# 25. When You Say Too Much: ADHD, Oversharing and the Room Going Quiet

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Podcast: [ADHD Mums](https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-mums-6363089)
Published: 2026-08-17T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://adhdmums.com.au/captivate/adhd-oversharing-room-going-quiet
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Have you ever answered a simple question with the whole real answer — and watched the room go a particular kind of quiet? Have you ever lain awake at 2am running back one thing you said in a group chat three years ago, certain everyone clocked it the way you did? Have you ever walked out of a room having already decided you were the too-much one before anyone said a word? There's a reason your brain gave the director's cut when everyone else gave three sentences. It's not the reason you've been telling yourself. CHAPTERS 00:16 — The plastic chair, the room going quiet, and knowing before you know why 00:46 — Six weeks postpartum, new town, no family, no one to talk to but her husband 01:11 — The things about babies nobody says out loud because they're 'obvious' 02:33 — Why she joined a mother's group, and the morning it all went sideways 03:27 — Twenty minutes late, sweaty, in her husband's vomit-swapped T-shirt 04:13 — Bows, baptism outfits and homemade plates: the prep she didn't know about 05:29 — Three questions. Name, baby's name, the birth. Easy. 06:07 — What recent trauma does when someone kindly asks you to tell it 08:00 — The Wi-Fi freeze: watching the room drop out in real time 09:00 — Morning tea, the decaf, and 'where the f*ck are we?' 10:01 — Kate's three sentences, and the instruction Jane never heard 11:30 — The most embarrassing moment, and the one heading she filed it under for years 12:44 — Going back into the room with the lens she has now 12:55 — The two filters: the words she heard vs the contract underneath them 14:00 — The freeze wasn't a verdict — it was sorting happening in front of her 14:49 — Why it was actually the most efficient thing she's ever done 15:10 — The next week: the biscuits, the permanent marker, the friend for life 16:43 — The…

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