Is ADHD a Trauma Response? What Your Nervous System Might Be Telling You. @IreneLyon
Is ADHD a Trauma Response? What Your Nervous System Might Be Telling You.  @IreneLyon
Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When we look at ADHD through a nervous system lens, Gabor Maté’s definition of it checks out. Most people see ADHD as a brain (thinking, behavioural) issue, but the brain doesn’t function in isolation, it responds to the state of your nervous system.  Watch this 3-minute clip to learn more about what ADHD is, and how to heal it, from a trauma-informed, somatic point of view.

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