The Truth About Anxiety & ADHD: Life-Changing Tools From a Renowned Psychiatrist
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Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. So for most of my life, you know, I just thought I was bad at focusing. My brain was always racing. I could never sit still. And then I had this like overwhelming feeling that I was constantly.
behind. It seemed like everybody else had figured out some secret to staying on top of things and I was the only one who was struggling. And the anxiety, oh my gosh, I mean that was just like a part of who I was or at least that's what I thought. It wasn't until I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 47 when everything finally clicked.
The fact that three of my kids have also struggled with ADHD and anxiety makes today's conversation even more personal for me. Because I honestly had no idea how deeply connected ADHD and anxiety actually are. And even more surprising, Some of the habits that my kids and I have that I thought were just like these weird little quirks, turns out no, not weird at all. They were actually textbook anxiety and ADHD symptoms, nail biting, skin picking, constantly fidgeting, procrastinating all the time, overthinking, feeling paralyzed by your own brain, frustrated that you want to change, but you just can't seem to.
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