How Counselling Can Help Adults with ADHD

Adult ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) is a condition that can be challenging to manage. Most people are aware they have ADHD since core symptoms typically start to manifest before the age of 13. However, ADHD is a condition that continues into adulthood.

Parents need to remember there is not a single test that can determine if your child has ADHD. Instead, a combination of observations, examinations, and testing is required. Equally so, adults need to be aware that other medical conditions have similar symptoms as ADHD, such as:

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How to Find Relief from OCD

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a chronic disorder that causes a person to have uncontrolled recurring behaviours and thoughts where one feels the need to follow things through to completion. This can often involve repeating something someone else did because it was not done the way you wanted it done.

           
 

Some people with OCD have various avoidance issues, like avoiding germs, dirt, dust, and so on. Some people have excessive compulsions they simply cannot stop, like arranging and rearranging items, detailed cleaning processes, and so on.

For people with OCD, their disorder can become part of their daily routines. They can spend hours just obsessing over their behaviours to attempt to relieve stress by following something through to completion. Once completed, they may not experience any joy or satisfaction from the completion.

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Why Conflict Avoidance in Relationships Is Not Healthy?

Conflict avoidance is where one intentionally avoids conflict when issues arise. Taking this approach is not healthy. It can manifest in our work relationships, family relationships, romantic relationships, and friendships.

For instance, you and your best friend decide to get together to enjoy a quiet evening by having take-out delivered and watching a movie. Your friend decides to invite other people over as well.

When you arrive, instead of the quiet evening you had envisioned, there is a small group of people. To add to that frustration, your friend changes their mind about where you were going to order take-out from and chooses a different restaurant.

Instead of speaking up and calling your friend out, you simply go along with their decisions to avoid conflict because you do not want to upset them and the other guests.

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