INSIGHT MATTERS

Together, our community explores how our magnificently different brains work.

We have body doubling groups, video calls, groups with writers working towards books, and one for ADHD coaches and aspiring coaches!

What is a Coping Mechanism?

What is a Coping Mechanism?

Dorsey McFadden

Coping mechanisms are the strategies or skills people use to manage a problem. For people with ADHD these coping mechanisms help us manage life better.

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What are Executive Functions?

What are Executive Functions?

Dorsey McFadden

Executive Functions are the mental abilities that we use to guide our behavior, consider our past and anticipate the future.

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Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You: 13 Cognitive Traps

Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You: 13 Cognitive Traps

Dorsey McFadden

This article will be about cognitive distortions, or traps and how they can influence your thinking. These are NOT unique to ADHD yet I find I’ve been guilty of all of them at times. We’re only human after all.

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How the Stages of Grief Can Explain the ADHD Diagnosis Journey

How the Stages of Grief Can Explain the ADHD Diagnosis Journey

Dorsey McFadden

After you’ve been diagnosed the real work begins. Not only for you, but your family as well. One can compare the journey most of us go through after diagnosis to the stages of grief.

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