Be mindful of how you’re presenting yourself. Are you regulating your emotions and the energy you’re putting into a situation? If you are putting too much energy into a situation the people around you will feel it and react. Same with not enough energy. There is something called the IZOF…Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning. It’s all about the energy. Can you imagine someone cheering like they are at football game at a funeral? Likely you won’t see that because that is too much energy for the situation. So, when kids are environments where everyone is always yelling over the loud TV, they are more likely to be displaying behaviors out of proportion to the situation…ie…too much energy to focus at school (misdiagnosed ADHD) because their household requires a lot of energy all the time just to communicate. So they will continue the behaviors in school. Adults are not immune and will do the same thing which probably accounts for the majority of adults on ADHD meds. And to answer the question…energy matters and in order to be aware of the energy you put out, you really have to take the time to focus on how you’re feeling in the situation, your physiological symptoms and be aware of how other people are receiving the nonverbal cues you’re putting out into the room. It’s mindfulness