A nerdy deep dive into ADHD and Anxiety

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Let’s talk about the link between Anxiety and ADHD—how executive function challenges fuel both conditions and how you can improve anxiety with an ADHD approach. Learn the skills to Regulate your Emotions, join the membership: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership Download the ADHD Anxiety symptom overlap chart: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/pl/2148705851 What is Executive Function: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RoWB8tYLMM Are you ready for a nerdy deep dive into the brain differences (and similarities) with ADHD and Anxiety? Because I am! 😀 ADHD and anxiety share a ton of symptoms: racing thoughts, sleep problems, worry about forgetting something, and fidgety hands. But while they have a lot of the same symptoms, they do have some fundamental underlying differences in what’s going on in the brain, and a lot of it has to do with Executive Function…so let’s dive in and figure it out. 00:00 The Link Between Anxiety and ADHD Symptoms 01:20 The ADHD Brain on Fast Forward Fuels Anxiety 02:47 ADHD and Anxiety Symptoms Overlap 03:19 Understanding Worry in ADHD vs. Anxiety 04:15 Hyperactivity in ADHD vs. Anxiety 05:00 ADHD and Anxiety: Two Paths to Distracted 05:18 How Anxiety and ADHD Disrupt Sleep in Different Ways 05:54 The Link Between Anxiety and ADHD Starts With Executive Function 10:11 ADHD and Cognitive Scatter: Why Executive Function Skills Feel Uneven 12:08 ADHD and Executive Function: Why Working Memory Is Often a Struggle 15:48 How Emotion Proces

Published 2025-09-18 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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