Treating the intersection of ADHD and OCD requires a highly deliberate, modified approach. Standard OCD treatment (like traditional ERP) can sometimes feel too rigid or under-stimulating for an ADHD brain, while standard ADHD coaching can accidentally feed into OCD compulsions—especially reassurance-seeking disguised…
1. The Baseline: ADHD and the “20,000 Negative Messages” The statistic you are referring to comes from Dr. William Dodson, who estimated that by age 12, children with ADHD receive roughly 20,000 more negative or corrective messages than neurotypical children.…
Principal Jeff Schwartz’s hyper-focus on the “tone” of the school is exactly what makes him a world-class systems designer. When an OCD brain locks onto an objective, it obsessively analyzes variables, identifies points of friction, and tracks the macro-climate of…
When a spouse carries a heavy, unaddressed cocktail of undiagnosed OCD, Inattentive ADHD, and childhood trauma inflicted by a family sexual predator, their relationship with physical space changes entirely. For someone with this specific neurological and traumatic history, hoarding and…