Practices

Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

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How long you have · A minute

A minute 3 Five minutes 8 Twenty minutes 10

Who it is written for

A practitioner 3 Me 3 Someone I care about 3

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Coping, mostly 3 Struggling right now 3 Getting ready for something 2

Theme · What ADHD actually is

Grounding and settling 17 Cool the body first 17 The moment before you snap 15 What anger actually is 11 Your nervous system 10 Choosing your response 9 Get started 7 Touch and bodywork 7 The cost of avoiding 6 Systems for daily life 6 Treatment and medication 5 Practising under provocation 5 The fear underneath anger 4 Getting assessed and diagnosed 4 Making it stick 4 Your sense of time 4 Structure and routine 4 Tolerate distress 4 Being seen and judged 3 Shame 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 What ADHD actually is 3 What worry does 3 Breathing 3 Bringing the future closer 3 Food, caffeine and fuel 2 Shame and stigma 2 Equanimity and perspective 2 Screens and attention 2 Medication and how it works 2 Treatment and medication 2 Feelings and focus 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Obsessions and compulsions 1 Remembering to do it 1 Question the thought 1 Panic and the body 1 What you are actually defending 1 Breaking the worry loop 1 Self-compassion 1 When you go numb 1 Moving your body 1 When everything feels flat 1 Facing it a step at a time 1 Letting it out safely 1 Growing empathy 1 Rest and pacing 1 Righteous anger and perfectionism 1

When

Any ordinary day 2 Under stress 1

There is a real difference between a person who will not start and a person who cannot get started, and with ADHD it is nearly always the second.

This matters most in how you speak to yourself, and in how the people near you speak to you. Refusal invites pressure and punishment, which reliably…

A minuteWhat ADHD actually isADHD skillsQur’an 6:165

With ADHD the one dependable thing is that you are not dependable in the same way each day. A day when everything works and a day when nothing does can arrive with no reason you can find.

Say this out loud to the people who need to know, because the good days get held against you later, by them and by you. Plan around your average…

A minuteWhat ADHD actually isADHD skillsQur’an 2:286

If thoughts of ending your life turn up, tell someone that day. Do not wait to see whether they pass, and do not wait until you can explain them properly.

Feelings can arrive at full volume with ADHD, and the gap between a thought and acting on it can be short, which is why waiting it out alone is the…

A minuteWhat ADHD actually isADHD skillsQur’an 50:16

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