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Wrapping Your Brain Around ADHD

Are you the proud owner of a floordrobe? Have you ever had to explain to someone that it's completely normal to have 5 different drinks on your desk at all times? Do you have to run every laundry load twice? Did you just check your washing machine? If this describes yourself or a loved one, you may appreciate one of these new titles that provides a window into the challenges of living with ADHD, and resources to help. ADHD is a lot to wrap your brain around but these titles are great places to start.

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  • Adhd Is Awesome

    A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving With ADHD

    Holderness, Penn,
    Penn and Kim Holderness are YouTube comedians who have honed their craft for well over a decade, and they bring that same wit to this exploration of what it’s like for Penn to have ADHD and for Kim to live with it. If you or your partner has ADHD…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2024Nashville : Harper Horizon, 2024.
  • ADHD 2.0

    New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving With Distraction-from Childhood Through Adulthood

    Hallowell, Edward M
    Dr Hollowell and Dr Ratey have long been advocates of better understanding of ADHD, and in this book they recontextualize the disability to better understand how our hyper connected lifestyle both exacerbates the symptoms of those with ADHD and also…
    Book, 2021New York : Ballantine Books, [2021] — 616.8589 HAL 2021
  • Adhd for Smart Ass Women

    How to Fall in Love With Your Neurodivergent Brain

    Otsuka, Tracy
    For decades ADHD was seen as something boys have. Women with ADHD have been ignored or told outright that they don’t have it. This book reminds us that girls and women have ADHD too, and that their experience is uniquely shaped by ideas of how women…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023New York : HarperAudio, 2023.
  • Your Brain's Not Broken

    Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life With ADHD

    Rosier, Tamara, 1968-
    Having ADHD is a struggle, and it is easy to feel like your brain is broken and that there’s something deeply wrong with you. This book helps you understand why you think the way you do, and how you can work with your brain instead of against it.…
    Book, 2021Grand Rapids, Michigan : Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2021] — 616.85 ROS 2021
  • Dirty Laundry

    Why Adults With ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help

    Pink, Richard
    Having ADHD can leave you feeling alienated and unable to handle some of the most basic expectations of life. In this book, Rox shares how ADHD has led to some of the worst moments in her life, and how Rich’s kindness, generosity, and loving support…
    Book, 2023Emeryville : Ten Speed Press, [2023] — 616.8589 PIN 2023
  • How Not to Fit in :

    An Unapologetic Approach to Navigating Autism and ADHD /

    Joy, Jess
    People with ADHD and autism can spend their entire life trying to fit in, and in the process can wind up alienating themselves by rejecting something fundamental to who they are. Instead of bending yourself to fit into a world that’s not built for…
    Book, 2023London, UK : Harper Thorsons, 2023 — 616.85882 JOY 2023
  • While the title of this book may make it seem like you’re giving up, low-demand parenting is actually a profound shift in the way we parent. Low-demand parenting doesn’t mean no demands; it’s an invitation to think deeply about the situations that…
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  • ADHD is particularly challenging for couples, as so many of its symptoms can look like the person with ADHD is either not trying or doesn’t care. How come your partner can’t remember the three simple chores they were supposed to do but spent three…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2022[United States] : Findaway Voices, 2022.
  • How to ADHD

    An Insider's Guide to Working With Your Brain (not Against It)

    McCabe, Jessica, 1982-
    As the medical understanding of ADHD evolves, more and more people are learning that there’s a reason they struggle with organization, paying attention, remembering things, and navigating the increasing demands of a deeply interconnected world. For…
    Book, 2024New York : Rodale, [2024] — 616.8589 MCCA