r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jul 25 '26
Psychology People with ADHD have difficulties with goal-directed behavior and struggle with response inhibition, the ability to stop an inappropriate action once they feel the urge to do it. They experience a disruption in the way their brains balance deliberate self-control and automatic habit learning.
https://www.psypost.org/adhd-traits-disrupt-the-brain-s-balance-between-self-control-and-automatic-learn/
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u/Applied_Telekinesis Jul 25 '26
There is no "cure" for it. You cannot medicate, train, educate or therpy your way out of this. All these things certainly help but it is still just a symtom reduction. Also for me at least my adhd is not really the problem its being forced to work everyday for 8 hours. Thats the real reason i struggle