The ADHD Skills Lab
The ADHD Skills Lab
Skye Waterson
ADHD Impulse Control Is About Friction, Not Trying Harder
26 minutes Posted Oct 28, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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With ADHD, "just wait until later" can feel impossible. Buy it now. Switch to the fun thing now. Say it now. And when you give in to the impulse, it's easy to blame yourself for not trying harder. In this special episode of the ADHD Skills Lab, Skye Waterson shares a conversation from the ADHD Channel for Women by Understood.org. Host Cate Osborn speaks with Dr. Polaris Koi, an assistant professor of practical philosophy at the University of Turku who researches ADHD, self-control, and decisi...