Tamara Rosier

“The results of the experiment suggest that, for those with ADHD, anticipation of a reward means nothing to their striatum. It takes the actual rewards or fun events to light up the striatum with excitement.3 But for people who don’t have ADHD, even before the actual rewards arrive, the striatum is buzzing with activity in response to signals that promise rewards will be coming.”
― Tamara Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD

“Today, when people say they “went down the rabbit hole,” they are usually referring to getting sucked into spending way too long reading about or researching something on the internet. For those of us with ADHD, though, rabbit holes are a description of our daily thought process as it takes twists and turns, tangents, and digressions.”
― Tamara Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD