As ADHD people, we pay most attention to the things that generate the biggest signals. This week on the Translating ADHD podcast, we dive deeper into this signal based attention system.
We discuss our tendency as ADHD adults to rely on the Adrenaline Response Cycle (ARC) and hyperfocus as primary tools for getting to action. The challenge here is that these tools are only effective for the biggest signals, those generated by emotion or urgency. This leaves us ignoring the more nuanced signals, the ones that often speak to what really matters to us.
Cam and Shelly discuss how many of our clients come to coaching with the limiting belief that their previous strategies "no longer work". The reality here is more nuanced - as life gets more complicated and our goals get more lofty, relying only on paying attention to the biggest signals and the subsequent ADHD response of adrenaline or hyperfocus no longer works because these reactive tendencies don't allow for forward progress.
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For more of the Translating ADHD podcast:
ADHD and Relationships: Identifying Our Inner Saboteurs
ADHD and Relationships: Identifying the Dysfunction past the Drama
ADHD and Relationships: Emotional Regulation and the Big Signal of Drama
ADHD and Purpose: Getting Insight into Your Who and Why
Self-Actualization ADHD Needs: Creative Expression
Esteem ADHD Needs: Self Compassion
Belongingness and Love ADHD Needs: Self Acceptance
Safety ADHD Needs: Creating Relief from Daily Stressors
Physiological ADHD Needs: Distinguishing Brain Awareness
Identifying Unique Needs for Your Unique ADHD Lived Experience
Introducing Asher: Shelly Comes Out as Trans
ADHD, Race and Culture: The Black Man Lived Experience
ADHD, Race and Culture: The Black Woman Lived Experience
ADHD, Race and Culture: The South Asian Lived Experience
ADHD and Your Lived Experience: Modality Sensitivities
ADHD and Your Lived Experience: Processing Modalities
Mulligan
ADHD and Your Lived Experience: Personal Narrative
Is ADHD a Superpower?
Translating ADHD Reflections
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