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“People with ADHD tend to act much more impulsively, with behavior racing ahead of rational thought. Our executive supervisor takes longer to put on the brakes. We end up interrupting people without meaning to,”
― Maria Holden, Unlocking ADHD Love: A Guide for Women to Strengthen Trust, Intimacy and Emotional Connection in Relationships, and Thrive

“People with ADHD have impairment in this selective, sustained attention process. Our focus involuntarily shifts based on whatever most recently grabbed our interest. Like a pinball in an arcade machine, our concentration bounces quickly from blinking light to flashing sound without consciously meaning to switch gears. This makes tasks like studying, paperwork, or listening to others extraordinarily difficult. We end up taking in fragments rather than an integrated whole. From the outside, it appears like we are ignoring the person, subject, or task at hand. In reality, our attention gets derailed unintentionally. Common attention regulation challenges include: ● inability to pay close attention to details ● difficulty staying focused on one task ● appearing not to listen in conversations ● losing track of instructions easily ● failure to follow through on responsibilities ● impulse control difficulties”
― Maria Holden, Unlocking ADHD Love: A Guide for Women to Strengthen Trust, Intimacy and Emotional Connection in Relationships, and Thrive