🧠ADHD isn’t a lack of executive functioning per se, it’s often INCONSISTENT access to it. 🧠In neuropsych terms, attention EF skills are STATE-dependent: they come online more easily (or not) depending on the mix of interest/stimulation, urgency/emotional load, sleep/stress, and supports. 🧠That’s why these “paradoxes” happen..same brain, different settings (even if it feels like an alien hijacks our brain sometimes!) 🧠And one quick example: novelty can activate the ADHD brain (it boosts motiv