The Symbolic Condom: Why Depression and Anxiety Create Stories, but ADHD Doesn’t
It tells you that your distress has no meaning—it’s just defective tissue. But “I think we’re distressed for good reasons,” Rufus said. This, I realized, was the biggest division between the old story about depression and anxiety and the new story. The old story says our distress is fundamentally irrational, caused by faulty apparatus in our head.
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Dissociation from intensely negative unresolved issues in a childhood self is an astoundingly common modern human experience. Witness the enormous cultural resonance of the image of the inner child.
Don Kerson • Getting Unstuck; Unravelling the Knot of Depression Attention and Trauma
• ADD is about the structure of time. • ADD is about the disparity between conceptual abilities and performance abilities. • ADD is about difficulty getting comfortable. • ADD is about controlling levels of stimulation. • ADD is about trouble compensating for other deficits. • ADD is about insecurity and self-doubt. • ADD is about the struggle for
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Right/Left Brain Dissociation