Top Therapist: Your ADHD Tools Won't Work Until You Treat THIS Hidden Cause
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What are the underlying causes of ADHD symptoms discussed?
It seems like everyone has ADHD right now, and it turns out there's actually a very good reason for that, but it's not what you might think. My guest today, therapist Jenna Freed, has identified the key reason why we feel distracted and addicted to shopping and addicted to our phones and bored and jittery and unable to do tasks without procrastinating and unable to focus and all of the other things that lead to us diagnosing ourselves off of very, very relatable TikToks. I haven't heard anyone else talking about what we're going to get into today about this underlying cause, and it made me feel so seen and so hopeful. So whether you have diagnosed ADHD or you just feel like you are checking every symptom box that you see online, this episode is going to give you a huge aha moment and a ton of very usable strategies that are going to help you feel so much better.
Welcome to the Liz Moody Podcast, where we uncover the real reasons that you are not feeling the way that you want to feel, and we get you real solutions to the problems that are plaguing you. All right, Jenna, welcome to the podcast. Thank you. My number one question for you is, I scroll on TikTok and I see all these posts like, my ADHD brain makes it impossible for me to get out of bed in the morning. My ADHD brain, it never shuts up. My ADHD brain makes me try to do a million things at once and never get anything done. And I am like, yes, like check, check, check. I feel this even reading your book, I related to almost every single thing that you put in the book. I felt really, really seen. But I have never been diagnosed with ADHD.
I have always been like, are these symptoms of ADHD? Or is this just what it is like to be a person in the modern world? Like, do we all have all of these ADHD like symptoms because of how we have structured society at this moment? Yeah.
Such a good question. So it's a little complicated. So one, some people really do have ADHD. I think some people think, oh, it's not a real thing. So there is definitely an ADHD brain and we see it as a brain difference. So it's not bad. It's not good. It's just a difference. But the symptoms of dysregulation are almost the same as the symptoms of ADHD. But if we're dysregulated or in survival mode, It will feel like we have all those things where I can't get up. I want to do everything at once. And the thing is, I don't think we really know what ADHD is in the current climate because we've conflated ADHD and being in fight or flight and put them together. But a lot of ADHDers are in fight or flight. And that's what I help people do is to get out of that fight or flight because many people will relate to the regulation work because not they have ADHD, but because they're in fight or flight.
So that is really my focus is that regulation piece, not necessarily even ADHD itself.
So how should we suss that out? You said a lot of us can't even tell if we have ADHD because we're all in this state of dysregulation. Does it matter? Do we need to get an ADHD diagnosis? Do you think that's like beneficial in some way? For some people it is and for some reason.
So one would be medication. Most people can't get medication without the diagnosis. But if we are just looking to make things better, There's tons we can do without a diagnosis, without knowing for sure. And regulation is one of those things. And it's going to help everybody who's struggling, no matter what kind of brain they have.
A lot of adult women are getting diagnosed with ADHD right now. Why is it so hard for women to get diagnosed with ADHD? And how are we missing all these women until later in life?
Yes. So historically, we had a very limited view of what ADHD was. Little boy running around the classroom.
Why do calendars and productivity hacks often fail for ADHD individuals?
Well, for girls, whether it be nature or nurture, I don't know if anyone knows for sure, but we are a little bit different. We hide it better. We are taught to be quiet, sit still, be nice. So there can be a lot of people pleasing. And it's an internal struggle more than the external that a boy running around the classroom might show.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the underlying causes of ADHD symptoms discussed?
0:00–3:36
2
Why do calendars and productivity hacks often fail for ADHD individuals?
3:36–6:45
3
How can we differentiate between ADHD and dysregulation?
6:45–11:33
4
What strategies can help manage ADHD symptoms effectively?
11:33–56:15
5
What subconscious factors could be blocking my progress?
56:15–56:40
6
How can I identify the perfectionism in my thinking?
56:40–57:07
7
What steps should I take to create long-term change?
57:07–57:23
8
How can I challenge my beliefs about productivity and success?
57:23–1:48:18
Speakers
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