BOOKS: How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It) by Jessica McCabe -- Good book about ADHD, though you can get almost all of the information on their YouTube channel by the same name. Helped me learn some things about myself, but I still feel imposter syndrome; especially with how the challenges of ADHD have a ton of similarities with what the next three books talk about.
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Dr. Susan Forward -- This one got me through a really rough time in my life and got me to set boundaries that I have never regretted. It was monumentally important for my life.
Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World by Jenn Granneman -- More recent book that really, really opened my eyes to myself. I'm serious when I say I feel this book was written about me, it describes me to a T. It's helped me to accept myself and given some practical advice for things like overstimulation.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk -- Very difficult to read, emotionally. Triggering. I had to put it down a lot. But it is incredibly informative and has helped me to understand what goes on in the body with trauma. The science behind it all is very interesting. Here's a video summary that I highly recommend! Honestly, everyonewould benefit from cursory level knowledge around the biology of fight/flight/freeze/fawn, even if you don't have any trauma.
All of these books are great and really helped me grow... though I still have a lot more growing to do.
Oh man, The Body Keeps Score really helped me out a few years ago; was recommended to me by my therapist. Glad to see that it's helped someone else, too. I had a similar reaction when I listened to to it. I managed to find a rip of the audiobook on youtube (because it had a long queue at my library) at the time, but it's been taken down. There are some lesser quality AI-read versions around now, if you can stomach them. xD
Oh man, The Body Keeps Score really helped me out a few years ago; was recommended to me by my ther
