When a colleague asked me recently what my biggest personal awareness about ADHD had been, my immediate answer was regulation. But I realised I wanted to go deeper to explain what that word actually means, and why understanding it has become so important to me. We often talk about ADHD in terms of “concentration”, “organisation” and “forgetfulness”. However, there is also the experience of what happens within us as we try to manage everyday life: how we respond to pressure, h