RSD Workbook for Teens — ADHD Rejection Sensitivity & Friendship Guide | Printable

The feeling is real. The conclusion usually isn't.

Rejection sensitivity, friendships, and the thing where one read message ruins an entire evening. For teens ages 13–17.

Someone gives a mild bit of criticism, or leaves them on read, and it doesn't feel like a small thing — it feels like proof. That's rejection sensitivity. It's extremely common with ADHD, it isn't being dramatic, and it isn't a flaw in anyone's personality. The intensity is a real physical response. The conclusion it hands you is almost always wrong.

What's inside — 6 pages, US Letter

• Why it lands harder — it arrives faster than thinking, rewrites the evidence, and peaks then falls
• The spike sheet — facts a camera would have caught, what you've concluded, and three other explanations; rate it during, then rate it again later
• "Don't send it yet" — the twenty-minute rule that saves the most, with the write-it-but-don't-send-it step
• Friendships you didn't mean to drop — the object-permanence half of the problem, plus three comeback texts
• Asking instead of assuming — five direct scripts, including one for a teacher or coach

Includes the honest caveat most workbooks skip: sometimes it is real. This isn't here to talk anyone out of true things — it's here to slow the moment down enough to tell the difference.

Instant download — printable PDF, US Letter. No physical item will be shipped. For personal use.

Not therapy and not medical advice. Includes a plain note about when to tell a trusted adult, a doctor, or a helpline.