Matt Cengia's quote from How to ADHD

Matt Cengia quoted How to ADHD by Jessica McCabe

Jessica McCabe: How to ADHD (EBook, 2024, Harmony/Rodale/Convergent)

Diagnosed with ADHD at age twelve, Jessica struggled with a brain that she didn’t understand. …

Autism and ADHD often ends up in an interesting dichotomy in my head. Routines are good, but then boring. We need to be stimulated, but not too stimulated. Burnout comes from both sides of the equation. And many systems that are really ADHD defense mechanisms were created by the autistic side of me.

— How to ADHD by Jessica McCabe (64%)

"many systems that are really ADHD defense mechanisms were created by the autistic side of me." Whoa 🤯. This could explain so much!

PotatoesFall replied to Matt Cengia's status

@mattcen

Do you recommend this book? I could use some helpful advice :P

Matt Cengia replied to PotatoesFall's status

@potatoes_fall @mattcen@bookwyrm.social I absolutely do! Depending on the type of advice you're looking for, I also recommend The Anti-Planner (https://openlibrary.org/works/OL27171818W/), by @danidonovan, which is more focussed on practical brain hacks to be used in the moment, whereas this book is more holistic and goes into the science and theory; both are good for different reasons.

PotatoesFall replied to Matt Cengia's status

@mattcen@aus.social @mattcen@bookwyrm.social

I might just get both. Thanks so much!

Jon Yoder replied to Matt Cengia's status

@mattcen I love Jessica's work. Her content has helped me understand my son's ADHD and my own attention deficit issues and the stuff that goes with it.