I Have ADHD Podcast 41 ADHD and Decision Making
13 snips
Jan 28, 2020 Challenges of decision-making for adults with ADHD, the fear of making the wrong choice, tips for empowering decision-making, the first steps in making great decisions, making powerful decisions and the importance of pivoting.
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Decision Avoidance Drains Your Life
- Adults with ADHD often avoid decisions because weaker executive function makes decision-making laborious and exhausting.
- Avoiding decisions leads to living on default and being shaped by surroundings instead of intent.
Stop Treating Choices As Moral Absolutes
- Ask whether a choice is a moral right-or-wrong issue and let go if it's not; most life decisions aren't moral absolutes.
- Treat many choices as win-win and reduce paralysis by accepting there is rarely a single correct path.
College Choice And A Dad's Simple Wisdom
- Kristen recalls agonizing over college selection at 18 while feeling developmentally younger due to ADHD.
- Her father's advice — 'there's no right or wrong here, just choose' — reframed the decision for her.