I am reading Christopher Palmer's book Brain Energy. He writes about the connection between depression and other mental condition including ADHD. He explains how these conditions share the same pathway or root cause and link them to metabolic health.
I think all kids should be able to choose what they are interested in instead of being forced to get better at things they are not, leading to more failure and despondency! And I agree, both my kids are so smart and fascinated by so many things but they think they weren't good at school for this very reason ( when they were just discouraged). They never went to college because they think they weren't smart and hated the learning environment. Shame! They had terrible school experiences and certainly depressive episodes brought on by this.
I am reading Christopher Palmer's book Brain Energy. He writes about the connection between depression and other mental condition including ADHD. He explains how these conditions share the same pathway or root cause and link them to metabolic health.
I think all kids should be able to choose what they are interested in instead of being forced to get better at things they are not, leading to more failure and despondency! And I agree, both my kids are so smart and fascinated by so many things but they think they weren't good at school for this very reason ( when they were just discouraged). They never went to college because they think they weren't smart and hated the learning environment. Shame! They had terrible school experiences and certainly depressive episodes brought on by this.