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EPISODE · Jun 12, 2026 · 11 MIN

Why Using Anxiety To Manage Your ADHD Isn't A Good Idea

from The ADHD Skills Lab · host Skye Waterson

Running your business on anxiety feels like productivity. It isn't. It's a system built on urgency, and it burns out fast.Research suggests that goal-focused interventions can reduce anxiety in adults with ADHD. What they don't appear to do is meaningfully improve executive functioning. Skye and Will break down a Norwegian randomized controlled trial on goal management training, what it found, and why that gap between feeling less anxious and actually getting more done matters for how you run your work.What We CoverWhy using anxiety as a task manager is a direct path to burnoutWhat the research found about goal management training and anxiety reductionWhy the study's results showed little change in executive functioning despite structured interventionThe difference between reducing mental load and building systems that improve outputWhat's missing from most ADHD support frameworks when it comes to actual mechanicsWant more of Will's work? Visit HackingYourADHD.com or subscribe on YouTube.If you’re an entrepreneur with ADHD who’s tired of being asked “Why don’t you just hire/make a system/delegate?”  We’ve gotchu! Click here for a free copy of my 5-year-tested Focus Filter. Instant relief for work-related overwhelm.Find out what’s holding you back. I’ll personally build you a simple plan to fix it. Click here to grab one.Join my Focused Balanced Growth Program. If you’re tired of getting blank looks in masterminds full of neurotypical advice, this is for you. Weekly Monday Motivation sessions, plus content you can binge or dip into for strategies specific to you. Apply here.Your Business Operations Built for Your ADHD Brain. Feel like you can never really delegate because you can’t explain how to do it? Struggling to hire someone who feels like a natural fit for your business? Let us handle it for you. We specialize in using our years of ADHD research and practical support to act as your fractional COO, handling the back-end operations in a way that feels light and keeps you focused. Learn more here.

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Running your business on anxiety feels like productivity. It isn't. It's a system built on urgency, and it burns out fast. Research suggests that goal-focused interventions can reduce anxiety in adults with ADHD. What they don't appear to do is meaningfully improve executive functioning. Skye and Will break down a Norwegian randomized controlled trial on goal management training, what it found, and why that gap between feeling less anxious and actually getting more done matters for how you ru...

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