Ever made a decision that looked completely impulsive to everyone around you?

Excuse me. There was research. There were spreadsheets. There were scenarios. There may have been a three-hour internet rabbit hole that started with one innocent question. This was anything BUT impulsive.

In this episode of Control Alt Think: Conversations with Neurodivergent Minds, ADHD coach Amy Voros and Megan King, Parent Focus Coach, explore the neurodivergent need to know all the things before moving on—or, sometimes, just because the brain has decided that THIS is the thing we need to know everything about now.

They talk about research rabbit holes, analysis paralysis, collecting random information, planning for every possible outcome, special interests, and the strange experience of looking like you're "winging it" when you've actually already run 37 different scenarios in your head.

They also dig into what happens when this need for information is misunderstood. What looks like procrastination might actually be processing. What looks impulsive might have been quietly planned for months. And what looks like constantly changing your goals might actually be adjusting them as new information comes in.

And sometimes? You don't need the information for anything at all. Your brain just wants to know.

So if you've ever opened one tab to look something up and emerged hours later knowing an alarming amount about a topic you didn't care about yesterday… welcome. You're among friends.

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