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Thats epic. Also just today (Sunday) I added that song to my playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/67U....

uncomfortable or even anxious, we temporarily shift our attention. This misdirection soothes our twitchy limbic system, calming our anxiety."

-Dr Tamara Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken

Guilty as charged.

"We use the avoidance tactic to motivate ourselves to do other things instead of the important task before us. Avoidance lets us feel productive by accomplishing something
—even though it is not what needs to be done.

"When we don't want to think about the task that makes us emotionally

"Although Claudia had a very important work project that was due, she decided to repaint her bathroom instead.... Claudia didn't want to face her the work project, so she let herself become distracted by another less urgent task. She was using a sneaky emotional motivational trick called avoidance.

that we are motivated by our level of interest in something rather than its importance and priority. In other words, importance, rewards, and consequences don't spur us into action." -Dr. Tamara Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken

YAAASSS. Can confirm.

"[P]psychiatrist William Dodson...[a]fter specializing in treating adults with ADHD for more than a quarter of a century,...has determined that their motivation is affected by two aspects of ADHD: an interest-based nervous system and emotional hyperarousal.

"An interest-based nervous system implies

OMG. Just those first 3 sentences are sooo validating. 🙏

internationally recognized authority on this topic, eplains that ADHD is more about loss of interest and motivation than attention and concentration. The key to getting things done is to see the emotions involved and learn to redirect them." -Dr. Tamara Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken

"If you have ADHD, there are several reasons why it is difficult for you to accomplish things, and none of them have to do with laziness or not not drying hard enough. Most researchers agree that the ADHD brain is wired toward having low motivation for everyday tasks. Dr. Russell Barkley, an

And have been along these same lines for *decades*.

OMG the way they portrayed how long grief lasts... awesome. 👏👏👏

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Except...what is the Doctor's problem??? #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy

Im not even halfway through this week's episode of #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy, and I am LOOOVING how theyre dealing w/trauma. Bravo! 👏🖖

Per #UberEats, my dinner is being delivered by a guy *on a bicycle*. 🚲 WTF?!?

OMG if I never again see that OSU hospital commercial WITH THE WEXNER NAME STILL ON THE BUILDING, it'll be way too soon. 😠

I dont "have Adult ADHD." I have #ADHD that went undiagnosed until I was an adult. And since it's a neurological condition, you're either born with it or not, so.

Make that...this whole thread. OOF.

Last 5 posts: YESSS from me. Can confirm.

This occurs not because we don't care about what is being said but because we have difficulty sustaining our attention for very long."

"There is also the 'Wait, what?' phenomenon that happens when those of us with ADHD forget to listen. We think we are listening, and then our minds begin to drift. We zone out without realizing it, which leads to difficulty in remembering conversations or following a complex set of directions.

they are more interesting or more easily accomplished than our higher-priority tasks."

"Because of how the ADHD brain operates, we have a hard time paying attention if something isn't inherently interesting or emotionally engaging. Functions that we find monotonous or mundane create more difficulties for us. That is why we will so often get distracted by lower-priority tasks—

"ADHD can help someone focus, however, on tasks they find stimulating or engaging because a specific part of their brain is emotionally invested in the activity."

neuotypical person compete for our attention. Because of our brains that go *ping!* our attention is often inefficiently redirected."

-Dr. Tamara Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken

that our five senses are detecting: people whispering, crooked artwork on the wall, perfume that is too strong, the itchy tag of our T-shirt lights that are too bright. Because we don't have the filters to sift out unnecessary information, these distractions, which are nearly invisible to the

"There is a misconception that those with ADHD lack the ability to pay attention or stay focused. The reality is that ADHD causes us to pay too *much* attention to everything most of the time—especially when it comes from our environment. We may become easily distracted by irrelevant information

Thanks! 💙

"The distinct disadvantage of those of us with ADHD often feel compared to our non-ADHD peers [is that] Our symptoms whittle away at our efficiency in life and erode our beliefs in our own ability to succeed."

The number of times I've "objectively" felt like a failure says this is true.

"As I listened, I heard the all-too-familiar refrain: *It's hard to be me.* This refrain is not an exaggeration or symptoms of a pity party. When a person has ADHD, it not only *feels* very difficult to manage even the average day-to-day challenges of life; it actually *is* more difficult."

"'People don't have any idea how hard I work to do normal stuff,' Kristine said, tearing up again. 'It's just so hard.'"

Yessss. Can confirm.

#ADHD #AdultADHD