Hacking Your ADHD Research Recap with Skye: Anxiety and Goals
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Mar 27, 2026 
Skye Waterson, research recap contributor and ADHD coach who runs Unconventional Organization, breaks down a Norwegian trial on goal-focused cognitive remediation. She explains Goal Management Training techniques like STOP and task-splitting. The conversation highlights why anxiety improved while ADHD executive symptoms did not and questions whether accountability drove the gains.
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Use Stop To Break Autopilot And Split Tasks
- Try the Stop technique to interrupt autopilot and split overwhelming tasks into smaller parts.
- Skye Waterson explains Stop as pausing to check your state then splitting a task to reduce working memory load and regain focus.
Goal Training Targets Working Memory Not Just Motivation
- Goal management training aims to support working memory by breaking tasks and reducing reactive attention switching.
- William Curb notes this helps keep you 'in the zone' and avoids dopamine-seeking switches that derail progress.
Motivated Participants Skew Intervention Results
- The study recruited adults with ADHD who were motivated to improve executive problems, which biases results toward those willing to engage in intensive interventions.
- Skye Waterson and William Curb highlight motivation as a selection factor that limits generalizability compared with purely pharmacological trials.