The problem there is that the name Executive Function Disorder is sort of taken.
If your experience of teenagerhood was similar to mine, you probably had a number of very frustrating moments where you knew what the responsible thing to do was but also knew that you would be unable to follow through on doing that thing, and that if you asked your family or friends to help you that you would not be able to do the emotional self-regulation to keep yourself from resenting them in the long term. Then at some point around 21 to 25, your brain finished growing, and suddenly you were able to make responsible choices!
Some people’s brains don’t make that final set of brain connections, and are stuck with a teenager brain forever. That’s what Executive Dysfunction is.
The problem there is that the name Executive Function Disorder is sort of taken.
If your experience of teenagerhood was similar to mine, you probably had a number of very frustrating moments where you knew what the responsible thing to do was but also knew that you would be unable to follow through on doing that thing, and that if you asked your family or friends to help you that you would not be able to do the emotional self-regulation to keep yourself from resenting them in the long term. Then at some point around 21 to 25, your brain finished growing, and suddenly you were able to make responsible choices!
Some people’s brains don’t make that final set of brain connections, and are stuck with a teenager brain forever. That’s what Executive Dysfunction is.