Adult ADHD persists into adulthood and requires intentional routines, time-management tools, and distraction-free environments to support daily functioning.
Perfectionism, emotional reasoning, and externalized self-worth are prominent unhelpful thinking patterns in adults with ADHD that CBT targets as core coping skills.
Adults with ADHD face new responsibilities that overwhelm executive function deficits, causing functional, health, emotional, and financial consequences but support and help remain available.