Thinking Through Adult ADHD
Although one’s thoughts play no causal role in whether one has Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), they are a persistent and persuasive issue for those living with it.1 These thoughts and beliefs are odorless, tasteless, and weightless, but their influence runs the gamut — from a fixation on an idea or task, procrastination despite being aware of the consequences, to blurting out the exact wrong thing at the exact wrong time, later dope-slapping one’s head and wondering “What was I thinking?”
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