Dr Aja Murray
2025 Global Conference Speaker
Biography
Professor
Dr Aja Murray is a Professor of Developmental Psychology of Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh. Her research looks at mental health across the lifespan. A particular area of focus is on the links between ADHD and mental health, especially the role of emotion (dys-)regulation.
Dealing with the emotional ups and downs in ADHD: practical tips based on the latest scientific evidence
Emotional dysregulation has ruined the lives of many with ADHD – affecting careers, relationships, education and people’s own self worth. Dr Aja Murray is going to talk about emotional disregulation and ADHD: what it is and how it can affect day-to-day functioning and mental health. She will share some practical tips for emotion regulation based on the latest scientific evidence in this area.
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Hi! I would love your thoughts on achieving co-regulation in families with multiple instances of ADHD & ASD. We are a family of 5 (boys 11, 13, 18), and all of us are ND including one PDAer. We are also awash with teen and peri menopausal hormones! We struggle to detect and respect each other’s varying levels of volatility. It feels impossible to avoid triggering each other into domino-style co-dysregulation. Any advice welcome!
Do peri menopausal ADHDers have to accept that HRT will not be enough to help regulate our emotions? Given that we start this life stage with Emotional Volatility baselines that are considerably higher than NT women, is regulation really achievable for us?
The inability to verbalise is what gets me a lot of the time. Not so much angst, but like a malaise. I could have something that is 99% good, but my brain goes straight to catastrophising the 1% bad. What can I do?
[From social media comments] Does anyone else get white noise when emotions get too much? An ex used to accuse me of ‘shutting down’ but it genuinely tha my brain want to TV static and I couldn’t function.
[From social media] My brain is desperately trying to unpick perceived negativity towards me and I end up missing vital context.
[From social media] What are your thoughts on journaling?
I am unable to access the slides from the presentation can I get them from elsewhere?
Unfortunately, I missed your talk. Will it be available online after the conference?