EP. 49: Why You Can't Start Tasks and The Fight or Flight Response That's Really Running the Show

EP. 49: Why You Can't Start Tasks and The Fight or Flight Response That's Really Running the Show

What if task initiation isn't actually an ADHD brain problem?
What if the reason you can't start tasks is because your brain is stuck in fight or flight?

In this episode, I break down why task initiation struggles are really about dysregulation, not dopamine deficiency or executive dysfunction.

When you're in survival mode, your brain needs urgency, novelty, challenge, or interest just to get moving. When you regulate, you can just decide to do things.

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75: Scarcity Mindset in ADHD: Why Nothing Feels Like Enough

75: Scarcity Mindset in ADHD: Why Nothing Feels Like Enough

You've screenshotted the same tip four times and still feel like you're behind. Or you finish the whole to-do list, and your brain zeroes in on the one thing left undone. If that constant sense of not...

31 Elo 16min

74: Stop the Confusion Between ADHD Emotions and Reactivity

74: Stop the Confusion Between ADHD Emotions and Reactivity

You've been calling it "being emotional" for years, and it's kept you stuck. Or you're a clinician who lumps every client reaction into the same emotional bucket without separating what's really drivi...

24 Elo 24min

73: 3 Mistakes in ADHD Therapy That Stall Progress

73: 3 Mistakes in ADHD Therapy That Stall Progress

You've been seeing an ADHD therapist for months, and something's off, or you're the clinician sensing your ADHD clients aren't getting where they hoped to go. Either seat you're sitting in, the patter...

17 Elo 23min

72: Interrupt ADHD and Perfectionism Patterns for More Freedom

72: Interrupt ADHD and Perfectionism Patterns for More Freedom

You spend three weeks fussing with a work project that was technically done two weeks ago. A two-line email took 40 minutes because you rewrote it 4 times. You can't start the errand list until you've...

10 Elo 19min

71: How to Find Balance with ADHD All-or-Nothing Thinking

71: How to Find Balance with ADHD All-or-Nothing Thinking

You either clean the whole house in one rampage or leave your clothes on the floor for a week. You go hard at the gym for a week, eat one cookie, and write off the whole month. You wait for a six-hour...

3 Elo 25min

70: ADHD Executive Dysfunction Isn't Permanent and Here's Why

70: ADHD Executive Dysfunction Isn't Permanent and Here's Why

You know exactly what you should be doing, and you still can't make yourself start. If you're an adult with ADHD who's tired of being told your executive function is just "how your brain is," this epi...

27 Heinä 23min

69: Why ADHD Regulation Works Better Than Chasing Symptoms

69: Why ADHD Regulation Works Better Than Chasing Symptoms

You've tried fixing the symptoms one by one, and you're still spinning. This episode is for the adult with ADHD who's exhausted from chasing symptoms and not seeing real change. I make the case that A...

20 Heinä 24min

68: ADHD and Relationships: How to Stay Regulated with the People You Love

68: ADHD and Relationships: How to Stay Regulated with the People You Love

You hold it together all day, then walk in your front door, and everything comes out sideways. You're snappier with your partner, more defensive with your kids, and impatient with the people you reall...

13 Heinä 27min

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