Dr. K takes a break while Dr. Micaela steps in to dive deep into ADHD, what it really is, how it’s misunderstood, and why it shows up in ways you may not expect. She breaks down the brain science behind executive function, emotion regulation, and social anxiety, showing how ADHD overlaps with everyday struggles people chalk up to laziness or personality flaws. Topics include: Why sleep issues often mimic or worsen ADHD symptoms The link between ADHD and social anxiety (fear of negative evaluation) How emotional reactivity and “ADHD guilt” show up after social interactions Practical strategies for self-acceptance, self-regulation, and breaking the spiral of shame This episode blends clinical insight with real talk about living with ADHD and offers encouragement for anyone learning to work with their brain, not against it. HG Coaching : https://bit.ly/46bIkdo Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health: https://bit.ly/44z3Szt HG Memberships : https://bit.ly/3TNoMVf Products & Services : https://bit.ly/44kz7x0 HealthyGamer.GG: https://bit.ly/3ZOopgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hey chat, welcome to the Healthy Gamer GG podcast. I'm Dr. Alok Kanodja, but you can call me Dr. K. I'm a psychiatrist, gamer, and co-founder of Healthy Gamer. On this podcast, we explore mental health and life in the digital age, breaking down big ideas to help you better understand yourself and the world around you. So let's dive right in.
well hello party people welcome to our stream today um to kick us off i'll start with our traditional disclaimer that nothing in our time together today is intended to be medical or therapeutic advice this is for informational and entertainment purposes only and if you do feel like you need to seek professional help i encourage you to do so Um, that being said, I am Dr. Michaela.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and Dr. K had the audacity to take a vacation. And so I am your friendly neighborhood substitute teacher coming in to hang out with y'all for a bit today and hopefully provide you with some helpful information. As a licensed clinical psychologist, I actually specialize in working with young people.
So kids, teens, young adults, they like to call those transition age youth because kids are going through or folks are going through all sorts of transitions once they hit that legal age of adulthood and try to figure out what comes next in life. However, in the course of my career, I've also worked with adults and not so much the older adults.
So a broad range of experience and exposure to all the things that we as humans go through. Because a lot of my career has focused on people who have a lot going on, so people with more complicated mental health pictures or people with more severe forms of mental health conditions, I have actually seen a misrepresented number of neurodivergent folks in my clinical practice.
And so what that means is that I do have kind of a specialty vibe around the neurodivergent aspect of humanity. And so love to layer that on to some of the conversations that we have traditionally around mental health. That being said, Very little of what I talk about when I'm talking about neurodivergent people is not related to all of the humans.
And so if you don't identify as neurodivergent, that doesn't necessarily mean that the things that we talk about aren't going to be helpful for you today. So that being said, we're going to get started with our first post. And let's pull this up with bigger font. All right. So I think this is what y'all are here for. Do you feel significantly better on a night of poor sleep?
Weird question, but I only had about five hours of sleep last night and I felt more alert. My brain feels more functional and my executive function issues have been lessened. It's not perfect by far, but I've been getting around eight hours for two weeks and I've just felt tired and had brain fog, etc.,
Today is not the level of functionality I want by far, but it's much better than previous days. This always happens unless I've been sleep deprived for two or more days and doesn't work if I pull an all-nighter or get three hours of sleep. Only at five to six hours. If I keep the bad sleep up, I crash and feel terrible for the next day like normal. Anyone here experience this?
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