About this episode

This episode explores the challenges of task switching for adults with ADHD and offers insights on how to improve regulation and productivity.

You've been calling yourself bad at task switching for so long it's started to feel like a fact. And the evidence keeps stacking up: the hyperfocus sessions that run three hours past when you need to stop, the transitions that take so much mental energy you'd rather just stay in one thing until it's done. This episode is for the adult with ADHD who suspects there's more going on beneath that label than a skill gap. I walk through what's driving ADHD task switching struggles, why the cycle of going hard until you crash is a nervous system pattern rather than a productivity problem, and what starts to shift when you work on regulation instead of just the behavior. If ADHD transitions, all-or-nothing thinking, or the boom-bust cycle feel familiar, this one's worth your time. 00:00 - Why ADHD Task Switching Is a Nervous System Problem 04:19 - The Internal State Change Nobody Talks About 07:12 - All-or-Nothing Thinking and ADHD Dysregulation 09:28 - Why Alternating Mental and Physical Tasks Helps Regulation 13:01 - The Cause of ADHD Transition Struggles 16:43 - A Practical Way to Start Shifting Task Switching Today Live workshop on July 15 on co-regulation, ADHD, and relationships…

People in this episode

Host: Jenna Free

Topics covered

• ADHD
• task switching
• nervous system
• regulation
• mental energy
• productivity

Keywords

• ADHD
• task switching
• nervous system
• hyperfocus
• all-or-nothing thinking
• mental energy
• regulation
• productivity
• transitions
• boom-bust cycle

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