Your Brain's Not Broken

emotional fatigue. Why are we so exhausted? It is exhausting being us because we have feelings about every task that we do. Add the “big feels” to our other ADHD symptoms like anxiety, hyperactivity, and hyperfocus, and they take a toll on our energy level.

“Keep it simple and straightforward.”

Our lack of time perception, our search for fun, and our inability to anticipate delayed gratification seriously interfere with knowing how and when to get things done. They are murderers of our motivation.

Many times, individuals with ADHD feel strong emotions that appear extreme or exaggerated to others.

Most people who have ADHD have a divergent thinking pattern that makes falling down rabbit holes a way of life. Divergent, in this case, means tending to develop in different directions, usually at once.

Those with a normally functioning PFC (those who do not have ADHD) have a great short-term memory.

The most significant thing you can do for your child is to create a strong, healthy relationship with them. There are four characteristics that create that relationship: endless empathy, trusting respect, stubborn love, and gentle honesty.

Motivation Is about Emotion

“Let’s just write a quick draft and see what happens.” Then after I write the draft and perfectionism tells me once again that it isn’t good enough, I confront it by saying, “Read it aloud. Let’s make sure it sounds right.” And so it goes—perfection accuses me, and then I reason with it.