What's up Perceptionists!

This week we will be covering a topic that has definitely become front and center in the last few years. While just about everyone of us has heard of this syndrome, I was incredibly surprised by much of the information I came across in my research. A couple years ago, ADHD was thought to just effect young boys at an early age and then they would eventually grow out of it; however, they have discovered that this is definitely not true! Only 1 out of every 8 people with the disorder actually grow out of it and it appears that men and women are actually effected equally; women do have the distinction of often being misdiagnosed with anxiety or mood disorders which only look at the symptoms of what they're experiencing.

ADHD can be broken down into three subsectors: Inattentive type, hyperactive/impulsive type, and a combined type. Women tend to fall under the "inattentive" type that are typically symptoms internalized whereas men tend to externalize their symptoms and fall under the stereotypical hyperactive type.

There is so much information in this episode and I guess I sort of nerded out after discovering that so much of what I have dealt with in life actually had terminology that explained how my brain sort of short circuits haha. 

Anyway, enjoy the show everyone and don't forget to add me on social media under @artemisia.awen on IG and Tiktok or by reaching out to my email: Christyann.pdx@gmail.com.

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Thanks y'all!

Sources:

• https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/symptoms/
• https://www.additudemag.com/add-in-women/
• https://www.additudemag.com/7-executive-function-deficits-linked-to-adhd/
• https://www.verywellhealth.com/adhd-stimming-5208900
• https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/adhd-wish-you-knew
• https://www.additudemag.com/desr-adhd-emotional-regulation/