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488 | Managing Big Emotions with Marcy Caldwell, Psy.D

ADHD reWired

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The Effect of Intentional Distraction on Emotional Responses

intentional distraction happens in orange avoidance happens in yellow. We're capable of dealing with it that's avoidance and then i don't be make sure that when we are using that intentional distraction that we also remember to come back to it and like to actually deal with the issueYeah it's a really good question  for all of those sorts of things we need things outside of ourselves right? It can't be counting on our brains and our systems to return to something that's uncomfortable and like why would we do that that makes a terrible idea because that's what growth happens i know but it's not fun and it hurts true story yes the uhYes, I'm going to tell you about my experience

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