Video: Talk Therapy & ADHD

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Therapy is a great drug-free option for those that have ADHD. Learn how therapy can help ADHD patients in this free video clip from a medical professional.

Video Transcript

Another important component of drug-free ADHD living is talk therapy; finding a therapist you trust and can work with. It's a pretty common experience for people with ADHD to carry a lot of negative self talk, a lot of negative self image; to have a low self-esteem when you don't quite fit in with the world around you. It ends up feeling like you're not quite right yourself even though you?re perfectly fine. You're just different from other people and another way of looking at it is that people are just different from you. It's just another variety as the spice of life sort of thing. Talk therapy can help not only with past issues that cause current bad feelings; but talk therapy can also be very helpful in managing your emotions and managing your impulsivity. ADD people can sometimes have problems keeping their emotions in check. We have temper outburst at times; emotional explosions. And even though medication is helpful in controlling these, when you're opting to not use medication, it's important to learn strategies of emotional control and how to work with the emotions you have.

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