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Strengthening your logical brain
🧠 ADHD isn’t just about attention—it’s also about emotions.
One of the most overlooked symptoms of ADHD is emotional dysregulation.
Many people with ADHD experience emotions that are:
✨ More intense
✨ Quicker to escalate
✨ Harder to let go of
You might notice yourself taking rejection very personally, catastrophising after a small setback, feeling overwhelmed by criticism, or making decisions based on how you feel in the moment rather than on the facts.
Recently, I was asking ChatGPT if there were any books that could help me become a more logical thinker, especially when my emotions are running high. The goal isn’t to suppress emotions—they’re important. The goal is to strengthen our “logical brain” so we can pause, evaluate the evidence, and choose our response instead of reacting automatically.
These are the books it recommended, and I’m hoping to read them over the next few months:
📖 Feeling Good by David D. Burns
This book teaches you how to recognise common thinking traps (like catastrophising, black-and-white thinking, and emotional reasoning) and replace them with more balanced, evidence-based thoughts.
📖 The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
This book is about learning to ask, “What’s actually true?” instead of simply believing whatever your emotions or assumptions are telling you. It encourages curiosity and flexible thinking.
📖 Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
This explains the two ways our brains think: a fast, emotional, intuitive system and a slower, more logical, analytical system. It helps you recognise when your brain is jumping to conclusions and how to slow down your thinking.
📖 The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris
This book teaches that difficult thoughts and emotions don’t have to control your actions. Instead of trying to get rid of uncomfortable feelings, it helps you respond according to your values rather than your emotions.
I’m looking forward to reading these and seeing what I can learn. If they’re helpful, I’ll share my favourite insights and practical strategies here as I go. 😊
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