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Sasha Hamdani, MD ✓ Verified

@thepsychdoctormd

Mental Health Influencers

Board-Certified Psychiatrist 🧠 Expert on ADHD and emotional regulation 📖 Preorder my new book TOO SENSITIVE! 👇🏽Get resources here

1.1MFollowers
1.9KFollowing
1.9KPosts
0.3%Engagement Estimated

Creator summary

Board-certified psychiatrist creating video-led educational content about ADHD, emotional dysregulation, and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, while also promoting her book Too Sensitive and appearing across podcast platforms.

Board-certified psychiatrist, author, and mental health educator

Content formats

Video
87.5%
Carousel
12.5%

Based on 24 posts

Niche & topics

Mental Health Influencers

ADHD Emotional RegulationRejection Sensitive DysphoriaPsychiatric EducationBook PromotionPodcast Content
Emotional dysregulationRejection Sensitive DysphoriaBook signingPodcastADHD

Known for

  • ADHD expertise
  • Emotional dysregulation education
  • Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria content
  • Too Sensitive book
  • Podcast appearances

Profile details

Account typeBusiness
VisibilityPublic
CountryUnited States
JoinedJanuary 2021
Links https://msha.ke/thepsychdoctormd/
https://msha.ke/thepsychdoctormd

Content style

EducationalVideo ledPersonal storytellingPromotionalEvent related

Contact & business

Public emailpartnerships@drhamdanimd.com
Contact methodNot supplied

Content Intent

Education
58.3%
Personal story
20.8%
Event or travel
8.3%
Promotion
8.3%
Entertainment
4.2%

Frequently Mentioned

Dr. Sasha Hamdani Person 14 posts
YouTube Platform 8 posts
Too Sensitive Book 7 posts
Apple Podcasts Platform 7 posts
Spotify Platform 7 posts
Mel Robbins Podcast Podcast 6 posts
The Tamsen Show Podcast 3 posts
School of Greatness Podcast 2 posts

Community Reaction

These insights are based on a sample of publicly visible comments and may not represent the creator's complete audience.

Across 49 sampled comments from three recent posts, reactions were mixed but leaned positive or neutral. Sampled comments commonly expressed support and admiration, alongside some frustration, and discussed ADHD, rest, emotional overwhelm and regulation, perfectionism, masking, diagnosis, medical research, books, and emotional support. Some comments included praise, personal reactions, discussion, questions, and content requests, but no specific recurring questions or requests were identified. The creator interacted with 25 comments, including 23 likes; reply data was incomplete. Because this was a recent, non-representative sample, it may not reflect the wider community.

  • Support and admiration
  • Neutral discussion and personal reactions
  • Frustration related to emotional overwhelm, regulation, and ADHD topics
  • Engagement with themes of rest, masking, perfectionism, diagnosis, and medical research
Neutral
Dominant Sentiment
49
Comments Analysed
3
Posts Sampled

Sentiment

Mixed
10.6%
Negative
7.4%
Neutral
41.7%
Positive
40.3%
Unclear
0%

Dominant Emotions

SupportAdmirationFrustration

Common Intents

PraiseDiscussionPersonal reactionContent requestQuestion

Recurring Topics

ADHDRestEmotional overwhelmEmotional regulationBookEmotional supportPerfectionismMedical research

Creator Interaction

Likely to interact49%
Like rate45.1%
Reply threads observed5

Engagement Metrics

0.33%
Median Engagement
17.2
Posts / Week
Video
Dominant Format

Engagement Detail

Average likes21.6K
Median likes3.0K
Average comments968.67
Median comments189.5
Sample size24 posts

Recent Posts (24)

thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Emotional dysregulation
Emotional dysregulation
Video
Likes: 1.5K Comments: 95 Plays: 29.0K
I don’t know if I’m alone in this but being in a state where my emotions have shot up and down so rapidly and unpredictably melted my brain.
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Perfectionism
Perfectionism
Video
Likes: 219 Comments: 5 Plays: 17.6K
Perfectionism doesn’t always come from actually wanting to be perfect...it can stem from something very different Dr. Sasha Hamdani (@theps
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about ADHD diagnosis in women
ADHD diagnosis in women
Video
Likes: 1.5K Comments: 20 Plays: 76.9K
It’s not that women are harder to diagnose, it’s that ADHD research and diagnostic criteria were built around how it shows up in men and boy
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Book authorship
Book authorship
Video
Likes: 4.5K Comments: 375 Plays: 172.0K
ONLY GET THE ONE WITH MY NAME AS THE AUTHOR!! WHY IS THIS ALLOWED??
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about ADHD related emotional dysregulation
ADHD related emotional dysregulation
Video
Likes: 2.1K Comments: 276 Plays: 84.1K
ADHD-related emotional dysregulation is something most doctors overlook, and it’s leaving women misdiagnosed for years. Comment LISTEN and
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about ADHD classifications
ADHD classifications
Video
Likes: 1.7K Comments: 51 Plays: 72.2K
You’ve probably been saying “ADD” your whole life. Turns out that’s not even a real category anymore. 🧠 @thepsychdoctormd breaks it down: A
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Book press tour
Book press tour
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Likes: 1.0K Comments: 40
I have often felt like I’d love to be reserved and elegant and poised. However, I’m none of those things. And this press tour for Too Sensit
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about ADHD in women and girls
ADHD in women and girls
Video
Likes: 3.4K Comments: 294 Plays: 95.5K
This is why so many women don't realize they have ADHD. In this episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, Dr. Hamdani (@thepsychdoctormd), a boar
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Emotional sensitivity
Emotional sensitivity
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Likes: 610 Comments: 16
“[The] goal isn’t to stop being sensitive. It’s to understand what happens between the trigger and the spiral,” says @thepsychdoctormd, auth
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Author celebration
Author celebration
Video
Likes: 599 Comments: 16 Plays: 32.7K
@thetamsenshow cupcake special to celebrate all the amazing female authors who come on the show!! I didn’t realize how vulnerable and exhaus
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Book publication milestone
Book publication milestone
Video
Likes: 1.1K Comments: 86 Plays: 27.1K
Dear dad, I finished the book I was telling you about and today is it’s pub day. Yesterday, I got to do my very first book signing. It was a
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Video
Likes: 5.2K Comments: 101 Plays: 143.6K
Rejection sensitive dysphoria, or RSD, is an often-overlooked piece of the ADHD puzzle. Dr. Sasha Hamdani, a board-certified psychiatrist a
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about ADHD diagnosis by sex
ADHD diagnosis by sex
Video
Likes: 9.6K Comments: 419 Plays: 316.8K
The average age ADHD is diagnosed in males vs. females 🤯 Renowned Psychiatrist & ADHD Expert Dr. Sasha Hamdani explains in today’s episode
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Media appearance
Media appearance
Video
Likes: 1.2K Comments: 54 Plays: 97.9K
Despite this, @cbsmornings was a dream. Thank you for wanting to talk about emotional sensitivity and RSD. Also @veronicabeard, I got so ma
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Seeking ADHD evaluation
Seeking ADHD evaluation
Video
Likes: 8.4K Comments: 629 Plays: 611.0K
Here's exactly what Dr. Sasha Hamdani recommends you do if you think you might have ADHD. In this episode of @themelrobbinspodcast, Dr. Ham
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Rejection sensitivity
Rejection sensitivity
Video
Likes: 4.1K Comments: 544 Plays: 111.8K
I’m in the air for 2.5 hours. I won’t have WiFi and I’m going to try not to spin out (the RSD is kicking right now). Thank you to everyone w
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about ADHD realities
ADHD realities
Video
Likes: 13.5K Comments: 936 Plays: 375.9K
“ADHD is not a superpower.” In this episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, Dr. Hamdani (@thepsychdoctormd), a board-certified psychiatrist and
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Book launch event
Book launch event
Video
Likes: 758 Comments: 9 Plays: 45.2K
Did you hear the big news? Heidi Gardner, Queen of Kansas City, will be in conversation with Dr. Sasha Hamdani for the release of Too Sensit
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about ADHD self acceptance
ADHD self acceptance
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Likes: 9.3K Comments: 1.1K
You are not broken because your brain works differently. In this episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, Dr. Hamdani (@thepsychdoctormd), a boa
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Video
Likes: 91.7K Comments: 8.2K Plays: 3.0M
If one text can send you into a spiral trying to figure out whether someone’s mad at you, you need to understand this symptom of ADHD: Rejec
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about ADHD and emotional regulation
ADHD and emotional regulation
Video
Likes: 80.8K Comments: 8.5K Plays: 1.5M
When Dr. Sasha Hamdani explained these symptoms of ADHD, everything clicked for me. In this episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, Dr. Hamdani
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Book signing
Book signing
Video
Likes: 2.9K Comments: 787 Plays: 66.3K
If you comment SIGN I’ll send you links to the book signing!! If you’re around please consider coming. I’m actively very concerned it’s just
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Emotional dysregulation
Emotional dysregulation
Video
Likes: 3.2K Comments: 103 Plays: 102.3K
It’s really just about time that we started viewing emotional sensitivity and dysregulation as a neurological phenomenon and not a personali
thepsychdoctormd Instagram post about Social anxiety
Social anxiety
Video
Likes: 268.5K Comments: 551 Plays: 24.4M
This was filmed seconds after @selenagomez tried to hug me and I screamed because she touched my back sweat. The following 10 seconds are me

Analysis based on 24 available posts.
Last snapshot taken: August 29, 2026