Adult ADHD ADD Tips and Support Podcast – “Navigating Emotions” Part 1
Jun 24, 2015
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In this podcast, they discuss navigating emotions for adults with ADHD/ADD. They cover emotional challenges, strategies for emotional navigation, and the importance of recognizing and addressing emotional needs. The hosts provide holistic tips and practices for managing ADHD/ADD without medication.
Identifying core needs like safety, health, trust, and purpose helps manage emotional overwhelm.
Diet and exercise play a crucial role in stabilizing emotional responses for adults with ADHD.
Deep dives
Challenges Faced by Hunter Types
For individuals with adult ADD and ADHD, overwhelm serves as a common emotional challenge, often leading to meltdowns, anger, and self-punishing behavior. Anxiety and relationship challenges also emerge, often linked to overstimulation. Going deeper into their emotional navigation, hunter types recognize the need for safety, security, appreciation, trust, self-esteem, and purpose as essential, underlying factors influencing their emotional landscape.
Biological Impact on Emotional Challenges
The podcast delves into the connection between emotional challenges faced by hunter types and brain chemistry. Lower levels of dopamine receptors in these individuals affect emotional stability and self-control. The discussion emphasizes the role of diet and exercise in stabilizing emotional responses, highlighting the importance of a high-protein, low-carb diet and regular cardio to support overall well-being.
Understanding Needs and Emotions
Needs awareness emerges as a pivotal concept in managing emotional overwhelm. The podcast underscores how emotions signal unmet needs, urging listeners to identify core needs like safety, health, trust, and purpose. By recognizing and addressing these underlying needs, individuals can navigate through emotional challenges and strive towards greater stability and satisfaction.
Strategies for Emotional Well-being
To enhance emotional well-being, the podcast suggests mindfulness practices, journaling to reflect on internal experiences, and creating a needs action list to address unmet needs. Additionally, engaging in life coaching or seeking support from friends or family members who can offer honest feedback can be beneficial in developing self-awareness and managing emotional responses effectively.
We share effective tips and practices for working with Adult ADD / Adult ADHD in a natural, holistic way, without the use of medications. Hosted by Bahman Sarram and Michael Joseph Ferguson.