Most mental illnesses are as a result of the inability of calming the ceaseless chatter in the mind. Certain spiritual disciplines like meditation have shown tremendous results in helping calm the mind hence very useful as a tool for coming back to centre. Spirituality in itself is mass psychotherapy and should be considered as a useful tool too.
Thanks for posting this and information. I'm 55 and adhd was unknown in my childhood. It was all about dyslexia back then. I issued to wish I would of been diagnosed with that and then at least there would be a reason for why I seemed smart but I would make careless mistakes and get frustrated at times. I was able to get a diagnosis when I was a young adult in the 90s. I was able to recognize adhd in my own child now and my husband and I have been able to get him the supports he needs. He is brilliant and creative and he is understood by us, which is half the battle of having adhd or any disability. The education system has caught up a lot since the 70s and 80s but still so much learning to do
Whereas the ADHD diagnosis/label has become commonplace in recent years, I feel that emotional dysregulation is nascent. Many parents who have perhaps over-relied on technology and screens to babysit children during their formative years (ages 5-10), now see adolescents who are unable to focus in school and regulate their emotions when academically challenged. It is as though kids who spend so much time playing video games and endlessly scrolling through TikTok and other social media, now come to expect things to happen quickly. They struggle to focus for more that 5 minutes and then become irate and emotionally distressed quickly.
That is an excellent point that I had not considered before. I can only imagine how challenging it would be to raise a child with ADHD when you have ADHD yourself.
Most mental illnesses are as a result of the inability of calming the ceaseless chatter in the mind. Certain spiritual disciplines like meditation have shown tremendous results in helping calm the mind hence very useful as a tool for coming back to centre. Spirituality in itself is mass psychotherapy and should be considered as a useful tool too.
Yes yes I fully agree
Thanks for posting this and information. I'm 55 and adhd was unknown in my childhood. It was all about dyslexia back then. I issued to wish I would of been diagnosed with that and then at least there would be a reason for why I seemed smart but I would make careless mistakes and get frustrated at times. I was able to get a diagnosis when I was a young adult in the 90s. I was able to recognize adhd in my own child now and my husband and I have been able to get him the supports he needs. He is brilliant and creative and he is understood by us, which is half the battle of having adhd or any disability. The education system has caught up a lot since the 70s and 80s but still so much learning to do
I know what you mean.
Whereas the ADHD diagnosis/label has become commonplace in recent years, I feel that emotional dysregulation is nascent. Many parents who have perhaps over-relied on technology and screens to babysit children during their formative years (ages 5-10), now see adolescents who are unable to focus in school and regulate their emotions when academically challenged. It is as though kids who spend so much time playing video games and endlessly scrolling through TikTok and other social media, now come to expect things to happen quickly. They struggle to focus for more that 5 minutes and then become irate and emotionally distressed quickly.
Yes but there are kids with adhd whose parents also have it
That is an excellent point that I had not considered before. I can only imagine how challenging it would be to raise a child with ADHD when you have ADHD yourself.
Pseudo adhd with the technology? Then there are those of us that have it too