Your ADHD brain’s like, “Where’s the fire?!” even when everything’s fine.
Practicing “Noticing Neutral” teaches your nervous system that peace doesn’t mean boredom — it actually helps calm your fight-or-flight reflex.
Try this: Name 3 neutral or slightly pleasant things right now (like soft socks or a quiet room). Boring? Maybe. But powerful.
Pro move: Notice 2–3 of your senses (smell, touch, hearing, etc) during something enjoyable, this wires your brain to say, “Yep, we’re safe, here and now.”
Bonus: Do it with a buddy. Ask each other: “What feels just kinda okay right now?” Weirdly satisfying, I promise.
Melanie Sirois
My experience and interests give me a unique understanding of:
- How to navigate and develop mastery in the face of huge emotions, triggers, emptiness, and relational fears
- Learn to fill yourself up and develop the peace of sustainable unconditional self-love, self-trust, and self-worth
- Go from a scarcity mindset aimed at trying to get needs met to an abundance mindset that feels the fulfilment of sharing with and elevating others
- Develop sustainable confidence and trust that isn't conditional on outside circumstances