The Conscious Parent's Guide to ADHD by Rebecca Branstetter

Author:Rebecca Branstetter [Branstetter, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2015-11-06T00:00:00+00:00

Mindfulness is a powerful tool for working with your emotions, and the first step is simply noticing what feelings come up under different circumstances. When you notice that you are getting frustrated, for example, this is an opportunity. Paying attention to the feeling as it arises means that you are not blindly swept away by the feeling. This moment of awareness gives you more control over what you say and do.

Working with Thoughts

You cannot ultimately control your thoughts. Thoughts come up no matter what, and often follow habitual paths in the brain that form over the course of a person’s life. People have thoughts about the future, memories from the past, innovative ideas, small observations, violent fantasies, questions about existence—the range of human thought is incredible.

It’s not merely the ability to think, reason, remember, and plan that sets our species apart. The fact that we can influence our minds in real time makes human beings truly unique. When a person chooses not to exercise that influence, his thoughts run amok.

Thoughts have no substance unto themselves. They can make you feel things that are very real, and they may inspire action of some kind, but a thought itself is like a puff of smoke: here one moment and gone the next, leaving no trace except your memory of it. Thoughts exist only within your mind, and though some thoughts may recur, they are not permanent.

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