Your Brains Not Broken
by Rosier, Tamara, Ph.d. · first published 2021
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…"Staff Engineer" is from company to company, at least when compared to the roles covered by Fournier. But it did help me earn my promotion to Staff Engineer, so it was clearly worth reading. Tamar Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken. This book was the second I read after I got diagnosed with adult ADHD. I appreciated that it helped me de-stigmatize, because I harbored some bummer feelings when I realized no actually I didn't grow…
on “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?” ↗Do what my psychologist told me: read “Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD” by Tamara Rosier, PHd. This book will help you confirm (or not) that you have ADHD. This book was SO life changing and eye opening. I wish…
on “Ask HN: Do I Have ADHD?” ↗…anything by people who actually have ADHD? Like the Youtube channel "How To ADHD"? She also has a book coming out soon. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51pOP8-wURk ... an alternative is Rosier's book "Your Brain's Not Broken" (2021), have you tried that one? If it is ADHD, and you don't want to, or aren't, going to get on medication (which will probably help, but also changes the way you think and your personality), don't…
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