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both of these examples are normal and healthy
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inability to concentrate
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hyperfocus be great when it's fixated on something fun and exciting. but it can be terrible when it's focused on the criticism your boss threw at you yesterday and the worry it will happen again…
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hyperfocus is part of the reason that i thought i had generalized anxiety
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she keeps trying to remember to listen to what her boss is saying but her anxiety keeps pulling her attention back to finding the current whereabouts of the bug
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what you need to know adhd and anxiety
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doctors often misdiagnosed adhd women
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in fact researchers think that between 50-75% of women
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that was my experience and it's one reason why i think it's so important that we understand the differences and the similarities
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related: when you think it's anxiety
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what is anxiety really like
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fear” that is very difficult
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someone who does no have anxiety bugs may appear anxious upon seeing a roach but is able to move on relatively easily once the roach is dead. they do not continue to experience fear and dread
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someone
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even days
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the many types of anxiety disorders
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generalized anxiety disorder
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social anxiety disorder: an overwhelming fear of being judged and/or humiliated by others
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specific phobia: the intense fear of something in particular like bugs
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obsessive compulsive disorder: intense
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panic disorder: frequent sudden feelings of panic
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separation anxiety: an intense fear of being from a specific attachment figure
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these are some of the most common
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what is adhd
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adhd is a neurological disorder that causes the brain to prioritize interests over anything else
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you see the problem
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adhd symptoms
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person
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the adhd brain struggles to prioritize the way it needs to in order to accomplish every day things
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avoidance and distraction are hallmarks of the adhd brain. adhders avoid most things that require sustained mental energy
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we become distracted by the world around us and even our own internal thoughts. we struggle to prioritize correctly
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the sense of urgency helps us overcome executive functioning challenges
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unfortunately
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that's the “as lived” version of adhd in a nutshell
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related: a holistic approach to adhd that really works
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the similarities between adhd and anxiety
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looking at the two things described above
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restlessness
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avoidance
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outside of the diagnostic criteria
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forgetfulness
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making careless mistakes
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fidgeting
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leaving your seat in situations where remaining seated is expecte
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while these symptoms aren't in the criteria
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if a person is experiencing an unreasonable amount of fear while at work
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fear may lead to forgetfulness and excess energy within the body. we often attem to manage this energy
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sometimes women
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special note on hyperfocus and rumination
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neither disorder lists the word “rumination” as a symptom but it will often show up in both
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rumination means to think very deeply something
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those of us
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we call that hyperfocus and it usually happens when the adhd brain has latched on something it finds to be the most interesting thing in the moment
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interest
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hyperfocus cause the adhd brain to fixate on a topic that feels very distressing and refuse to let go
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without hyperfocus
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hyperfocus
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it feels like the hyperfocused mind refuses to let you think of anything else even when you try
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i didn't realize that this wasn't anxiety until i started adhd medication and it changed
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now medicated
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i couldn't do that before
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the differences between adhd and anxiety
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there's nothing like storytelling to help clarify a complicated topic…
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women are stuck in a very important meeting at work. both really need to be paying attention
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has anxiety
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as their boss is discussing the important details that both women will be responsible
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she has a fear of bugs and immediately starts feeling anxious and upset
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every second in the room