By Jeff Copper, MBA, PCC, PCAC, CPCC, ACG – August 2, 2021
Emotional regulation is challenging for many with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In fact, it can be paralyzing. Today, we want to look at what causes that and what we can do to manage it.
Clinical neuropsychologist Dr. David Nowell (www.drnowell.com) explains what it means when our emotions hijack the amygdala part of the brain that’s responsible for that automatic reaction.
When we feel threatened or vulnerable or even when we are just too uncomfortable, we go into the fight, flight, or freeze mode. Dr. Nowell identifies strategies we can learn in advance and then fire them off when we feel the amygdala being hijacked. Every living creature has this same automatic response, so it’s really all about survival, but as humans, we have the ability to override that automatic response to avoid getting hijacked and reacting inappropriately.
I hope this post will help you understand it and what to do to control it.
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