Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

Creating a Sensory Overwhelm Checklist for ADHD

17 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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A coach shares two checklists for ADHD: a dopamine list of five-minute mood boosters and a sensory-overwhelm checklist of recent triggers. She also recommends keeping comfort items like a favorite sweatshirt nearby to quickly reduce overwhelm.

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I know that's something I do with a lot of clients is I help them make a dopamine list of things that give them dopamine that take 5 minutes or less. I help them make a sensory overwhelm list. What things— like on a good day, let's talk about the things that last week were driving you crazy. So because you'll remember them and we can make a checklist for it. What things help decrease your sensory overwhelm? Do you have that one sweatshirt or sweatshirt and sweatpants that always make you feel safe. Go put those on today. And often I think that the sensory piece is something that we overlook a lot of times.