Caley Brennan

“In fact, there’s even a term for our tendency to escape and avoid the distress that a delay causes us: delay aversion.”
― Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain

“Learning how to identify what’s causing your mental resistance makes it easier to find or create a tailored solution that addresses those specific feelings.”
― Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain

“Whatever it is we want to be motivated enough to do, it helps to know our behavior—the actions we take—can increase (or decrease) that motivation. Behavior precedes motivation.”
― Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain

“Case in point: episodic memory, a type of long-term memory that allows us to recall the details about a specific experience—what happened, what was said, how we felt, and so on. A 2008 study found that when discussing a special event in their life, children with ADHD provided lengthier and more descriptive narratives than those without ADHD.”
― Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain