The No.1 ADHD Expert: How to Master Your ADHD - Dr Ned Hallowell
Reframing ADHD
- ADHD is often portrayed negatively, focusing on struggles with focus, attention, and organization.
- However, when understood and managed, ADHD can unlock creativity, problem-solving skills, pattern recognition, and the ability to remain calm in crises.
- People with ADHD possess inherent traits like creativity, originality, drive, entrep
ADHD Chatter • The No.1 ADHD Expert: How to Master Your ADHD - Dr Ned Hallowell
ADHD and Time Perception
- People with ADHD have a different sense of time, often perceiving only 'now' and 'not now'.
- Deadlines set for the future ('not now') are easily forgotten until the last minute.
- Procrastination and last-minute panic are a form of self-medication, releasing adrenaline similar to ADHD medication.
- Being late isn't due to laziness
ADHD Chatter • The No.1 ADHD Expert: How to Master Your ADHD - Dr Ned Hallowell
ADHD and Boredom
- Boredom is kryptonite for people with ADHD, making it nearly impossible to engage with boring tasks.
- Medication like amphetamine allows individuals with ADHD to focus, acting like eyeglasses for the nearsighted.
- Medication doesn't enable something they wouldn't do before, but rather something they couldn't do before due to their ADH