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Research, design decisions, and what we're learning about ADHD and task initiation.
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June 2026
·10 min read
What Is ADHD? A Plain-Language Introduction
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition — not a personality type, not laziness, not a lack of willpower. A plain-language guide to what it is, how it works, and what it means to live with it.
June 2026
·9 min read
ADHD Myths: What the Science Actually Says
Everyone gets distracted. Everyone procrastinates. So why does ADHD matter? Five of the most damaging myths — and the peer-reviewed research that corrects each one.
June 2026
·8 min read
What ADHD Looks Like in Everyday Life
ADHD is invisible from the outside but exhausting from the inside. The email, the pile, the ten open tabs, the appointment missed again — this is what the gap between intention and action actually looks like.
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May 2026
·8 min read
ADHD and Email Paralysis: Why Your Inbox Feels Impossible
Email paralysis is not laziness. It is the collision of working memory failure, task initiation deficit, and rejection sensitive dysphoria — all firing at once.
May 2026
·7 min read
Body Doubling for ADHD: What the Research Actually Says
Working near another person helps ADHD brains start and stay on task. Now the first peer-reviewed studies explain why — and how far the effect extends.
May 2026
·9 min read
The ADHD Tax: The Real Cost of Executive Dysfunction
Adults with childhood ADHD earn 37% less by age 30 and retire with net worth up to 75% lower than peers. The ADHD tax is not a metaphor — it is measurable.
May 2026
·7 min read
ADHD and Decision Fatigue: Why Small Choices Feel Impossible
ADHD brains hit decision fatigue faster and recover more slowly. Neuroimaging shows why — and what to do differently when choosing feels harder than doing.
May 2026
·8 min read
Why ADHD Brains Need Fake Deadlines (and How to Build Them)
ADHD urgency dependency is not a character flaw — it is time blindness. Research on temporal discounting explains why manufactured stakes are a legitimate neurological tool.
May 2026
·12 min read
ChatGPT vs Resistaa for ADHD: Why Generic AI Can't Break Task Paralysis
ChatGPT gives advice. Resistaa detects your operational state and gives you a state-matched activation path. For ADHD freeze, that difference is everything.
May 2026
·20 min read
Why ADHD tools create loops — not momentum
We studied real ADHD behavior — Reddit threads, clinical research, first-person accounts — to understand why micro-actions fail, and redesigned the system around state detection.
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