EPISODE · Apr 15, 2026 · 43 MIN
Ep 33. Living In Fight / Flight Is Making Your ADHD Symptoms Worse
from INTENTIONAL: The Podcast · host Sophie Regan
If you’re a high-achieving woman who feels like she's always chasing, overwhelmed, scattered, or stuck in cycles of procrastination and burnout, this episode will give you a powerful reframe.Sophie explores how living in dysregulated nervous system states like fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown can amplify ADHD symptoms, making focus, follow-through, emotional regulation, and decision-making feel exponentially harder.This conversation is not about dismissing ADHD.It’s about understanding the deeper layer: how survival mode, pressure, masking, a lack of embodied safety, conviction and self worth can intensify the very symptoms you’ve been blaming yourself for.Inside this episode, Sophie breaks down:why fight-or-flight can look almost identical to ADHDthe shame loops high-achieving women get trapped in around productivity and successhow the belief “I’m behind” fuels urgency, burnout, and avoidance the 3 layers of regulation you need to understand why slowing down often creates more momentum, clarity, and aligned actionIf business, leadership, or even daily life has started to feel heavier and harder than it should and you find yourself blaming ADHD, this episode will help you understand what may be happening beneath the symptoms and what you can do about it.---------------------------JOIN THE RECLAMATION OF HER WAITLIST - https://exceptional-block-16944.myflodesk.com/xhgcjrza83GET YOUR FREE SOMATIC STARTER PACK - https://sophieregan.thrivecart.com/somatic-starter-pack/BOOK A CONNECTION CALL WITH SOPHIE - https://calendly.com/sophieelizabethregan/connection-callFOLLOW SOPHIE ON INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/sophie_regan_
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If you’re a high-achieving woman who feels like she's always chasing, overwhelmed, scattered, or stuck in cycles of procrastination and burnout, this episode will give you a powerful reframe.Sophie explores how living in dysregulated nervous system states like fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown can amplify ADHD symptoms, making focus, follow-through, emotional regulation, and decision-making feel exponentially harder.This conversation is not about dismissing ADHD.It’s about understanding the deeper layer: how survival mode, pressure, masking, a lack of embodied safety, conviction and self worth can intensify the very symptoms you’ve been blaming yourself for.Inside this episode, Sophie breaks down:why fight-or-flight can look almost identical to ADHDthe shame loops high-achieving women get trapped in around productivity and successhow the belief “I’m behind” fuels urgency, burnout, and avoidance the 3 layers of regulation you need to understand why slowing down often creates more momentum, clarity, and aligned actionIf business, leadership, or even daily life has started to feel heavier and harder than it should and you find yourself blaming ADHD, this episode will help you understand what may be happening beneath the symptoms and what you can do about it.---------------------------JOIN THE RECLAMATION OF HER WAITLIST - https://exceptional-block-16944.myflodesk.com/xhgcjrza83GET YOUR FREE SOMATIC STARTER PACK - https://sophieregan.thrivecart.com/somatic-starter-pack/BOOK A CONNECTION CALL WITH SOPHIE - https://calendly.com/sophieelizabethregan/connection-callFOLLOW SOPHIE ON INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/sophie_regan_
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