Mastering the Poet-Brain Phenotypes of ADHD, Anxiety, and Autism
You’re not broken. You’re running Ferrari hardware with bicycle instructions.
From 25,000 brain maps over 25 years: the 12 brain circuits that explain why you think too much, feel too much, and can’t turn it off—and precision tools to train them.
GIFTED & TORTURED is your brain’s missing owner’s manual.
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SMR (sensorimotor rhythm, ~12–15 Hz) is the workhorse protocol in neurofeedback: it builds calm alertness, improves sleep spindles, and stabilizes impulse control by strengthening thalamocortical inhibition.
You asked your child to put on their shoes fifteen minutes ago. They're still sitting on the floor, one shoe on, building a Lego tower, completely oblivious to the fact that you're late for school.
Most New Year's resolutions fail by February. Not because you lack discipline. Because you're trying to use willpower (prefrontal cortex) to fight automatic behavior (basal ganglia). That's like tryin...
Photobiomodulation (PBM)—shining specific wavelengths of light on your head—sounds like pseudoscience.
If you're 44 or older, your brain networks are already destabilizing. Not from lost neurons. Not from plaques or tangles. From **metabolic stress**—specifically, your neurons' declining ability to use...
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Your thoughts feel slow. Words don't come easily. You're staring at your computer screen, but nothing's happening—just mental static where clarity should be.
You don't need to fast for days. You don't need to suffer.
Your QEEG isn't just a brain map. It's a phenotype—a stable electrical signature that predicts how you process information, regulate attention, and respond to interventions.
Your morning routine is the most powerful lever you have for daily performance. Not because "mornings are magic," but because of *circadian biology*—the first 1-2 hours after waking set your internal...
Your brain isn't fixed. The circuits you have today aren't the circuits you'll have in six months.
Your brain is a prediction machine, constantly integrating sensory input and social cues to build a model of the world and your place in it.
Your brain doesn't come with a manual. The "factory settings" aren't optimized for efficient learning.
You forget where you put your keys. Names slip away mid-conversation. You walk into a room and can't remember why.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) isn't a character flaw or "just anxiety." It's a circuit dysfunction—hyperactivity and hyperconnectivity in the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) loop that cr...
Your body can't tell the difference between a predator and an email from your boss.
You've experienced it: time disappears, self-consciousness evaporates, and you perform at levels that surprise even you. Musicians call it "being in the pocket." Athletes call it "the zone." Psycholog...
You know you should stop. The late-night scrolling, the stress eating, the third glass of wine that always seemed like a good idea at the time. You've tried willpower. You've set goals. You've told yo...
Meditation isn't mysticism. It's attention training.
You know sleep matters. You've read the articles about how it affects memory, metabolism, mood, immune function, and basically every system in your body.
Anxiety isn't vague. It's not "just stress." It's a specific neurophysiological state with identifiable signatures in your brain and body. When you're anxious, particular circuits are overactive, spec...
Meditation isn't mystical. It's attention training with measurable neuroplasticity effects.
You're not lazy. You're not weak-willed. You're not fundamentally broken.