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KC Davis, counselor, author, and host of Struggle Care, talks about the everyday realities of ADHD and executive dysfunction: messiness, boredom, and keeping up with household tasks like laundry. She shares how caring for a newborn and a 2-year-old during the COVID shutdown pushed her coping strategies to the breaking point — “I lost my mind,” she says — and ultimately changed the way she understood herself.
KC reflects on ADHD signs that showed up throughout her life, from forgetting to turn in homework to biting her tongue until it bled to stop herself from interrupting people. She also discusses working memory, addiction, and the years she spent fighting for radical acceptance in therapy — and why understanding her ADHD sooner might have made that journey much easier.
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Listen: Managing expectations in relationships with ADHD (interview with KC Davis) understood.org/en/podcasts/sorry-i-missed-this/managing-expectations-in-relationships-with-adhd
Read: ADHD and boredom understood.org/en/articles/adhd-and-boredom-what-you-need-to-know
Watch: Why ADHD makes everything so hard (executive dysfunction explained) youtube.com/watch?v=0XcppZUxxUo
For a transcript and more resources, visit ADHD Aha! on Understood.org. You can also email us at adhdaha@understood.org. understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/kc-davis-adhd-boredom
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KC Davis, counselor, author, and host of Struggle Care, talks about the everyday realities of ADHD and executive dysfunction: messiness, boredom, and keeping up with household tasks like laundry. She shares how caring for a newborn and a 2-year-old during the COVID shutdown pushed her coping strategies to the breaking point — “I lost my mind,” she says — and ultimately changed the way she understood herself.
KC reflects on ADHD signs that showed up throughout her life, from forgetting to turn in homework to biting her tongue until it bled to stop herself from interrupting people. She also discusses working memory, addiction, and the years she spent fighting for radical acceptance in therapy — and why understanding her ADHD sooner might have made that journey much easier.
For more on this topic
Listen: Managing expectations in relationships with ADHD (interview with KC Davis) understood.org/en/podcasts/sorry-i-missed-this/managing-expectations-in-relationships-with-adhd
Read: ADHD and boredom understood.org/en/articles/adhd-and-boredom-what-you-need-to-know
Watch: Why ADHD makes everything so hard (executive dysfunction explained) youtube.com/watch?v=0XcppZUxxUo
For a transcript and more resources, visit ADHD Aha! on Understood.org. You can also email us at adhdaha@understood.org. understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/kc-davis-adhd-boredom
Questions about learning and thinking differences? Get answers and expert-vetted resources by asking the AI-powered Understood Assistant:
understood.org/en/assistant?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=assistant-agn-prod&utm_content=video
Understood is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you want to help us continue this work, donate at understood.org/en/donate?sc=AHA0725YTO&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=fundraising-agn-vid-adhdaha&utm_content=video
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#ADHD #ExecutiveFunction #ADHDAha #KCDavis
