Negative opinions outlooks of ADHD now often referred to as ADD
Moral diagnosis: people think people with ADD are not trying hard enough:
Ignorance is born out of fear and many people are not educated on neurodiversity.
A more positive way to refer to this behaviour: “It is your brakes failed” it is not then making reference to it being a bad thing there’s a chance then to intervene with no shame.
“How do I work on those brakes, what can others do to help me”
V A S T
Variable:
It varies minute to minute
Attention:
Wanders
No regard for danger
Risk taking
Stimulus
Always want desire stimulation
Ordinary life not enough
Need to increase level of stimulation
Good/ bad
Hunger for more
Trait:
Not a disadvantage
Some good/ some bad
Special powers
Maximise the up minimise the bad
BALANCE is crucial in finding their inner peace
Mood can change in a heartbeat very easy to change ability to variate state
Bipolar is more oceanic not split second like ADHD
It can reduce your life span, if you don’t understand it and use coping strategies and ways of learning to manage what works in the best possible way for you.
It’s about helping people unwrap their gifts
- Often do not have a filter: Can get rejected as a result of this behaviour (can be too honest) at work/relationships can be affected, as a result of this, which then affects their self- worth which then feeds, they are different, something wrong with me, then become more isolated
- Can often be entrepreneurial, very creative
- Often feel like a failure as they are trying to achieve too much alone
- Feel they are defective at their core
Stress: brain and body syncing up and hormones release, the stress response, we then feel that within our mind & body:
HPA AXIS
Parts of the body:
- Hypothalamus in brain
- Pituitary gland in brain
- Adrenal glands. Above kidneys
Above responsible for our stress
Amygdala works in that axis too
People with ADD can often feel stuck in the Amygdala part of the brain, known as the fight or flight response
Neuro Typical:
Front part of the brain Pre frontal cortex: plans organisation, forward thinking
Task positive network:
Pay attention auditory visual etc mind not in default mode, the chatter shuts up in order to stay on task
Neuro diverse:
DMN default part of brain never shuts up unless really focused on something they enjoy
Brain chatter never shuts up
Magnet pulling you out of your window of attention
Can find it hard to stay on task easily pulled away
Love to have mind wander creative imaginative
The above can thn lead to Rumination network
I’ve done it again
I am not good enough
Beating self up
Go round and round reinforcing negative self- image
People get stuck here:
Need something to break that cycle can persist a long time:
Find tools to get out what works for the individual:
Break the cycle/flick the switch
Change states
Jump up and down
Make a cup of tea
Please do not struggle in silence, for more information please feel free to contact us.
