Dr Jessica Doherty

PhD in Emotion Regulation and wellbeing/Resilience (DBT-ST for Midwives), specialist in Perinatal Mental Health, BSc RM, BSc Psych, PGDip CT

[Dr Jessica Doherty @JessPMH]

@elonmusk Socialists are not Hitler, therefore all Hitlers (dictators) are not socialists.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Gabor Maté flipped the entire ADHD conversation on Joe Rogan:

He says ADHD is real, but it’s not a genetic disease like we’ve been told. It’s a coping mechanism. When a young child experiences stress (especially from parents) and can’t fight or escape, their developing brain learns to tune out. That pattern gets wired in. Years later we call it a “disorder” and reach for pills.

Maté’s take: The brain develops in relationship. Stressed, unavailable parents → stressed, distracted kids. Fix the environment and family dynamics, and the symptoms often improve dramatically.

We’ve spent decades treating ADHD as purely biological when the environment and early relationships might be playing a much bigger role than most doctors admit.

This one really made me think. I’ve seen kids (and adults) labeled with ADHD whose home life was chaotic. The idea that it could be a survival adaptation rather than just “broken wiring” feels like it explains a lot.

Do you see ADHD more as a genetic brain disease, a coping mechanism from early stress, or somewhere in between?

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@Du_con_Lajoie @ChienSurpris Ah oui, j’adore, trop génial !

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@Rainmaker1973 Principles of Haptonomie

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Dr. Gabor Maté shares a heartbreaking yet hopeful truth with Joe Rogan: ADHD often isn’t a broken brain or genetic curse—it’s the tender survival strategy of a tiny infant who absorbed too much parental pain and stress, with nowhere to run or fight back.

All a baby can do is tune out. That disconnection gets etched into developing circuits... and echoes through a lifetime of feeling scattered, overwhelmed, or “not enough.”

But here’s the healing part: because it’s rooted in early emotional wounds, it can soften and shift through genuine connection, compassion, and attunement—even years later.

In a world where childhood stress feels more common than ever, this perspective touches something deep. It reminds us how profoundly we affect the little ones around us—and how much grace we all deserve.

[Dr Jessica Doherty @JessPMH]

@AndrewesTanya Yes, Tanya, i did graduate this year. Truly a wonderful day!

[The Sigma Mindset @thesigmamindset]

You'll never be happy until you fix this... ‼️‼️

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@LivDaBanana @VodafoneUK Same

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@SollerMichel @Anna_C_moi Non, ils non pas changer du tout, plutôt un état de leurs personnalités. Le cretinism éduquer ca existe.

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@myriampalomba Et ils ce lavent les mains ou??

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@DefiantLs For that cut, its has to be a 3…Blue ;)

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@elonmusk HOLD ON, Inseminated person is not a scientific equivalent to Mother! Any human can be an ‘inseminated person’ but only certain humans can concieve and birth.

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@elonmusk The underlying cause is the disruptive and pervasive emotion of fear, dear!

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@ALeaument Big mistake to play that game! Pffff

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@TracyhvFun @liz_churchill10 I watched him say it on French TV news in April 2020. So yes, he did say it.

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@elonmusk …May the lord open 😑

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@redactednews Mental health is on a continuum, integral to the human condition.

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@redactednews Normally that’s called an equity loan. Good luck with that!!

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@AndrewesTanya It’s a beautiful dress and even more so that you created it yourself. You will look beautiful in it 💕