Living with an On/Off Switch: How ADHD Disrupts Regulation in 10 Key Areas

An ADHD brain is like an on/off switch. Instead of fine-tuning levels, it tends to be all or nothing—hyperfocused or completely distracted, overwhelmed by emotions or detached, full of energy or exhausted. This inability to modulate different mental functions at the right levels for the situation is what makes ADHD a disorder of regulation.