Longer reads from our psychologists, written for the reader who is genuinely working something out.
Adults with ADHD often carry a quiet uncertainty about who they are. A clinical account of why it is rarely a self-knowledge problem, and what sorting the inherited descriptions actually looks like.
Matthew Hallam17 Nov 2025A psychologist's account of self-regulation and co-regulation, what the peer-reviewed research shows, and why calm is rarely something you build alone.
Matthew Hallam16 Oct 2025The pop-science version says ADHD traits used to fit a hunter's world. The actual evolutionary research says something more clinically useful.
Matthew Hallam25 Sep 2025ADHD is lifelong, but its picture changes after sixty. A psychologist on what the recent evidence says about recognition, differential diagnosis, and support.
Natalia Cajide21 Sep 2025Sadness moves through. Depression settles in. A psychologist's account of what makes them different in kind, where grief sits, the time signature of each, and when the protective state stops protecting.
Matthew Hallam16 Sep 2025Adult ADHD difficulty is shaped as much by environment as by the brain. The peer-reviewed evidence on ramps, masking and accommodations, explained.
Matthew Hallam12 Sep 2025Standard anxiety advice assumes a nervous system with room to push. For adults with ADHD, that room is often not there. The peer-reviewed evidence, explained.
Matthew Hallam9 Sep 2025One email a month from Equal Psychology with our newest posts, guides and worksheets.
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