Artist : Sarah Anderson

ADHD and Motivation

How to ADHD

Hello Brains! Having trouble Doing the Thing? You’re not alone. Motivation is one of the biggest challenges most ADHDers face. This episode is all about how to fix Motivation Bridge. Special thanks to Doctor B from TakeThis.org for coming up with the clever phrase “fill in the planks” — and for motivating me in so many ways. And of course, a giant thank you to my brilliant editors…

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Picking up after that glorious handholding scene, I can’t get the headcanon out of my head, so here you are 😳

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Dir. George Lucas

be addicted to real dopamine

be in the present and notice those little things you never saw before, but that have always been there

experience new exciting things that bring you joy

love people, listen to them and create meaningful connections

make art and don’t label it as “good” or “bad,” just let your soul be free

stop scrolling on social media and start turning pages of an interesting book

do mindfulness meditation and feel your body and mind calming down

move your body, no matter how as long as you’re enjoying

listen to music that matches the moment you’re in

eat nourishing food, feel your stomach full without discomfort

get a good night of sleep and feel yourself ready for another day

first time in the gardening room

Neuroscience is real and important (while still beset by the same implicit and explicit bias problems as all human science and medicine), but pop culture understanding of neuroscience has absolutely made society worse, and I hate it. Every popular invocation of "dopamine," "serotonin" "trauma," "the prefrontal cortex," and "epigenetics" is used to justify some logically and/or ethically terrible conclusion. Recently I saw someone say that she lift weights to boost dopamine "Because my body doesn't make its own." My sibling in neurochemistry, that is your body making its own! A chemical your body produces when you exercise is still being produced by your body! Furthermore, why are we repeatedly told that exercise is good because it boosts dopamine, but video games and social media are bad, because they boost dopamine? Are dopamine-boosting recreational activities good or bad? The obvious answer, of course, is that it's just moralistic judgment -- exercise is Virtuous, games are not -- dressed up in neurochemical justifications. People even talk about being "addicted to dopamine" as if being "addicted" to a substance produced by one's own body can even be a meaningful or coherent concept. I'm not saying there aren't evidence-based things people can do to protect their neurological health (one that I strongly recommend is wearing a helmet). I'm saying that pop neuroscience is not a sound basis for logic, philosophy, ethics, morality, law, or public policy. If you're going to make an ethical or public policy argument using "the brain" or "brain chemistry" as a justification, consider, instead, not doing that. Instead, consider that other people know what's best for their own brains without your expounding on "dopamine" and "trauma."

ADHD and Boredom

How to ADHD

Hello brains! Being stuck at home during a global pandemic, there’s a good chance we’re getting bored…and when we get bored, we don’t always make the best choices. Here’s a simple mindfulness tool that can help. #stayhome -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Facebook: http://facebook.com/howtoadhd Twitter: http://twitter.com/howtoadhd Support us on Patreon:…

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i am not immune to a meme

Astarion's laugh, that's it, that's the post.

Also cute teef.

Is everything about supernatural or am I just too aware of supernatural and therefore am biased?

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Nah, everything is about destiel forever.

It's a Curled Feetsies Friday with a side of beans!

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