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RECOVERable: Mental Health and Addiction Experts Answer Your Questions

ADHD: Are You Distracted or Is It a Disorder? (Part 1)

Dec 11, 2025 · 35m

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Wonder if your forgetfulness and zoning out is ADHD or just distraction? In this episode of Recovery, child psychologist and ADHD expert Dr. Carrie Jackson explains what ADHD really feels like and why it’s often underdiagnosed in women and BIPOC communities. You’ll learn how to tell the difference between normal distraction and clinically significant ADHD symptoms in women, men and kids and why executive functioning issues – not laziness – drive the forgetfulness, missed deadlines and day‑dre...