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Samantha Boardman MD

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Positive Psychiatrist @WeillCornell, APA Distinguished Fellow & author of #EverydayVitality

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Samantha Boardman MD
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Mutual Assured Delusion — the psychology of missing red flags. https://t.co/PFu9jALwpE
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ADHD Isn’t a Trauma Response Newer approaches to ADHD shed light on its origins, challenges, and gifts.
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I am inundated with Instagram ads telling me that “ADHD is not laziness, it’s a trauma response.” Well actually, it's neither! These falsehoods are so popular, yet so wrong. 
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September isn’t a crisis. It’s a chance to grow. https://t.co/eMntKrPLpn
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7 months
Feeling down? Do the OPPOSITE of what feels right: "Just because you feel like retreating & disconnecting doesn’t mean you should. The truth is that the last thing you feel like doing is often what will fortify you." From @sambmd https://t.co/VAMfnOUscY
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Samantha Boardman MD
7 months
Doing the opposite of what you feel like doing might be exactly what you need to reclaim your focus, energy, and sense of control. Read the full article here:
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Samantha Boardman MD
7 months
When you’re overwhelmed, don’t shut down. The instinct is understandable. But it’s not restorative. Engagement, not escape, is the antidote.
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Samantha Boardman MD
7 months
3. What is my next step? Don’t just sit with your emotions. Take action. Even a small move—a walk, coffee with a friend, 15 minutes on a hobby—can dramatically shift your mood. How you feel affects what you do. What you do also affects how you feel.
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Samantha Boardman MD
7 months
2. Whom will I reach out to? Isolation fuels stress. Connection reduces it. Call a friend. Ask for help—or offer it. Support isn’t a luxury. It’s a strategy.
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1. Which strength will I use? Stress narrows your view. So zoom out. Think back to a time you overcame something hard. What helped you push through? What strength did you tap into? Use it again.
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Samantha Boardman MD
7 months
Feeling scattered, overwhelmed, and ready to hide under the covers? You’re not alone—but your instinct to retreat might be making things worse. Here are 3 counterintuitive but powerful questions that can help you handle life’s chaos: 🧵
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Samantha Boardman MD
7 months
The next time you find yourself falling into the pessimism pothole — these three phrases will help you gain some perspective, build real time resilience, and get better at turning lemons into lemonade. 🍋 Read more on @Yahoo https://t.co/p50gwpKx4n
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7 months
Twist on the famous "Marshmallow Test": adding a second child helps resist temptation of the marshmallow. New study finds that children are more likely to wait for a larger reward if they have a buddy who has pledged to hold out than if they’re alone.
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New research gives the famous marshmallow test a makeover, showing that having support from a buddy makes children more likely to resist temptation and wait for a bigger reward.
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Samantha Boardman MD
7 months
Feeling your feelings is healthy. Fixating on them, however, might be what’s holding you back. Emotions are data, not direction — you don’t need to understand every feeling to keep moving forward. The real key to resilience is action over analysis.
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Samantha Boardman MD
8 months
Beware the boomerask. Here’s a simple strategy to strengthen social bonds and turn curiosity into connection. https://t.co/MLcLJUV9Jn
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Samantha Boardman MD
9 months
While 'popcorn brain' may not be an official diagnosis, the sensation of feeling overstimulated and mentally scattered is a very real experience. Here’s how to replace cognitive chaos with cognitive calm. https://t.co/d1fOcycj4S
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Jonathan Haidt
10 months
Yes! Teachers are speaking up about the damage that smartphones, laptops, and tablets have done to education. Each of those things is a distraction machine. A book is an attention-enhancing machine.
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Anthony Bradley
10 months
“Shivey” Brooks is a high school teacher. He’s begging schools to do two things if we want better schools: 1) ban cell phones during the school day and 2) ditch the tablets in the classroom. Bring back books. Will we listen to practitioners?
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10 months
Here are 3 ways to help a friend who struggles with anxiety (from people who have anxiety).
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Josh Whiton
10 months
Halfway through university I was diagnosed with clinical depression. After a battery of tests and interviews with psychologists I eventually met with the psychiatrist who was to dispense my medication. Instead he asked me a question that no one had ever asked. "Why are you
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Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵
10 months
ADHD Isn’t A Trauma Reaction. Newer approaches to ADHD are shedding light on its complex origins, challenges, and gifts. It's time to fundamentally change the ADHD victim narrative that is so prominent in our culture. Here are 17 points in support of my argument: 1. ADHD is not
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Samantha Boardman MD
10 months
Older people in England are happier now than before the COVID pandemic, national study suggests https://t.co/QI8FWna2pd via @medical_xpress
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Older people have greater general happiness, life satisfaction and sense of purpose than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Samantha Boardman MD
11 months
An upside of self-comparison: Couples rarely divorce in South Korea. But they sure enjoy watching other people go through it. https://t.co/MZkIpCgHvt via @WSJ
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South Koreans are hooked on a new wave of content about marital splits and it might be helping; ‘I don’t have it that bad’
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