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What we call AD/HD is often confusing because AD/HD looks and feels so different for each person. For example, the AD/HD inattentive type presents differently on the outside than does the more commonly understood and more easily recognized AD/HD hyperactive type. It also feels very different on the inside. In fact, women often internalize their difficulties rather than acting them out, which may result in depression or anxiety. Despite the outward appearances, it is by no means a mild case of AD/HD as Thomas Brown, Ph.D. who has written and spoken extensively about this kind of AD/HD emphasizes. Both forms of AD/HD share the same core difficulties and are just as extreme but are experienced and expressed in various ways with different effects in a person’s life. The important thing to remember is that none of us have perfect control of our attention, regulation of our activity, or impulses. However, as you can see from the following spectrum, AD/HD is defined by symptoms that are extreme, chronic, and severe.