When you receive a diagnosis of combined presentation ADHD at the age of five, the behavioral model of psychology becomes your default reality. For decades, the prevailing medical narrative has framed hyper-reactivity and inattention as "software glitches" - failures of executive function to be managed through discipline, masking, or behavioral intervention. This paradigm is especially damaging when dealing with the intense emotional dysregulation that frequently accompanies the combined presentation. We are often told that emotional volatility is a lack of psychological resilience. A recent landmark study published in JAMA Psychiatry unequivocally proves that this is a hardware reality, not a personal failing. The Topological Map The medical community is finally transitioning away from subjective behavioral checklists. Researchers recently analyzed the brain scans of over 1,100 individuals utilizing an advanced metric called "morphometric similarity networks." In...
Nearly twenty years ago, I started a blog called The Path is Too Deep, a geeky reference to a rare computer error message. A great deal of life has happened since then, a life I would like to share. So, here again, are some random bits of unfiltered Chris.