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Focus, starting, and ADHD

Most advice about focus is written for a brain that starts easily. This area is not. It covers what ADHD actually is, how to make a start when starting is the hard part, how to bring a future consequence close enough to feel, and how to stop paying for it in shame.

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What ADHD actually is 7Getting assessed and diagnosed 4Medication and how it works 3Treatment and medication 2Bringing the future closer 2Systems for daily life 2Your sense of time 1Remembering to do it 1Structure and routine 1Self-compassion 1Reading, numbers and learning differences 1
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For most of childhood somebody else held the diary. Parents remember the dentist, the kit, the letter that needs signing, and then one day nobody is doing that for you and the whole job is yours.

This is often why someone who managed well enough at school comes apart in their twenties. Nothing got worse. The scaffolding came down, and the…

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