-and-adhd/ (https://www.additudemag.com/rejection-sensitive-dysphoria-and-adhd/) Rejection sensitivity, mentioned in the Hostel story.

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   30 Sept 2026

   ADHD RSD | The Evil Twin Attack

   Same signal. Same name. Close enough that you connect without even checking. We're still in spooky season on The ADHD Cringe Lab, the ADHD comedy podcast hosted by two certified ADHD coaches. Last episode, something disappeared on you. This time, something impersonates you. Alice finally opens the family trip-to-Salem email thread. Search bar only, blinders on. She's doing great: responding, accountable, enthusiastic. Then Mallory lights up in the corner. Mallory is Alice's Evil Twin, and she sounds exactly like Alice's own common sense. Alice's name is almost last on the To line. The question about room preferences is really about Alice's snoring. Cousin Jessie's sweet memory is a humble brag. And Auntie's "haha, love you" about the veggie option? Case closed. We use real cybersecurity to explain Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD): the evil twin WiFi attack, plus the cryptography characters Alice, Bob, Eve and Mallory. We cover negative intent attribution, confirmation bias, and the physical tells that show up before you ever catch the thought. We also explain why RSD doesn't mean your feelings are wrong. It means the volume is turned up louder than the moment calls for. This episode draws on the work of Dr. William Dodson. Then three Prescription Protocols from the cybersecurity playbook: The Sandbox Protocol, Clear the Cache, and Two-Factor Authentication. Plus a Cringe Mailbag letter from Rizzabeth in Hawkins, Indiana, about an elevator ride that lasted exactly 18 floors too long. Alice didn't need to delete Mallory. She just stopped giving her admin access. New episode of The ADHD Cringe Lab. Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon Music. 📧 TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com (mailto:TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com) Key Takeaway RSD isn't your feelings being wrong. It's the volume turned up louder than the moment calls for. You don't have to silence your Evil Twin forever. You just have to stop letting her run the whole system unsupervised. The Prescription Protocols: Your Cybersecurity Stack Protocol 1, The Sandbox Protocol. Contain it in the moment. Notice the effect, not the thought: the headache, the scroll urge, the autocorrect rage. Don't argue with Mallory and don't agree with her. Say "sandboxed," note what she said in a couple of words, and move on. Protocol 2, Clear the Cache. Investigate later, once you have some space. Verify the source: would you trust this claim from a random sender? Check the timestamp: is this about who you are today, or a cached page from years ago? If it's expired, change the password. The memory happened, but it doesn't get admin privileges over your present. Protocol 3, Two-Factor Authentication. Don't trust a single factor. Before a spiraling read becomes settled fact, get a second source. Text a friend, or ask directly: "Hey, when you said X, what did you mean?" Sources and Research Dr. William Dodson: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) in adult ADHD; rejection and perceived failure Hostile attribution bias: research on assigning hostile intent to ambiguous social cues Confirmation bias: selective search for evidence supporting an existing belief Cryptography naming conventions (Alice, Bob, Eve, Mallory) and the evil twin wireless attack Connect With Us Email us your cringe: TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com (mailto:TheADHDSpaghettiBear@gmail.com) Cringe-fession Form: https://forms.gle/nua66LxRdVNvQVkt5 (https://forms.gle/nua66LxRdVNvQVkt5) Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music

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