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What does Thriive actually do?

Thriive helps you track tough moments and wins in 30 seconds, spots the patterns behind them, matches you with strategies that fit how your brain works, and turns it all into evidence you can take to your GP, school, or workplace.

What does Thriive do for my child?

Thriive helps children understand how their brain works, with strategies that fit their specific profile, so they don't grow up believing they're broken.

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ADHD & Autism Support That Fits How Your Brain Actually Works

Understood, not broken.

Thriive is the support app for ADHD and autistic brains — and the whole household behind them. Track your patterns, find strategies that actually fit, and walk into every appointment with evidence. For yourself, or for your child.

What changes with Thriive

Without Thriive

Going through life believing you're broken
Falling behind and never understanding why
Slipping through the cracks of a system not built for you
Trying everything and still feeling stuck

With Thriive

Understanding how your brain actually works
Confidence to advocate for what you need
Strategies that actually fit, not generic advice
Knowing you're not the problem

How Thriive supports ADHD and autistic people

Pattern Tracker: Log a tough moment in 30 seconds. Thriive surfaces the patterns behind it — your triggers, your hardest times of day, what helps.
Strategy Library: 130+ real strategies for ADHD and autism, matched to your neurotype and the time you've got. Not generic advice.
Smart Strategies: Describe what's going on and Thriive builds a strategy around you — or around your child.
Visual Routine Builder: Step-by-step routines for the moments that usually go sideways. Mornings, transitions, winding down.
Daily Check-ins: A 30-second mood check that builds a picture of how you're really doing over time.
Shareable Reports: Take real evidence to your GP, school, workplace, or therapist when it matters.

One app for the whole neurodivergent household

For adults

Understand your own brain. Build evidence for assessments and workplace adjustments. Stop feeling like you're figuring it out alone.

For parents

Spot the patterns behind the hard days. Advocate with confidence at school and with doctors. Strategies matched to your child, not a textbook.

For children

Feel seen. Understand how your own brain works. Build a profile that's yours.

Neurodivergent conditions Thriive supports

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Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria in Children

Your child reacts with intense distress to even mild criticism, perceived failure, or any hint of social rejection

Steps

Recognise the pattern: does your child's reaction to criticism or failure seem way bigger than the situation warrants? That intensity is real, not dramatic
Name it together. 'It sounds like that felt really huge. Some brains feel rejection or criticism more intensely than others. Yours might be one of them'
Separate the feeling from the fact. 'Your teacher wasn't angry with you. But I can see it FELT like she was. Both of those things can be true'
Avoid 'toughening up' language. Telling them to get over it makes it worse because they genuinely cannot control the intensity of the feeling
Build a recovery toolkit: what helps them after a rejection moment? Physical movement, time alone, a favourite comfort, talking it through later?
After they've calmed down, gently reality-check the situation together. Not to dismiss their feeling, but to help them see the full picture

What you need

Patience, empathy, and a willingness to believe the intensity of their experience is genuine even when the trigger seems small

Why it works

Rejection sensitive dysphoria is a neurological response, not a choice. The ADHD and autistic brain can process perceived rejection with the same intensity as physical pain. When parents understand this, they stop trying to 'fix' the reaction and start helping the child navigate a world that genuinely feels more painful to them. Validation is not spoiling. It is the foundation that lets a child build resilience over time.

Age guidance

Common from age 5 onwards when social comparison begins. Particularly intense during the pre-teen and teenage years when social dynamics become more complex.

Real-world example

A 9-year-old who came second in a school race sobbed for two hours and said she wanted to 'disappear'. Her parents initially thought she was being a sore loser. Once they understood RSD, they realised the second-place finish felt like a public declaration that she wasn't good enough. They stopped saying 'but second is great!' (which dismissed her feeling) and started saying 'that really hurt, didn't it?' (which validated it). Over time, the recovery period shortened from hours to about twenty minutes.

Troubleshooting

If your child is people-pleasing to avoid rejection, they may be masking their real feelings. Watch for the crash later at home
RSD can look like anger, not sadness. The child who screams 'I hate you' after being corrected may be experiencing intense rejection pain, not defiance
Some children avoid trying anything new to protect themselves from possible failure. This avoidance is an RSD coping mechanism, not laziness
If the emotional reactions are severe or include talk of self-harm, seek professional support. RSD can co-occur with anxiety and depression