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Pause Before Emotional Reaction
- Practice pausing between feeling an emotion and reacting to gain emotional control.
- Medication can help regulate emotional rhythm, making it easier to understand feelings.
Childhood Journals Reveal ADHD
- Laura discovered her childhood journals filled with the word "focus" as a cry for help she did not understand then.
- This emotional moment confirmed her ADHD was real and helped her empathize with her younger self.
Perfectionism as Control
- Perfectionism in people with ADHD, especially women, is a control mechanism to hide perceived failures.
- It drives them to overwork themselves to maintain an image of success and avoid visible mistakes.