Co-authored by two mental health professionals, Executive Functioning Skills for Adult ADHD, gives readers a thorough, in-depth examination of ADHD and practical tools to use in everyday life. The 127-page combination book/workbook will help users gain a deeper understanding of adult ADHD and empower them with tools for everyday living. There is a huge variety of ADHD self-help books available at bookstores, each claiming to be the key to helping a person. Most of these books tend to be lengthy and wordy, too medical for the average person, or informative but they are only that. In some books, the author discusses his or her personal life, but not everyone is the same. This book informs, guides, and encourages.
Rather than trying to explain the ins and outs of this book, I hope you will take away just a few of the most meaningful snippets I found particularly interesting or helpful.
Girls tend to present as inattentive and internalize their symptoms
The ADHD brain is literally structured differently
Positive habits and productive routines are very critical
Impulse control
Difficulty regulating emotions
Easily distracted
Time blindness
Setting goals is important
SMART strategy
Goals into achievable steps, challenges
Routine
Mental health
Stress
Know the reasons why routines may fail for those with ADHD
Endorphins
Self-esteem, self-confidence, overthinking
Obstacles do not have to stop you
Strategies to deal with obstacles
Our own minds and the outside world can both be our enemies
Being overwhelmed
ADHD and regulating emotions
Reward
When stressed, anxious, or depressed ones ADHD tends to flare
Find healthy coping mechanisms
Adapting to the unpredictability in life
Your inner saboteur
Pomodoro technique
Perfectionism
Loners
Object permanence
Supportive environment
Visualization
Getting professional help
Toward the end of the book in the section entitled Strategies for Adapting the Plan to Your Individual Needs and Lifestyle the authors state, "I hope that thus far I've made it clear enough that while all of us with ADHD face similar challenges, symptoms, and problems, these will all each present themselves differently to each individual; which also means that each individual will need to deal with them differently." I love this statement. We are not all cookie cutter images of each other.Despite many similarities, ADHD differs in many other aspects from person to person.
If you are an adult receiving an ADHD diagnosis, this book is a wonderful resource. This is a book I would recommend.
Disclaimer - I received this Ebook in exchange for my honest thoughts.
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