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A long term study shows childhood ADHD traits can increase physical health problems and disability by midlife.

Difficulty focusing isn’t always ADHD. Attention problems can stem from sleep, stress, mental health, or medical factors.

Your brain, like a surly movie critic or a high school clique, specializes in rejection. The chief rejecter is the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex, just behind your forehead.