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Why, exactly, are we rendered so uncomfortable by concentrating on things that matter—the things we thought we wanted to do with our lives—that we’d rather flee into distractions, which, by definition, are what we don’t want to be doing with our lives?
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman
The fact that symptoms and impairments come and go throughout the day is the defining trait of ADHD.”
To Manage Adult ADHD, Treat It Like a Really Shitty Pet
Hanna Brooks Olsen
That’s actually another part of what makes this practice effective: It allows your body to practice feeling the feelings of past wounds, to learn that those feelings are not dangerous, and to complete the incomplete stress response cycles activated all those years ago. It starts with your willingness to look, to risk the discomfort of paying attention to what you thought was only negative, and to learn to see it with nonjudgment, curiosity, and even compassion.
Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski
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