ADHD Emotional Regulation

Think back to the last time you did something when you felt angry, hurt or frustrated and later thought, “I wish I wouldn’t have done that!!” If you have ever thought that, it may be, like many Adults with ADHD, you have difficulty regulating your emotions. It is not that you have different feelings than others or that your feelings are wrong. Rather, the challenge for you is that because of your ADHD you may get triggered quickly, stew for long periods of time and act on your feelings before you’ve had a chance to think. Sure, feelings are feelings. But you don’t need to let them run the show, right? If you want, you can learn how to decrease the number of times you…

Have you ever wondered about your professional life, “What if people find out I don’t have enough experience, am not that smart, don’t have enough talent…?” If you have ever had these or similar thoughts, know you are not alone. I know because I hear sentiments like these all the time in my work. For many reasons, some of which I’ll cover below, it is common for ADHD Adults to wonder, “How did I get here and when will ‘they’ find out I really can’t do ‘it’?”  This question often comes from feelings of not being enough — of feeling like an imposter. We all feel like this at times. It becomes problematic, though, when these feelings lead you to act in a way that…

  Managing ADHD emotional dysregulation is possible. Really. Think back to the last time you did something when you felt angry, hurt or frustrated and later thought, “I wish I wouldn’t have done that!!” If you have ever thought that, it may be, like many Adults with ADHD, you have difficulty regulating your emotions. Managing ADHD emotional dysregulation is possible. Really. It is not that you have different feelings than others or that your feelings are wrong. Rather, the challenge for you is that because of your ADHD you may get triggered quickly, stew for long periods of time and act on your feelings before you’ve had a chance to think. Sure, feelings are feelings. But you don’t need to let them run the show,…

  What comes up for you when you hear the following common phrase, “don’t believe everything you think?” It is probably something along the lines of, “Yep, heard it before. Got it. Everything I think is not necessarily true.” But have you thought about the specific implications in your life of holding on to faulty thinking? As you read below, consider whether your negative thinking: Once you understand the ways you engage in faulty thinking, you can choose to work on changing the way you think, and be free of its grips. So, you don’t stay stuck! Cognitive Distortions and ADHD True, while the degree to which people engage in faulty thinking varies, everyone engages in this type of thinking at one time or another….