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4. Indulge Your ADHD
No one can be symptom-free forever. Sometimes, the more you try to conceal and minimize these symptoms, the more they work to break free. Because of this, resolving to indulge your ADHD can release the symptoms under safe, structured conditions.
To do this, think about what your symptoms want you to do. Do they want you to binge on video games or move from activity to activity in your house while accomplishing nothing? Whatever the case might be, permit yourself the freedom to engage in the behavior on a regular basis.
As long as you can end the behavior after a set period of time, no harm will be done and you will be better prepared for the next challenge.
It seems that the winter blues are a justifiable fear and ADHD’s presence is constant. What can be done about this compounding combination?