When ADHD and romance collide, connection moves at light speed. You talk fast, feel deeply, and second-guess every heartbeat at 3 a.m. — usually while reorganizing your sock drawer. This week on Do Better. Be Better., The Cynical Romantic dives into the exhilarating, exhausting ways ADHD shapes how we love, listen, and (occasionally) interrupt mid-sentence. From dopamine-driven attraction to sensory overload at dinner, we unpack why relationships can feel like both fireworks and feedback loops. With humor, empathy, and research from CHADD, the Cleveland Clinic, and ADDitude Magazine, we explore how to turn emotional hyperfocus into mindful connection. Because love isn’t about perfect timing — it’s about pausing, breathing, and daring to be fully present… even if your brain’s already two chapters ahead.

If you’ve ever lain awake replaying your top-ten regrets while the universe mocks you with silence, ASMR might be your next unlikely fling. Part science, part internet oddity, ASMR is the soft-spoken, tingle-triggering trend that promises calm brains, slower heartbeats, and maybe even better relationships. In this field guide, The Cynical Romantic dissects the phenomenon with the same sharp wit usually reserved for exes and bad first dates.