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Fatigue is one of the most common complaints that I hear from my clients when they talk about symptoms associated with ADHD, and usually they are referring to emotional fatigue. Why are we so exhausted? It is exhausting being us because we have feelings about every task that we do. Add the “big feels” to our other ADHD symptoms like anxiety, hyperactivity, and hyperfocus, and they take a toll on our energy level. We feel drained, like our batteries are constantly running on empty.

Your Brain's Not Broken

Tamara Rosier

So Covid’s long-term effects will reverberate through the country: [lower trust in institutions](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9242572/), an [absolute unwillingness](https://www.vox.com/23001426/pandemic-proof) to think seriously about preventing the next pandemic, [failing schools](https://www.vox.com/education/372475/math-reading-school-covid-education-learning-loss-kids), and [rising isolation](https://www.vox.com/2020/3/12/21173938/coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-elderly-epidemic-isolation-quarantine). And all that will unfold without any real clarity on how we got here and how we can make sure it never happens again.

America — And the Media — Needs a Covid Reckoning

Kelsey Piper

As his fellow trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie put it, Armstrong “refused to let anything, even anger about racism, steal the joy from his life.”

Smoke Signals

Martin A. Lee

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