Women With ADHD: Finally Overcome Distractions, Improve Your Relationships, Organize Every Aspect Of Your Life & Start Managing Your Emotions, Finances & Professional Life

By Sarah Evanson

Introducing The Practical Guide For Women With ADHD To Help You Start Creating The Life of Your Dreams And See Your Diagnosis As Your Unique Superpower! 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Sarah Evanson
• Release date: Nov 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781916673502

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Women With ADHD: Finally Overcome Distractions, Improve Your Relationships, Organize Every Aspect Of Your Life & Start Managing Your Emotions, Finances & Professional Life

Sarah Evanson

Table of Contents

Introduction

Inattentiveness

More About ADHD:

Developing Mindfulness

CONCLUSION

Meditations

Script for the Divine Feminine

Script for a meditation on divine femininity

Meditation Script for Mental Clarity

Meditation Script for Self-Love

Self-Esteem Relaxation

A 30-Minute Anxiety Meditation

Guided Meditation For Depression #1

Guided Meditation for Overthinking #1

Guided meditation for overthinking #2

Introduction

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder also referred to as ADHD, is a neurobiological disorder that affects the brain's executive functions and self-regulation, leading to various symptoms such as inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, or a combination of these. To be diagnosed, the disorder must have begun at a young age and caused deficits in the individual's functioning. 

Everything You Need to Know About ADHD

To understand ADHD, we need to know our basic executive functions, including organizing, planning, goal setting, strategizing, and attention to detail. These functions are combined to help you understand how to get from point A to point B and from there to point C. 

People with ADHD experience deficits in executive functioning, which makes it difficult to focus on a specific task, become easily distracted, act impulsively, don't follow through on commitments, and have trouble following directions, among others. 

Although most ADHD cases are genetic, it is possible to acquire ADHD through brain damage, disease, or prenatal exposure to toxins in some situations. Therefore, it is crucial to point out that poor parent-child relationships, excessive television viewing, or a poor diet do not cause ADHD.

We will now look at the three types of ADHD and their symptoms in more detail below:

Impulsive/hyperactive

Inattentive

Combined

The first type is the most popular, and it combines both symptoms.

Impulsive/Hyperactive 

Hyperactive/Impulsive behavior is distinguished by excessive mental, verbal, or physical activity that is frequently carried out without regard for the consequences.  Do you exhibit any of the following behaviors?

• Do you tap your hands during meetings?

• Do you interrupt others?

• Do you enjoy participating in risky activities?

• Do you eat junk food, spend too much money, or overdo it generally?

Though all adults experience some of these issues, adults with ADHD will experience them more often and find them more problematic in everyday life. If you have many of these issues that interfere with your life, it may be time to get an ADHD examination.

Inattentiveness

Inattentive women may be physically slower or prefer low-key activities, but many have overactive brains that seek arousal too. It's critical to understand that both types share signs. Check to see if you experience the common symptoms seen with this type of ADHD:

• Do you struggle with carefully listening?

• Do you make wrong decisions?

• Are you a shy person?

• Do you feel tired most of the time?

• Do you suffer from hypersensitivities?

• Do you struggle to stay on task?

• Do you have a memory problem?

• Do you frequently struggle to follow or understand instructions?

• Do you get easily distracted? 

Combined Type

A woman with the combined type exhibits signs of both attention problems and hyperactivity/impulsivity but not enough of each type to justify that specific diagnosis. She may always be on the move but also gets lost in her thoughts.

As adults, we're expected to be responsible and active. Internal and external forces determine whether or not someone will start something. External pressure comes from our surroundings, while internal pressure is a motivating force that comes from the inside.

Because people with ADHD aren't as good at creating internal motivation, they rely more on external forces. This is why they put things off. Last-minute pressure motivates them and gives them the focus that their missing internal motivation cannot. Of course, as you're probably aware, this procrastination drives normal people insane because they don't understand it. As time passes and nothing is completed, their internal pressure increases, so they begin applying external pressure on the individual with ADHD. Therefore, next time someone pressures you, just keep in mind that they aren’t trying to control you; they are just trying to reduce their anxiety.

To complicate things, people observe those with ADHD engage in enjoyable activities, but not that the ADHD person self-activates fairly easily for enjoyable activities but not boring activities. As a result, people with ADHD are viewed as people who don't commit and lack determination. This is how people draw preconceived notions about a person with ADHD.

A person with ADHD may also avoid dealing with a negative situations. As a result, there is a vicious circle in which previous failures boost existing doubts and decreased effort. As a result, ADHD creates avoidant behaviors.

Furthermore, ADHD is known to cause disruptions in a person's emotional self-control.

Individuals with ADHD are very often recognized for their explosive emotional responses.  They act more spontaneously than others and are therefore labeled as irresponsible or impulsive. 

