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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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Theme · Exercise, food and other supports
Medication and how it works 177Systems for daily life 114Getting assessed and diagnosed 93Get started 74Treatment and medication 71Your sense of time 66Feelings and focus 66What ADHD actually is 65Screens and attention 62Exercise, food and other supports 61Bringing the future closer 60Structure and routine 36Shame and stigma 35Reading, numbers and learning differences 34Remembering to do it 27Self-compassion 12Use your strengths 10Work with your brain 2Get it out of your head 2
How long you have
A minute 9Five minutes 39Twenty minutes 10Longer 3
When
Any ordinary day 55Coming and going 3Under stress 3

Play therapy and insight based psychotherapy do not treat ADHD. There is no buried, unexpressed feeling driving it that talking will let out.

The difficulty sits in executive control and how it develops, not in hidden conflict. That said, a child with ADHD can also be anxious, grieving or…

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