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Anxiety, depression, addiction and exhaustion are the new normal.
Frank Tallis • Mortal Secrets
Many people with ADD have noticed that a strange drowsiness may come over them in the midst of some emotionally charged situations, as, for example, during a conflict with a spouse. All of a sudden, they start yawning and their eyelids grow heavy. Their partners naturally believe that the drowsiness is a sign of boredom and a lack of caring. Or the
... See moreGabor Maté • Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It
Too often, our inner emotional life and our thoughts were, implicitly or explicitly, treated as obstacles to attention, rather than being themselves appropriate objects of the same loving attention we lavish on cleaning the toilet.
Barry Magid • Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
Self-medicating might also take the form of obsessive exercise, too many hours on social media, or watching a lot of television instead of getting much-needed sleep.
Alli Worthington • Breaking Busy: How to Find Peace and Purpose in a World of Crazy
What are the conditions necessary for the development of self-regulation, intrinsic motivation and self-esteem in this grown-up man or woman?