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01: Executive Functioning with Lesley PsyD

Struggle Care

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Motivation and Task Initiation in ADHD

Motivation is more of a sensation than anything else. Motivation can be positive or I hate to use negative, but it can have a distressing component. Anyone who has depression or significant anxiety or ADHD knows the feeling of staring at the task and saying, move,. The motivation is not leading to the body moving. And so task initiation goes from what should be a seamless reflex almost to a mountain to climb.

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