ADHD can cause mass spending. It can keep a person moving mentally into a spending spree where certain things are considered needed. The person keeps spending and cannot settle. This can cause a problem in a marriage, as well as for the budget of anyone. In quarantine and times of pandemic, this can also be difficult to curb ADHD tendencies to want to buy and order online.
The article, “How to Spend Less When the ADHD Brain Wants More, More, More” by Linda Roggli looks at how to train the brain to relax on the spending. She states,
“Without the structure of regular hours at a job or with the distraction of children who are home trying to e-learn, many of us have lost our ADHD compass. Strategies that once worked no longer do. When we are “floating,” our impulsivity goes wild. ”
Controlling urges and following steps can help reduce ADHD induced spending. To read the entire article, please click here
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