
EP. 183: Why ADHD Women Might Struggle More with Imposter Syndrome
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka
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The Importance of Reward Deficiency Cindrum
We struggle with a tention the nature of ad h d. As we get lost in our thoughts more right? We try and pay attention, but we aren't always successful. So instead of focusing on what's being said, we're now focused even more on shaming ourselves for not paying attention. And then that insures that we're not hearing anything. What else about our ed h d brains might contribute to impostor sindrum? Well, we don't celebrate our successes,. There's something called reward deficiency cindrum which has to do with function in the brain reward cascad. That means we may feel less motivation, right to work towards a reward. But once we
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