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I get it

Name: I get it
Uploaded: 2024-06-21T18:34:15Z
Channel: Katie McManus
Description: A single-speaker YouTube monologue explaining why goal-setting is difficult for people with ADHD. The speaker argues that the challenge stems from memory…

21 Jun 2024

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A single-speaker YouTube monologue explaining why goal-setting is difficult for people with ADHD. The speaker argues that the challenge stems from memory and attention differences—specifically a form of ‘object permanence’ where goals drop out of awareness if not repeatedly cued—so people with ADHD may forget stated goals and stop pursuing them.

Goal setting is so hard for people with adhd because goal setting is essentially saying something that you want and putting it out into the world and then pursuing that thing. But the key here is that once you say it and you put it out there in the world, you have to remember that you said it and that you put it out in there in the world and you have to remember to actually continue working towards that goal for people with adhd. As you know, we don't remember everything that we say. We have some object permanence issues. If something is out of sight and isn't calling our attention to it constantly, then we can completely forget that it exists.