ADHD and Anger
"When you have ADHD, your brain kind of goes zero to 60 in about two seconds." So says Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D., a clinical mental health specialist in child and ...
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When you have ADHD, your brain kind of goes 0 to 60 in about two seconds. So the inhibition part that is a little off with ADHD, you don't really have those split seconds to decide if you need to take a deep breath or calm down. And so your anger can spike up really high. So that differs by person, some people tend to be pretty Type B, kind of laid-back, other people they tend to react more, and sometimes that's just a personality that you're born with. So how to help kids when they're having an outburst and how to calm them down. One is medication, stimulant medication helps, it gives you those split seconds to decide if this is a good behavior decision or not. Also doing mindfulness meditation helps as well. When people do mindfulness meditation they kind of stay in ...
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When you have ADHD, your brain kind of goes 0 to 60 in about two seconds. So the inhibition part that is a little off with ADHD, you don't really have those split seconds to decide if you need to take a deep breath or calm down. And so your anger can spike up really high. So that differs by person, some people tend to be pretty Type B, kind of laid-back, other people they tend to react more, and sometimes that's just a personality that you're born with. So how to help kids when they're having an outburst and how to calm them down. One is medication, stimulant medication helps, it gives you those split seconds to decide if this is a good behavior decision or not. Also doing mindfulness meditation helps as well. When people do mindfulness meditation they kind of stay in ...
