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“What begins as a problem of society and human development has become almost exclusively defined as a medical ailment… Healing ADD calls for […] a process of becoming whole—which, it so happens, is the original sense of the word healing.” - pg. 7 ❤️🩹
— Jun 16, 2026 02:40PM
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Charli
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Right prefrontal cortex— impulse control, social-emotional intelligence, motivation
“One way to understand [ADHD] neurologically is a lack of inhibition, a chronic interactivity of the prefrontal cortex… The brain, flooded with multiple bits of sensory data, thoughts, feelings and impulses, cannot focus… Hence the efficacy of stimulant medications: they arouse the inhibitory function.” - pg. 41
— Jun 19, 2026 12:40PM
“One way to understand [ADHD] neurologically is a lack of inhibition, a chronic interactivity of the prefrontal cortex… The brain, flooded with multiple bits of sensory data, thoughts, feelings and impulses, cannot focus… Hence the efficacy of stimulant medications: they arouse the inhibitory function.” - pg. 41
Charli
is on page 35 of 368
Re: parenting & ADHD
“I regret what I did not do: give my children the gift of a mindful, secure and reliable parental presence. I wish I had known how to allow myself to relax […] and to fully enjoy the wonderful little persons they were.”
“Judgement or blaming is not the point. Understanding is.”
— both from pg. 32 🥲🧡
— Jun 17, 2026 03:19PM
“I regret what I did not do: give my children the gift of a mindful, secure and reliable parental presence. I wish I had known how to allow myself to relax […] and to fully enjoy the wonderful little persons they were.”
“Judgement or blaming is not the point. Understanding is.”
— both from pg. 32 🥲🧡