Adults who do not have ADHD are more likely to exhibit a softer version of their initial emotions. They are more inclined to keep back their initial response rather than share their emotions fully. Adults with ADHD, on the other hand, are more likely to let their initial reactions direct their behavior without understanding the larger context.

Furthermore, being able to examine our emotions objectively allows us to see someone else's point of view, even if it varies significantly from our own. We can put our emotions aside and recognize that another person may feel very different in the same scenario. Adults with ADHD will struggle with this, at least amid crisis. They might see it more clearly after things have calmed down, but it might be too late by then. This is one of the reasons adults with ADHD are often considered self-centered. It's not that they exclusively think of themselves; it's just that they have a difficult time seeing over and above their feelings at the time to acknowledge another person's needs. Ultimately, having control over our emotions motivates us to begin, stick with, and complete tasks. When the task itself does not motivate us, we can encourage ourselves to complete the task by concentrating on the sense of accomplishment or some fun element of the task. Often people with ADHD struggle to implement these ways. They might tell you how to manage a specific situation if you ask them ahead of time. If you ask them afterward, they can tell you how they might have handled it differently. This information does not always translate into doing the correct thing at the right time. As a result, they are frequently forced to explain why they did something they realize was a bad idea, and there are no good explanations.

Adult life is full of situations where we have to choose between a small immediate benefit or larger consequences later. Another reason people with ADHD make these controversial decisions is that they may not plan sufficiently ahead of time, forcing them to make decisions spontaneously. We use foresight to anticipate potential challenges and consider which types of responses are most likely to be effective. To correctly predict the future, we must be able to pause and reflect on how similar situations played out in the past, analyze present circumstances, cognitively go through our choices, and choose the best one. People with ADHD who lack this ability must constantly rethink their approach and make stuff up on the spot.

Of course, for this foresight to be effective, we must have a good knowledge of what is going on to start preparing for the appropriate situation. This includes both self-awareness and understanding of other people and external events. Unfortunately, people with ADHD tend to react too fast without considering the big picture. People with ADHD frequently struggle to follow through on plans, even if they know how to make them.

Clutter in Your Everyday Life

Unfortunately, as a woman with ADHD, you may determine your self-worth by the amount of clutter in your life. It becomes a preoccupation, a constant reminder that you don't have control.

Disorganization creates difficulties for women with ADHD. Because of the ADHD brain's impaired executive functioning, everything weighs in equally important, making organizing and choosing a serious challenge. Though supposedly everyday tasks are extremely difficult for the woman with ADHD, if she is currently in a relationship or with children, she is frequently expected to manage not only her own stuff but also her children's and partners' as well.

From paying a bill to buying food and doing household chores, it takes a lot of effort to keep our daily life operating normally.  Very few of these necessary activities are interesting or satisfying, and the majority must be repeated fairly regularly. These are the kinds of tasks where there is no compensation for completing them but huge problems for failing to complete them or completing them late. Adults are expected to handle these tasks without much difficulty or complaint. The majority of people regard them as boring.

People with ADHD do what they need to do, usually at the last minute, to prevent or stop a terrible situation with these everyday tasks. For instance, anyone with ADHD may ultimately clean up the bedroom only to stop their partner from complaining. Although this may motivate the individual to act, avoiding distress is not as motivating as being pulled toward rewards.

ADHD can cause problems that cause harm to the person's and family's quality of life. Continuous stress has the most profound effect. People with ADHD may eventually quit trying to improve it and simply accept it.

What distinguishes people with ADHD from others is their difficulty managing daily life obligations, which are not particularly hard individually but can become daunting when combined. The various tasks in the household build up slowly, and the person with ADHD is forced into action to get everything under control, only to have it all create more chaos again later. This is exhausting, and the person does not want to deal with it again for a long time.

Unfortunately, keeping life running smoothly requires the ability to multitask, and individuals may fail for a variety of reasons, including:

• Uncertain time management. As our lives become extremely busy and more difficult, there is less room for flexibility to develop and stick to a solid plan. As a result, some important tasks are not completed because the entire day has passed.

• Distractibility. Regardless of best intentions, people with ADHD may unintentionally find their attention drawn away.

• Undeveloped abilities. Throughout their lives, adults with ADHD lose strength in certain areas, such as the most efficient use of a to-do list. This is usually a minor component of the problem, but it can play a role in some situations.

• Dissatisfaction with the current situation. Some feel compelled to start something new before finishing what they've started. This can be a real issue for tasks that take time and are repetitive. As a result, many tasks are initiated, but the majority of them are never completed.

When all factors are considered, individuals with ADHD tend to live more hectic lives. As a result, leading a healthy lifestyle that includes healthy habits in nutrition, exercise, sleep, and relaxation becomes increasingly challenging. This has predictable consequences for general