ADD: Daily behavior... When you are an Adult - Ep131

The guys wrap up the week talking about the Daily Behavior of Adults with ADD. When an Adult has ADD, the world will view them differently then when they were children. They look at what personality traits they have, how they are perceived in relationships, and the fact that usually adults have had time to learn how to cope and manage their ADD tendencies.

Tune in to see Daily Behavior for an Adult when they have ADD Through a Therapist’s Eyes.

Previous Episode: https://www.throughatherapistseyes.com/2019/07/10/episode-47-attention-deficit-disorder-do-we-all-have-it/

Listen for the following takeaways from the Show:

Many people have ADD but they have learned to cope and manage.
Medications can be a very powerful tool to help, but they are not the solution.
ADD is possibly passed down genetically from parent to child.
Here are common behaviors that adults with ADD will show:
- Decluttering, breathing, and being purposeful can help.
- Overcommit but unable to follow through.
- Slow in performing tasks. They try to incorporate a lot of things in a single task leading to commitments taking longer than expected.
- Hard to follow their conversation and thought process as they can jump around a lot.
- Performing many things but mastering few.
- Having indecision. Really agreeable. Very flexible almost to a fault.
- Lists and reminders really help them stay organized and on track to get their goals accomplished.
- Appear to avoid things because they go with the flow of conversation and did not remember to come back.
- Poor limit setting with others. Hard to say No to other people.
- Very flexible almost to a fault.
- High anxiety though because of the pressure to stay on task and get things done.
- Potentially a thrill seeker.
- Chronically stressed.
- Trouble sleeping.
- Deadlines feel frustrating.
- Get stuck on screens (technology) with the reward systems.
- Forgetfulness.