When Depression is in Your Bed℠
When Depression is in Your Bed℠
Trish Sanders, LCSW
#52 Becoming Someone I Can Trust: ADHD, Depression, and One Year of Nervous System Healing
34 minutes Posted Jan 21, 2026 at 5:00 am.
Podiversary And Purpose
From Self-Doubt To Identity Shift
The Semi-Charmed Cycle And Inconsistency
Lowering The Bar And Playing Small
The Turning Point At Forty
Befriending The Nervous System
Ventral, Sympathetic, And Dorsal Lenses
Rest As Medicine, Not Shutdown
From Striving To Anchored Action
Focus Over Speed And Small Steps
ADHD Relief Through Regulation
Grieving Old Identities
Rewriting Capability And Self-Care
Celebration As Practice
Invitation To Take One Step
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What does it mean to become someone you can trust — especially when living with ADHD and depression? In this one-year anniversary episode, I reflect on how understanding my nervous system changed my relationship with effort, consistency, and self-belief. For much of my life, I didn’t trust myself — my energy, my follow-through, or my ability to show up consistently. Living with depression and undiagnosed ADHD, difficulty with motivation and focus was often interpreted as personal failure. In ...