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What are the biggest challenges with ADHD? How do these challenges relate to executive functions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Struggling with executive functions\u2014skills that help with complex cognitive tasks\u2014can make many aspects of daily life more challenging for people with ADHD. Phil Boissiere names five challenges, each relating to a specific executive function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s look at these five ADHD challenges and how they can disrupt your day-to-day life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Challenge #1: Maintaining Emotional Equilibrium<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest ADHD challenges is that affected people often struggle to regulate their emotions.<\/strong> This means that if you have ADHD, you might find it harder than the average person to recognize the feelings you\u2019re experiencing and moderate their strength. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Boissiere, difficulty regulating emotions can cause problems in numerous ways\u2014for example, strong emotions can lead you to act irrationally and impulsively. Having poor emotion regulation can also make you feel like you\u2019re not in control of your feelings or actions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, say you\u2019re at a party with friends, and you start to get overwhelmed and frustrated trying to focus on the people you\u2019re talking to because of all the conversations happening around you. Then, one of your friends makes a joking comment about your inability to stay focused on a single topic. Rather than taking the comment lightly or ignoring it, you react impulsively, raising your voice and getting defensive. Your heated reaction sparks an argument, and soon the party atmosphere becomes uncomfortable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADHD-specific struggles with emotion regulation connect back to the prefrontal cortex<\/a>.<\/strong> The PFC is responsible for mediating the intensity of emotions, while the emotions themselves come from a part of the brain called the limbic system<\/a>. Since the PFC doesn\u2019t typically work as effectively when you have ADHD, the emotions coming from your limbic system run unchecked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenge #2: Making Plans and Prioritizing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Boissiere, another hallmark challenge of ADHD<\/a> is difficulty keeping your life organized and making plans.<\/strong> When you\u2019re unable to properly plan out the tasks you must complete\u2014work projects, household chores, and so on\u2014they feel more overwhelming, provoking anxiety. Feeling anxious makes it more likely that you\u2019ll procrastinate on the task, which can lead to missed deadlines, work backlogs, and a continuous cycle of overwhelm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, say you have friends visiting next weekend. You need to clean your house<\/a> before they arrive. You also know you\u2019re going to have a busy week at work, and you struggle to plan time into your schedule to complete your household tasks. Every evening, you\u2019re tired after work, so you tell yourself that you\u2019ll do the chores the next day. By the time Friday arrives, you\u2019re overcome with anxiety when you realize that you\u2019ve done none of the chores and your house is messier than it was earlier in the week. Because you procrastinated, you have to spend almost all night after work cleaning, so you\u2019re exhausted by the time your friends arrive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boissiere explains that ADHD can also make it difficult to decide which tasks to do when,<\/strong> meaning that people who have it often spend their focus and time on the wrong things. When you\u2019re not allocating your time well, you may feel like you\u2019re constantly running behind, making it even more difficult to decide which tasks are most important. Instead, you address tasks as they come to you, regardless of how urgent they are. Thus, your most important tasks can get left behind in favor of those right in front of you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenge #3: Forming Memories Through Focused Attention<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boissiere conveys that ADHD affects memory formation<\/a> as well. ADHD makes it difficult for people to focus their attention consistently on the right things, and memories can only be formed when you\u2019re paying attention<\/a>.<\/strong> Memory begins with awareness of your subject, and then the information moves from working memory<\/a> to short-term memory and finally to long-term memory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boissiere explains that working memory, an executive function, involves recalling information about the task you\u2019re currently doing, without which you\u2019re unable to finish the task. For example, if you\u2019re cooking, you use working memory to recall which steps you\u2019ve already completed and which ingredients you\u2019ve already put in, so you stay in the right place in the recipe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boissiere adds that distraction and switching between tasks weaken working memory. People with ADHD often become distracted easily and thus struggle with working memory, making it more difficult to complete tasks<\/a>. For instance, you might get distracted by something on the TV while cooking and forget that your food is on the stove until you smell it burning. Then, the dinner you made is ruined, your house smells like smoke, and you have to spend extra money on takeout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenge #4: Pausing Before Acting<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boissiere names poor impulse control<\/a> as another common ADHD challenge. Impulse control<\/a> involves stopping, considering your options, and choosing the best action in a given situation. Executive functions are necessary for this process to work, which is why people with compromised executive functioning (as in people with ADHD) struggle to manage their impulses.<\/strong> This can become problematic, as impulsive behaviors aren\u2019t the best responses in most circumstances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impulsive behavior typically looks like this: Something happens that provokes an emotional response. You react immediately without considering the possible consequences of your actions. Then, you must face those consequences, no matter how unpleasant they are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, say you get a notification that your favorite clothing brand is releasing a limited-edition jacket. Without considering the cost, you immediately order the jacket using your credit card. A couple of days later, you see the charge on your credit card statement and feel overwhelmed by how much money you\u2019ve spent. Now your budget for everything else this month needs to be overhauled, and you have several hundred dollars more debt than you did before.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenge #5: Being Cognitively Flexible<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Finally, Boissiere names low cognitive flexibility<\/a> as a common challenge for people with ADHD. Cognitive flexibility is what enables you to move between different tasks, jump from old to new ideas, and engage with multiple concepts at the same time.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shifting your attention from one complex task to another requires a lot of cognitive flexibility. People with ADHD commonly struggle with this, especially if they\u2019re emotionally invested in the original task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To illustrate the challenge of low cognitive flexibility, let\u2019s return to the scenario in the previous example: When your partner comes in, you\u2019re working on a project for your job that\u2019s due the same day. Doing well on this project could get your supervisor\u2019s attention and set you up to take on more responsibility, which is what you\u2019ve been working toward all year. You train all of your focus and attention on the task of finishing this project and your hopes for it. When your partner interrupts, they introduce a new task, whether they\u2019re asking you to do something or they just want to talk. Your brain struggles to shift between your project and your partner\u2019s task, and this struggle manifests as irritation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Low cognitive flexibility can also make everyday problem-solving difficult. If you have ADHD, you may struggle to think of multiple solutions for a problem because your brain gets stuck on one idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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