Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy | Virtual Sessions | ADHD / ASD/ Anxiety/ Depression / Social Anxiety & More | 📍Ontario, Canada

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

80% of ADHD daily overwhelm comes from trying to hold to-dos in working memory. Keep ONE brain-dump note open on your phone. The second a thought, task, or idea hits, write it down instantly. Offloading your memory frees up massive mental bandwidth.

#ADHD #ADHDTips #ADHDinAdults

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Rote memorization vanishes instantly in an ADHD brain. But hook a fact to a weird story, a hyperfixation, or a strong emotional reaction, and it stays locked in forever. We don't remember what’s important; we remember what’s interesting.

#ADHD #ADHDinAdults #ADHDStudyTips

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Getting interrupted during deep focus knocks over the entire mental house of cards. Coming back means spending 20 minutes just trying to rebuild where you were.

Before turning away, take 10 seconds to scribble down your immediate next thought.

#ADHD #ADHDinAdults #ADHDTips

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

The mental fatigue after a day where you "did nothing" is completely real. Managing constant sensory input, suppressing side thoughts, and fighting task paralysis takes raw physical energy.

Take a second to think about what you did when you "Did Nothing"

[Naval @naval]

When you look back, you’ll wish you’d just done the long-term version of everything.

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Struggling to keep a hobby alive past week three isn't "lack of discipline." For a lot of ADHD brains, dopamine (not willpower ) decides what sticks.

Work with your brain, not against

#ADHD #ADHDinAdults #ADHDTips #Neurodivergent

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

The version of you that gets better doesn't show up by accident. He shows up because you booked the session, made the call, took the step.

Hope needs an action attached to it.

#Therapy #Hope #SelfImprovement #MensMentalHealth

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

You are not "too much." You are underserved by systems that were never built for how your brain works.

That's not a you problem. That's a design problem.

#ASD #ADHD #Neurodivergent #Autistic #MentalHealthMatters

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Small wins compound. Making your bed, drinking water, texting one friend back.

They build control.

#SelfImprovement #MentalHealth #PersonalGrowth #Hope

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria isn't "being too sensitive." It's your ADHD brain treating a text left on read like a Fire alarm.

Naming it is the first step to not being ruled by it.

#RSD #ADHD #ADHDAwareness #NeurodivergentTherapist

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Recovery isn't a straight line up. It's two steps forward, one step back, repeat for as long as it takes.

If you're still trying, you're still healing. You get stronger every time

#MentalHealthRecovery #Hope #Therapy #KeepGoing

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Masking isn't a personality trait. It's a survival skill you learned because being yourself once felt unsafe.

Unlearning it is possible. That's the work.

#Autism #ASD #Neurodivergent #Masking #SelfImprovement

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Your inner critic was trained, not born. Every negative script you run on repeat was learned somewhere which means it can be unlearned too.

Neuroplasticity isn't just a buzzword. It's your way out.

#Neuroplasticity #SelfImprovement #MentalHealth #Hope #Therapy

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

I wonder why individuals with ADHD gravitate towards games like Minecraft, OSRS, Survival/Crafting based games.

The children yearn for the mines

[Brandon Luu, MD @BrandonLuuMD]

There's an interesting theory that ADHD developed as an evolutionary advantage.

In a foraging experiment, people who screened positive for ADHD collected ~16% more resources and were quicker to abandon depleting areas.

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

For people with ADHD: You don't have "no motivation." You have executive dysfunction a brain that struggles to start, not a character flaw.

Once you separate the two, everything gets easier to fix.

#ADHD #ExecutiveDysfunction #ADHDinAdults #MentalHealthMatters

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Basically why this works

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Every time you repeat a specific thought or action, your brain coats that neural pathway in myelin insulation, making that behavior progressively faster, easier, and more automatic over time.

#Neuroplasticity #Psychology #ADHD #Innerfire

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Unexpressed sadness leads to anger

Unexpressed anger leads to sadness

#Selfhelp #Personaldevelopment #anger #sad #adhd #asd

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Taper off: Gaming sessions and sleep times gradually become more regular the closer I get to the end of vacation.
Focus on the RPG: Make mistakes with my character, build a unique story to get attached to, value the journey, meet cool people, and actually matter to my server

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

My plan to stay alive and functional as a therapist when I no-life Classic+

Thread 🧵

#WoWClassic #ClassicPlus #WorldOfWarcraft #GamerMentalHealth #ClassicWoW #warcraftforever

[World of Warcraft @Warcraft]

WoW: Forever launches November 4 with:
⛓️ New dungeons
👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 10 & 20-player raids
🪽 Skyborne playable race
🗺️ New & expanded zones
✅ Account-wide perks
💡 Updated world visuals & lighting
🧟 New race & class combos
❗ 1000+ new quests

Join the Beta September 17!

[Inner Fire Counselling & Psychotherapy @Innerfirepsyc]

Mana management: Don’t be a total degen with caffeine—hard cutoff hours before bedtime.
Active downtime: Check in on real-life responsibilities during flight paths and waiting for boats.
Maintain the body: Touch grass, get sun, and fit in daily walks or exercise.