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Being a patient, rather than a participant in one’s healing process, separates suffering people from their community and alienates them from an inner sense of self.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
This feeling of duty toward the whole world is not limited to ADD but is typical of it. No one with ADD is without it.
Gabor Maté • Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
To her colleagues she seemed bad tempered, aggressive and impulsive. To cap it all, she was becoming inefficient, forgetful and devoid of creativity. Her private life – such as it was – was equally chaotic. Her second husband had recently left her, and her seventeen-year-old daughter was a ‘disappointment’ because of her devotion
Prof. Mark Williams • Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE In A Nutshell - Personality Patterns For Personal Effectiveness
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creativity, courage, curiosity, a sense of connection, compassion, clarity, calm, confidence.
Ph.D. Richard Schwartz • No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
J. was a rather bright kid with ADD. He was smart enough never to be recognized as having ADD, but he got a lot of negative feedback from his parents and teachers for his inconsistencies. He was a competitive person and, in order to perform well, he developed a rather harsh attitude with himself: He learned to suppress or ignore his discomforts and
... See moreDon Kerson • Getting Unstuck; Unravelling the Knot of Depression Attention and Trauma
Children may be out of control with no boundaries or discipline because the detached parent seeks approval from them also.