Psychology Quote by Thomas E. Brown

“There are two primary ways in which emotions play a critical role in the chronic difficulties of people with ADHD. Both are related to…

— Thomas E. Brown

“Not enough people realize that ADHD is not a disorder about loss of focus. It is a disorder of loss of emotional control, which…

— Shannon L. Alder

“Emotions are like muscles. Most of them go highly unattended, it's usually the weaker, undefined ones that cause injury to the rest, and there…

— Erica Goros

“a great deal of damage is caused by lack of knowledge about, and misinterpretation of, ADHD symptoms. Couples who learn about the specific patterns…

— Melissa Orlov

“Dr. John Ratey, an expert on how the brain functions, suggests that ADHD is the result of dysregulation of the reward system (primarily dopamine)…

— Melissa Orlov

“Cognition and emotion are both critical parts of normal functioning. As neatly summarized by Dr. Robert Sylwester (whose interview can be found at the…

— Elkhonon Goldberg

“One of the defining symptoms of ADHD is distraction.”

— Melissa Orlov

“because people with ADHD don’t receive and process information in a hierarchical way, Maria’s suffering enters his mind at about the same level as…

— Melissa Orlov

“Memory research that supports a non-pathologizing, coherence-based model of symptom production in the wide range of cases where symptoms are generated by emotional memory.…

— Bruce Ecker

Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood.

— Daniel Goleman

“frustration with a lack of progress by your ADHD spouse more often leads to anger than empathy.”

— Melissa Orlov

“days of “talks” about his “problem”? People with ADHD are all too aware that others think they are “broken,” and the resulting low self-esteem…

— Melissa Orlov