Ep# 75: Hyper-Curiosity and ADHD: When Your Brain Won't Stop Exploring
"You Are A Lot" (an ADHD/AuDHD podcast)
Defining hyper-curiosity in ADHD
Jen defines hyper-curiosity as an urgent, compulsive drive to explore information and experiences.
In this episode, I talk about the emerging idea of ADHD and hyper-curiosity - the intense urge to explore, research, and learn everything right now. Hyper-curiosity can fuel creativity and discovery, but it can make modern life harder to manage. Check out Dr. Anne-Laure Le Cunff's book Tiny Experiments, (20% off with my link) which can help the hyper-curious mind figure out how to live in a goal obsessed world.
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Things Related To This Episode:
Episode 18 of "You Are A LOT" podcast; Early ADHD Humans Kept the Species Alive
Tiny Experiments by Dr. Anne-Laure Le Cunff
ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World by Thom Hartmann
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Research Referenced In This Episode:
Hypercuriosity Theory - Substack article
Hypercuriosity; Underappreciated Advantage - Science News
How Therapists Can Support Hypercuriosity - Contextual Consulting
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