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1. SPSpeaker0:00

   If you combine ADHD and OCD, that's an even bigger recipe for disaster because you've got a brain that is impulsive, that is emotional, that can kind of jump to the worst-case scenario with an obsessive-compulsive brain. And that's why I think OCD and ADHD is so commonly coexisting because you have a sensitive brain that has this impulsivity, that has this higher emotional state of ability with this part of the brain that will latch on and think and think and think and think and think.

2. APAlex Partridge0:23

   Dr. Alex George is an ADHD specialized doctor.

3. SPSpeaker0:27

   And one of the most renowned voices in the ADHD space.

4. APAlex Partridge0:30

   With personal experience involving ADHD and mental wellbeing.

5. SPSpeaker0:33

   This is a conversation you can't miss.

6. APAlex Partridge0:35

   If you want to understand your ADHD on a deeper level.

7. SPSpeaker0:38

   Rejection sensitivity as for it isn't just about being a bit sensitive. I think it is a risk to life and certainly a risk to health. Turning to alcohol, very common coping mechanism for many ADHD traits, but certainly for rejection sensitivity, because actually it hurts less when you drink. It creates a delay between experience and sense of pain.

8. APAlex Partridge0:53

   Do you think generally overwhelm, burnout, what can that look like in someone with ADHD?

9. SPSpeaker0:58

   To be honest with you, most of the overstimulation I experience is actually

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