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GAYDHD with EMMA WILLMAN

GAYDHD with EMMA WILLMAN

04. Shame Spirals, ADHD & a Baby in a Blizzard | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann

Jun 2, 2026 · 53 min · 10 segments

Emma Willmann sits down with comedian Ashley Austin Morris for an honest, hilarious deep-dive into life with ADHD — from shame spirals over undone dishes to hyperfocus mysteries, lost wallets, and…

Emma Willmann sits down with comedian Ashley Austin Morris for an honest, hilarious deep-dive into life with ADHD — from shame spirals over undone dishes to hyperfocus mysteries, lost wallets, and thriving in total chaos. Ashley opens up about growing up in Texas housing projects, being pulled in and out of school, and never having ADHD formally explained to her — yet somehow always knowing her brain worked differently. Emma and Ashley bond over the peculiar ADHD gift of shining in a crisis (even one you personally created), the complicated feelings around medication, and why the early days of the pandemic felt like a bizarre relief. They also get into postpartum life, emergency C-sections, fighting with nurses on morphine, the surprisingly slow arrival of that "instant bond" with a newborn, and how having a baby can finally snap ADHD priorities into focus. Plus: a Reddit 'Am I the Asshole?' segment about an ADHD husband who is, in his wife's words, "a golden retriever with direct deposit." Check out Ashley Austin Morris at @AshAustinMorris on all platforms! If you relate to any of this — the lost wallets, the cabinet doors you need open, the hamsters you definitely did not mean to lose — drop a comment below. Subscribe so you never miss an episode of GAYDHD.

Emma Willmann sits down with comedian Ashley Austin Morris for an honest, hilarious deep-dive into life with ADHD — from shame spirals over undone dishes to hyperfocus mysteries, lost wallets, and…

Speakers: Emma WillmannHostAshley Austin MorrisGuest

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ADHD in a Crisis1:44 – 5:02

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:44

Oh, I mean, I've been in several of them.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:47

I create chaos.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:49

It's my gift.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:50

But you

Emma WillmannHost

1:50

create it, but then you're good in it.

Emma WillmannHost

1:52

I'm amazing in it.

Emma WillmannHost

1:53

Oh, but even though you've created it.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:54

No, no, no.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:55

Like I shine in like a hurricane or I mean, I'll crack in jokes.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:00

I'm getting everybody out.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:01

I'm not upset.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:02

Like I am so any heightened circumstance.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:06

I wonder why that is.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:07

I love a shenanigan.

Emma WillmannHost

2:09

I love and I hate a shenanigan.

Emma WillmannHost

2:11

Oh, I love it.

Emma WillmannHost

2:12

I hate a shenanigan that is a self-created shenanigan, though, because sometimes I feel like I ruin my own freaking life with shenanigans.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:17

Oh, no, I do, too.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:18

But I like an outside force shenanigan.

Emma WillmannHost

2:21

When it's someone else's shenanigan? Oh,

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:23

yeah.

Emma WillmannHost

2:23

I get that.

Emma WillmannHost

2:24

If it's someone else's shenanigan, so if it's like the universe's shenanigan, I can get that, too, because then I'm like, oh, I'm kind of take me off the chopping block.

Emma WillmannHost

2:32

I didn't create the hurricane.

Emma WillmannHost

2:33

What? A

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ADHD in a Crisis1:44 – 5:02

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:44

Oh, I mean, I've been in several of them.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:47

I create chaos.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:49

It's my gift.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:50

But you

Emma WillmannHost

1:50

create it, but then you're good in it.

Emma WillmannHost

1:52

I'm amazing in it.

Emma WillmannHost

1:53

Oh, but even though you've created it.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:54

No, no, no.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

1:55

Like I shine in like a hurricane or I mean, I'll crack in jokes.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:00

I'm getting everybody out.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:01

I'm not upset.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:02

Like I am so any heightened circumstance.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:06

I wonder why that is.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:07

I love a shenanigan.

Emma WillmannHost

2:09

I love and I hate a shenanigan.

Emma WillmannHost

2:11

Oh, I love it.

Emma WillmannHost

2:12

I hate a shenanigan that is a self-created shenanigan, though, because sometimes I feel like I ruin my own freaking life with shenanigans.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:17

Oh, no, I do, too.

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:18

But I like an outside force shenanigan.

Emma WillmannHost

2:21

When it's someone else's shenanigan? Oh,

Ashley Austin MorrisGuest

2:23

yeah.

Emma WillmannHost

2:23

I get that.

Emma WillmannHost

2:24

If it's someone else's shenanigan, so if it's like the universe's shenanigan, I can get that, too, because then I'm like, oh, I'm kind of take me off the chopping block.

Emma WillmannHost

2:32

I didn't create the hurricane.

Emma WillmannHost

2:33

What? A

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