The ADHD Skills Lab

Delay Aversion and ADHD: Why Waiting Feels Like Torture


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Ever feel restless in a meeting or line and want to bolt? That’s not impatience, it’s delay aversion.

In this Research Recap with William Curb from Hacking Your ADHD, Skye explores new research showing how delay aversion connects boredom, frustration, and inattention in ADHD. Together they dig into how the brain’s reward system makes waiting harder and what you can do to make it easier.

What we cover:

  • What delay aversion actually means for ADHD
  • Why ADHD brains overvalue instant rewards
  • The neuroscience behind frustration and focus
  • How boredom fuels distraction and impulsive behavior
  • Strategies to make waiting time more productive

Want more of Will’s work? Go check out HackingYourADHD.com or subscribe to his YouTube channel

P.S. If you feel like the bottleneck in your business and life feels like chaos, Click here to take the Focused Balanced Growth Quiz. We’ll discuss your struggles and explore systems to support you to grow without the overwhelm.


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