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ADHD-A Simple Way to Control Emotions
Many people think emotions are not under their control. I often comment that I could convince people that they can lose 50 pounds in 4 weeks than that they have control over their emotions and can change them....
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ADHD-Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Most treatment recommendations for ADHD recommend Stimulant medication but they also recommend Behavioral and Cognitive behavioral therapy. I will discuss the main features of each of these therapies and how you can...
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ADHD-Emotions for ADHD
All parents of ADHDers know that there are a lot of exaggerated emotions with our children, but where do they come from? Why are they so strong and sometimes seem to be totally independent of anything going on in...
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ADHD-Continuing Issues
In this episode, I’ll be covering 4 trending issues in ADHD- 1. Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, 2. Medications, 3. ADHD vs Autism, 4.ADHD-Disability or Difference. These are all emerging issues in ADHD and they are all...
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ADHD-Importance of Behavioral Monitoring
People don’t pay much attention to what’s going on in their lives, they just react and then forget about what happened. With an ADHD child it’s important to be fully alert to the situations that occur and be able to...
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ADHD- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
ADHDers have and emotional regulation problem called rejection sensitive dysphoria. This means they overreact to slights that are real or imagined.This difficulty is likely a result of the emotional regulation...
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ADHD - Psychotherapy vs Coaching
Psychotherapy and/or coaching and sometimes both are usually recommended for ADHDers. In this episode I’ll briefly review the advantages and disadvantages of both. Psychotherapy is generally recommended for...
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ADHD-Why I married an ADHDer
This episode is for all us neurotypicals who married an ADHDer. What could possibly possessed us to marry someone who generates clutter and piles of paper almost instantly. And then they don’t really see it after...
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ADHD-A Hunter’s Mind in a Farmer's World
One of the ways to conceptualize the difficulties of being ADHD in a neurotypical world is the Farmer/Hunter dichotomy espoused by Thomas Hartman. He says ADHD minds can be thought of as hunter’s minds needing to be...
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ADHD-Best Jobs
When it comes to finding an ideal job,ADHDers are, in a way, kind of lucky because they literally can’ stand, won’t tolerate and won’t do a very good job doing stuff that bores them. They need work that is fast paced,...
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ADHD-Best Sports
Sports can be very important for ADHD3ers. Exercise offers a natural wat to increase dopamine in the brain which improves he ability to focus and. Sustain attention and also improves self-control and impulse control....
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ADHD-Lack of Maturity
Your ADHDer’s physical development is consistent with that of his peers. However mentally and physically his/her development is 3-5 years behind the peer group. This is a particular problem for parents because your...
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