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Emotional dysregulation is common in #ADHD. So is emotional impulsivity, due to impaired response inhibition.
Stimuli happens, we respond. No pause in which to consider if it’s a good idea.
What this means is we react with raw emotion.
This is why we need help w/our brakes.
Stimuli happens, we respond. No pause in which to consider if it’s a good idea.
What this means is we react with raw emotion.
This is why we need help w/our brakes.
Ways to practice “braking:”
✨Use “Buy now!” or “we need an answer now!” as a cue to step away. Like, auto-nope out of that sh*t, it’s predatory to those w/ADHD.
✨step away when emotions rise quickly, before “point of no return”
✨ practice pausing in lower stakes situations
✨Use “Buy now!” or “we need an answer now!” as a cue to step away. Like, auto-nope out of that sh*t, it’s predatory to those w/ADHD.
✨step away when emotions rise quickly, before “point of no return”
✨ practice pausing in lower stakes situations
Meditation can be really useful for this.
Not because it quiets our minds (it doesn’t) but because we get to practice having thoughts and feelings come up
✨ and not acting on them ✨
Not because it quiets our minds (it doesn’t) but because we get to practice having thoughts and feelings come up
✨ and not acting on them ✨
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