Tina Moore

And even the, I don't know if you get this, but I've known a lot of ADHD folks. They can't sleep and it's not even because they can't sleep. It's because they can't turn their brain off at night. There's 10 million things going through their head and their whole day has to go through... preview again. Like, did I say this right? Did I do this right? Did I open this door right?

And even the, I don't know if you get this, but I've known a lot of ADHD folks. They can't sleep and it's not even because they can't sleep. It's because they can't turn their brain off at night. There's 10 million things going through their head and their whole day has to go through... preview again. Like, did I say this right? Did I do this right? Did I open this door right?

And even the, I don't know if you get this, but I've known a lot of ADHD folks. They can't sleep and it's not even because they can't sleep. It's because they can't turn their brain off at night. There's 10 million things going through their head and their whole day has to go through... preview again. Like, did I say this right? Did I do this right? Did I open this door right?

And this hyper fixation. And it's interesting, a tool that I have that I share with my patients is I will actually, if it's getting really bad enough that I can't go to sleep, I will get up and write down every single thing that I am hyper fixated on. And I tell myself I will deal with this in the morning. And interestingly, when I look at it in the

And this hyper fixation. And it's interesting, a tool that I have that I share with my patients is I will actually, if it's getting really bad enough that I can't go to sleep, I will get up and write down every single thing that I am hyper fixated on. And I tell myself I will deal with this in the morning. And interestingly, when I look at it in the

And this hyper fixation. And it's interesting, a tool that I have that I share with my patients is I will actually, if it's getting really bad enough that I can't go to sleep, I will get up and write down every single thing that I am hyper fixated on. And I tell myself I will deal with this in the morning. And interestingly, when I look at it in the

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And the brain can relax. Another trick I just learned, which actually worked quite well for me recently when I couldn't fall asleep because I was ruminating, was you take a word that you're familiar with, like the example they gave was piano, and you start with the first letter P and you start going through every single word you know that starts with a P for maybe 10 seconds.

And the brain can relax. Another trick I just learned, which actually worked quite well for me recently when I couldn't fall asleep because I was ruminating, was you take a word that you're familiar with, like the example they gave was piano, and you start with the first letter P and you start going through every single word you know that starts with a P for maybe 10 seconds.

And the brain can relax. Another trick I just learned, which actually worked quite well for me recently when I couldn't fall asleep because I was ruminating, was you take a word that you're familiar with, like the example they gave was piano, and you start with the first letter P and you start going through every single word you know that starts with a P for maybe 10 seconds.

And then you go to I, and then you go through every word you know that starts with I, and on, you know, and so forth. And by the time I got to O, I was like, this is not freaking working. And I start going through all of the words I could think of that start with O and I was immediately asleep. So just something, I forgot how they termed it, but it was basically you're kind of toggling the brain.

And then you go to I, and then you go through every word you know that starts with I, and on, you know, and so forth. And by the time I got to O, I was like, this is not freaking working. And I start going through all of the words I could think of that start with O and I was immediately asleep. So just something, I forgot how they termed it, but it was basically you're kind of toggling the brain.

And then you go to I, and then you go through every word you know that starts with I, and on, you know, and so forth. And by the time I got to O, I was like, this is not freaking working. And I start going through all of the words I could think of that start with O and I was immediately asleep. So just something, I forgot how they termed it, but it was basically you're kind of toggling the brain.

You're mind switching. You're switching up what the brain's doing instead of, you're allowing it to use the fact that it's on and it's, feeling like it needs to be on and it needs to be hypervigilant, but you're rerouting it into a different behavior. And I thought that was really interesting. So something for the listeners to try if you are, but I do like the note idea because you're right.

You're mind switching. You're switching up what the brain's doing instead of, you're allowing it to use the fact that it's on and it's, feeling like it needs to be on and it needs to be hypervigilant, but you're rerouting it into a different behavior. And I thought that was really interesting. So something for the listeners to try if you are, but I do like the note idea because you're right.