Are you struggling with symptoms of ADHD and Burnout?
In our fast-paced, uncertain world, it’s normal to struggle with multiple responsibilities, deadlines, dealing with others and self-care. For those living with ADHD, this balancing act can feel especially overwhelming, often leading to stress and burnout. While burnout can affect anyone, individuals with ADHD are more susceptible due to the challenges of distraction and impulsivity.
Logosynthesis® is a new coaching and psychotherapeutic model that can help address stress related to both ADHD and burnout. By restoring the flow of your energy, you can experience healthier, more meaningful living.
ADHD and Burnout: A Closer Look
ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) is a condition that affects a person’s ability to focus, manage time, and regulate emotions. People with ADHD often struggle with distraction, hyperactivity and impulsivity. These challenges can create a sense of overwhelm, frustration, and low self-esteem—leading to high levels of stress.
Over time, chronic stress can lead to burnout. Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress, often manifesting as chronic fatigue, irritability, and a reduced ability to function effectively. It can also be accompanied by additional mental or physical conditions.
For individuals with ADHD, burnout can arise from constantly feeling behind, scattered, or unable to meet expectations. The cycle of trying harder, yet feeling like you’re not doing enough, can drain energy and lead to even deeper levels of burnout.
How Logosynthesis® Can Help
Logosynthesis® is an integrative model that uses the power of words to shift energy and dissolve the frozen patterns that keep us stuck in stress, overwhelm, and emotional exhaustion. At its core, Logosynthesis® works by identifying and resolving mental imagery (often hidden or unconscious memories, beliefs and fantasies) that lead to distressing thoughts, emotions and physical sensations. The model is simple, yet powerful, in helping you regain focus, calm, and clarity.
Psychotherapy
Logosynthesis® is being used in clinical settings as an integrative treatment approach with the guidance of a psychotherapist. Specialized training supports them to guide you to address deeper and more complex issues that can impact the intensity of symptoms, especially those from traumatic and early childhood experiences. Key in identifying the deeper issues is your ability to create a trusting alliance to guide your work.
Counselling
Counselling is often deals with more specific issues over a shorter duration than psychotherapy. Counsellors are often equipped with training in many healing models and Logosynthesis® is one available resource. In a survey we conducted (The Healthy Living Plan, 2017), respondents indicated they preferred Logosynthesis® over other models because of overall effectiveness, speed of work, ease of use, client comfort and it targets the issue.
Coaching
Coaches work with their clients to help move forward in their lives. Rather than delving into healing past traumas, coaches mainly focus on resolving the limiting beliefs and fearful fantasies that can hold you back from your goals in work in life. Many people who struggle in work and life can benefit from paying attention to the specific situations when they feel stressed and apply Logosynthesis®. By identifying and resolving the underlying mental imagery, you will feel calmer in these situations going forward.
Self-Coaching
With practice and guidance, you can use Logosynthesis® to address everyday issues. The key is always to be able to identify the underlying mental imagery and for deeper, complex issues, this can be difficult to do on your own. However, there are many issues you can resolve on your own and with a bit of guidance.
Here are some ideas to incorporate Logosynthesis® into your healthy lifestyle practices:
- Use Logosynthesis® to start your day: Begin with a guided Logosynthesis® exercise to clear any worries or anticipated stress before stepping into you day.
- Take a pause during high-stress moments: When you feel overwhelmed or distracted, pause and use Logosynthesis® to identify and resolve the stress trigger.
- End your day with reflection: Reflect on moments of emotional intensity or stress throughout the day and use Logosynthesis® to identify and resolve the triggers. Not only will you feel better in the moment, you can let go of the stressful patterns that keep you stuck.
By making Logosynthesis® a part of your self-care routine, you’ll be taking steps to either prevent or recover from the symptoms of ADHD and burnout.
ADHD and Logosynthesis: A psychiatrist’s perspective
Dr. med. Suzanne von Blumenthal is a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who has been supporting her patient’s healing journeys for the past 30 years. She has been using Logosynthesis® with her patients for the past 15 years. In the following interview, she talks about why and how she uses Logosynthesis® in her work as a psychotherapist.
Unlock Your Potential with Logosynthesis
Stressful, reactive patterns can result in symptoms of both ADHD and burnout. For some, ADHD and burnout can be overwhelming, but they don’t have to define your life. With Logosynthesis, you have a valuable resource to reduce stress, improve focus, and feel calmer. With routine use, it can lead to a healthier, more balanced lifestyle.
At The Healthy Living Plan, we’re here to support you in using Logosynthesis® to unlock your potential. Books, workshops, app-based learning, and 1-1 sessions, can empower you to use Logosynthesis® routinely to live with greater ease, joy, and purpose.
Ready to learn more? Explore these resources and start your journey toward healthier living today.