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ADHD and Holiday Stress: A Guide to Not Losing Your Mind (or Your Keys) This Season

The holidays are full of joy, love, and twinkling lights. They’re also full of glitter, sugar, noise, family dynamics, disrupted routines, and more decision-making than a distracted squirrel in a nut factory. If you or someone you love has ADHD, here’s your guide to making it through the season with more peace, more laughs, and fewer meltdowns over misplaced tape. First: Let’s Talk About Why This Season Feels Like A Lot The ADHD brain loves routine. The holidays… do not.Suddenly […]

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Executive Function, Holidays, Stress

Person with ADHD looking at menu feeling overwhelmed about decisions

ADHD Decision Making: Why Easy Choices Feel Hard | Play Attention

Ever spent 20 minutes staring at a menu only to order the same thing you always do?

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ADHD, Decision Making, Executive Function, Stress

Brown Noise and ADHD: What’s the Buzz?

Brown noise isn’t named after the color — it’s named after Robert Brown, the scientist who discovered a kind of random motion called “Brownian motion.” The sound of brown noise is low and rumbly — think waterfall, thunder, or a distant airplane. It’s deeper than white noise and much softer than the high hiss of pink noise.

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ADHD, Anxiety, Executive Function, Stress

Finding Light in the Storm: What a Hurricane Taught Us About Stress, Kindness, and the Brain.

Beautiful Asheville, NC, nestled in the heart of Western North Carolina, has been Play Attention’s home for 30 years. When Hurricane Helene hit, it turned our world upside down. Streets were blocked, power went out, and we lost water, electricity, and communication. The stress was overwhelming. How would we manage? Over a week later, many are still without utilities, and cleanup is ongoing. Homes, businesses, and lives have been lost. But in the midst of this hardship, something profound emerged:

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Anxiety, Hurricane Helene, Play Attention, Stress