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Category: Brain science
Newton’s First Law of ADHD
ADHD is a misnomer. We don’t have an attention deficit, we have a dysregulation. Many of us struggle for years trying to make sense of what that means. In some ways, it boils down to simple physics. We ADHDers have a lot of inertia. My high school physics teacher delighted in long acronyms. Every once […]
ADHD’s hyperfocus spell: what it is and how to break it
This post was adapted from my book Order from Chaos. More info here. Here’s a familiar story: person with ADHD promises to complete a household chore (e.g. mow the lawn). Person with ADHD sits down in front of a video game to play for 10 minutes. Lawn remains unmowed. Darkness falls. Lawn is still unmowed. […]