Living with an ADHD Brain
Like Duolingo, but for Living with an ADHD Brain. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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Key ideas in Living with an ADHD Brain
- ADHD is a performance gap, not a knowledge gap
- Knowing what to do does not automatically trigger the brain's 'start' button
- The ADHD brain prioritizes novelty and interest over abstract importance
- Neurotypical systems rely more heavily on importance and rewards
- Laziness involves a lack of desire to act
- Executive dysfunction involves a breakdown in the brain's management system
- Differentiating between interest-based and importance-based nervous systems
- ADHD brains require a higher threshold of stimulation to 'engage'
- Identifying the difference between laziness and executive dysfunction
- Low-stimulation tasks feel physically painful or impossible to start
- Recognizing signs of a lack of brain stimulation versus a lack of motivation
- The distinction between knowledge and execution
- Laziness vs executive dysfunction
- The specific term used to describe this disconnect
- Brain stimulation threshold
- ADHD brains struggle to break down a single pile into multiple distinct decision points
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Living with an ADHD Brain the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Imagine you are staring at a blinking cursor with a deadline in ten minutes. Why doesn't simply knowing the urgency make you start typing?
Get it right to open this lesson and 53 more in the app.
Where Living with an ADHD Brain takes you
Stop fighting your brain and start working with it. Learn why your mind wanders, how to handle the daily 'chaos,' and ways to turn your unique focus into a strength.
- 1
Getting Through the Day
- Why 'Just Doing It' is Hard
- Managing the Messy Room and Inbox
- The Secret to Starting Boring Tasks
- Losing Track of Time
- 2
Handling Big Feelings and People
- Why Small Rejections Hurt So Much
- The Emotional Rollercoaster
- How to Listen When Your Mind Wanders
- Explaining Your Brain to Friends
- Blurting Things Out and Interrupting
- Finding Your 'Body Double' for Work
- 3
Choosing Your Best Environment
- Finding Your 'Flow State' Superpower
- The Right Kind of Background Noise
- Building a Home That Works for You
- 4
The Science of the Spark
- The Brain's Reward Chemical: Dopamine
- The Interest-Based Nervous System
- Why ADHD is Not a Lack of Attention
- The Role of Genetics and Biology
- Common Myths vs. Reality
4 sections · 18 units · 54 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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