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ADHD and Phone Addiction: Why You Can’t Just Put It Down

ADD/ADHD, Addictions By Dr Becky Spelman Mar 06, 2026

You know you should put it down. You’ve told yourself a hundred times. But your thumb keeps scrolling, and an hour disappears before you’ve even noticed it starting. This is...

ADHD and Interrupting

ADHD and Interrupting: Why It Happens and What Actually Helps

ADD/ADHD By Dr Becky Spelman Mar 05, 2026

People with ADHD often interrupt. They know they do it. They hate that they do it. And yet the words come out anyway, cutting across someone mid-sentence before they’ve even...

ADHD and People Pleasing

ADHD and People Pleasing: Where the Pattern Really Comes From

ADD/ADHD By Dr Becky Spelman Mar 03, 2026

People with ADHD are at higher risk of ending up in friendships and relationships where they get dismissed. Put down. Pushed to the bottom of a hierarchy. Not occasionally, but...

ADHD and Diet

ADHD and Diet: Why Eating Well Feels So Much Harder

ADD/ADHD, Eating Disorders By Dr Becky Spelman Feb 23, 2026

You already know what you should be eating. You have read the articles, saved the recipes, maybe even bought the vegetables. And yet here you are at 4pm, realising you...

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Dismissive Avoidant Attachment: When Closeness Feels Like a Threat

ADD/ADHD, Relationships By Dr Becky Spelman Feb 18, 2026

They seemed perfect at first. Available. Interested. Then you got close and they disappeared. Not physically. Just emotionally. Present but absent. There when things are light, gone when things matter....

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ADHD and Hypervigilance: Why You’re Reading Every Room You Walk Into

ADD/ADHD, Trauma By Dr Becky Spelman Feb 16, 2026

You’re in a conversation, fully engaged, and yet somehow you’re also tracking the two people talking behind you, the shift in your friend’s expression, and the fact that someone across...

ADHD Medication Shortages in Ireland: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions

ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Stress By Dr Becky Spelman Jan 02, 2025

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition affecting approximately 5% of the Irish population, including both children and adults. Effective management of ADHD often involves a combination of...

ADHD and Fatigue

ADHD and Fatigue: Why You’re Always Tired and What’s Really Going On

ADD/ADHD, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Sleep By Dr Becky Spelman Feb 14, 2026

You slept eight hours. Maybe nine. You still woke up feeling like you hadn’t slept at all. And the worst part isn’t the tiredness itself. It’s the fact that nobody...

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ADHD Masking: Why Your Brain Hides What It’s Struggling With

ADD/ADHD, Mindfulness By Dr Becky Spelman Feb 12, 2026

You know something is wrong. You’ve always known. But you’ve spent so long performing “fine” that you’re not sure what’s underneath it anymore. That’s what ADHD masking does. It doesn’t...

What Is Body Doubling for ADHD? Mirroring, Motivation and Why It Works

What Is Body Doubling for ADHD? Mirroring, Motivation and Why It Works

ADD/ADHD By Dr Becky Spelman Feb 06, 2026

Key Takeaways on Body Doubling Body doubling means doing a task while someone else is present, either in person or online. The other person is not there to help as...

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