Do you have anxiety with your ADHD? Do you engage in high-risk activities or enjoy frightening things? As someone diagnosed with both ADHD and generalized anxiety, one with an aversion to risk, an empath, I don't understand. I understand the neurochemical process involved, but I also don't understand it from a practical perspective.

In this episode, I discuss ADHD in the context of anxiety and high-risk activities and the enjoyment of being spooked.

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• Book referenced: Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain by Peter Shankman.

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This episode of the Primed for ADHD podcast is unscripted.  I called it "shooting the sh*t" but now wish I'd referred to it as a "fireside chat".  I wrote down a few bullet points and that was it. I recorded this on October 14, then edited it a week later.

This episode isn't linear. It rambles here and there. Thoughts are shared. One of those thoughts is that it's a good thing that this is a freeform episode because I can go back to a topic that I'd already discussed because I have another point to make.

The snort you might hear at 15:41 isn't me, it's my dog who was lying next to me. Follow her on Instagram but first, follow me at @andreatoolecoach.

Topics included:

• Is it ADHD or just your nature?
• "It's not rocket science".
• Go easy on yourself when you're learning something new.
• ADHD and suicide

I recorded this to both promote the Digital Detox that I'm hosting from September 20-26 and to point out that we could all use a break from the online noise. The world is full of sadness and horror right now.

Please-

1. Join me for a Digital Detox from September 20-26.
2. Visit the podcast page on my website to see some of the companies I promote. You'll get discounts when you order from some of them, and any commissions I make can go toward podcast hosting and editing. This episode could have used a sound editor because the first file I recorded was loud. My editing skillset is currently limited to combining files into one, deleting chunks of audio and replacing audio.

Thank you, and be well!