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Thriving with Adult ADHD: Skills to Strengthen Executive Functioning
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Good for some people, but not me
It has a very one size fits all approach, which seems counterintuitive to the very nature of adhd. For this reason it comes across condescending and reads like all of the negative and unhelpful feedback adhd people constantly recieve - "just do this".
There are definitely some helpful bits in there, for someone this might be gold. But it felt like reading a blog - not for adhd, but time management or something. It describes adhd scientifically, then suggests methods you find all over the Internet for non adhd. It might work for you, but also it might not. The problem here is that it presents as the solution for everyone. Like if you do this you'll be fine. Which at least for me comes with the connotation that the reader is lazy if it doesn't work for them.
For me, I've tried a lot of these techniques already. Some of them help a small amount and the rest are useless for me. There was nothing about dealing with executive dysfunction - not in any way that helps me. I finished this book feeling very bored and discouraged. It wasn't fun in any way and it wasn't inspiring either.
If you don't easily feel judged and haven't had bad experiences with therapists, then this might be good for you. It's very informative but a bit boring and it expects you to find the executive functioning skills to practice some exercises. I wouldn't call any of the ideas hacks, but they might work if you have the very specific issues in the exact way the author is talking about them.
Not a bad book overall, but the tone and holy grail approach take away three stars.
It has a very one size fits all approach, which seems counterintuitive to the very nature of adhd. For this reason it comes across condescending and reads like all of the negative and unhelpful feedback adhd people constantly recieve - "just do this".
There are definitely some helpful bits in there, for someone this might be gold. But it felt like reading a blog - not for adhd, but time management or something. It describes adhd scientifically, then suggests methods you find all over the Internet for non adhd. It might work for you, but also it might not. The problem here is that it presents as the solution for everyone. Like if you do this you'll be fine. Which at least for me comes with the connotation that the reader is lazy if it doesn't work for them.
For me, I've tried a lot of these techniques already. Some of them help a small amount and the rest are useless for me. There was nothing about dealing with executive dysfunction - not in any way that helps me. I finished this book feeling very bored and discouraged. It wasn't fun in any way and it wasn't inspiring either.
If you don't easily feel judged and haven't had bad experiences with therapists, then this might be good for you. It's very informative but a bit boring and it expects you to find the executive functioning skills to practice some exercises. I wouldn't call any of the ideas hacks, but they might work if you have the very specific issues in the exact way the author is talking about them.
Not a bad book overall, but the tone and holy grail approach take away three stars.
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Do you by chance have a recommendation--book, blog, vlog, etc--that would be more helpful? I have a YA child and work with several people who have ADHD and I need guidance to make sure I'm not setting up scenarios that only make things worse.