Dr. Alex George

It's a lack of trust issue.

You know, it's, I can't deal with this if this happens tomorrow.

But you can, because you know from evidence that you've dealt with everything that's happened.

You might have had a terrible time before.

Something might have happened that did flaw you.

But you did deal with it, and you did move through it, and you are here today.

So often it's saying, well, actually, if the boss tomorrow says, look, you've done something wrong, and you're on your final warning, you know that you can actually deal with that.

You are going to have all the tools you're currently using against yourself to cause distress to deal with it.

You know, it's that Seneca said that all the tools that you currently use against yourself, you can use in the future to tackle your problem.

That's not the sentence of the quote, but it's effectively along those lines.

And I love that idea because it's true.

The weapons that you currently use against yourself

You can use that to deal with a problem if it happens.

Because otherwise you're suffering twice for no reason.

My mum always says it, cross the bridge when you get to it.

And it's the hardest thing to do, but you can learn to do it.

And it is a skill that's learnable and practicable.

Yes, I guess so.

I guess the thing is the impulsivity with ADHD will usually be thought or interest-led, dopamine chasing.

Whereas the impulsive side of OCD, or rather the compulsive side, because ADHD tends to be impulsive, OCD is compulsive, is all about reducing anxiety.