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Breathing Visualization Enhances Interoception and Mental Health - Neuroscience News Visualizing breathing patterns can improve interoceptive awareness and mental well-being.

The New York Times had an article on April 13th about chronic absenteeism, which is a growing concern. Child Mind Institute is addressing one of the growing concerns regarding absenteeism and offering a free webinar on April 18th, 2024 on how to handle it if your child refuses to go to school.

In attempts to describe the "lived experience" of ADHD, I have found that most people cannot describe the things that are happening with them as a result of having lived with it. It happens in their minds, in their bodies, and in their lives.
If they have access to credible resources and others who are on a similar path, they are more likely to open up so others can help them.
If their main source of attempting to wrap their heads around your ADHD comes from someone who does not know firsthand the "lived experience" they cannot fathom the shame, confusion and struggle because it lives deep within each of person with ADHD. Of course there are varying degrees of these aspects in each individual and many gifts as well, but to describe in richer and more succinct language, it is critical for one to describe what happens in their life and what they may be feeling. This article from Attitude Magazine is a good starting point. According to Dr. William Dodson:
How do I recognize emotional hyperarousal?
Clinicians are trained to recognize mood disorders, not the increased intensity of moods that comes with ADHD. Many people with ADHD are first misdiagnosed with a mood disorder. On average, an adult will see 2.3 clinicians and go through 6.6 antidepressant trials before being diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.

https://www.additudemag.com/symptoms-of-add-hyperarousal-rejection-sensitivity/?utm_source=eletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=best_february_2024&utm_content=020924&goal=0_d9446392d6-88f6ba3d35-287790273

Mood disorders are characterized by moods that have taken on a life of their own, separate from the events of the person’s life, and often last for more than two weeks. Moods created by ADHD are almost always triggered by events and perceptions, and resolve very quickly. They are normal moods in every way except for their intensity.

Clinicians should ask, “When you are upset, do you often ‘get over it’ quickly?” “Do you feel like you can’t rid your brain of a certain thought or idea when you want to?”

3 Defining Features of ADHD That Everyone Overlooks The textbook signs of ADD — inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity — fail to reflect several of its most powerful characteristics; the ones that shape your perceptions, emotions, and motivation. Here, Dr. William Dodson explains how to recognize and manage ADHD’s true defining features of...

The tallest tree in Wales had been damaged by a storm and was supposed to be cut down, but chainsaw artist Simon O'Rourke found a better solution. To symbolize the tree's last attempt to reach the sky, he did this with the tree...💚

My new favorite Venn diagram 😆

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Great fun, good times and high stress potential! Please, if you have family members with ADHD, DO NOT JUDGE them. Their positive traits far outweigh their negative ones and just as ignorance of the law does is not an excuse for breaking one, neither is being insensitive to your loved ones because you haven't taken the time to understand them. They are doing the best they can!
read://https_www.additudemag.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.additudemag.com%2Frejection-sensitive-dysphoria-adhd-emotional-dysregulation%2F

Happy 80th birthday dear Joni! 💙

Here we are, half a century ago, recording “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” at A & M Studios.

Photo: Jim McCrary
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