Table of Contents
Impulsivity Test
Books
Blog Posts
- What Impulsivity Can Look Like in Everyday Life
- The Psychology Behind Impulsivity
- How to Recognize Your Impulsivity Triggers?
- How to Create a Pause Between an Urge and an Action?
- How to Stop Acting on Every Impulse?
- How to Challenge Thoughts That Lead to Impulsive Decisions?
- How to Build a Personal Plan for Managing Impulsivity?
Podcasts About Impulsivity
- ADHD and Impulse Control: The Science Behind Why Willpower Fails — Understood.org
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A 2026 episode specifically about ADHD impulsivity, self-control, instant decisions, impulsive spending, and why relying only on willpower often fails. - Struggling With Impulse Control? — ADHD Strategies & Support for Women
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Covers blurting things out, snap decisions, impulsive purchases, difficulty stopping once an urge starts, and instant gratification. - Impulsivity, ADHD and Delayed Gratification
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Focuses on difficulty waiting for rewards and choosing what feels good immediately instead of what matters more later. - The Paradox of ADHD Impulsivity — Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast
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Looks at impulsive spending, impulsive speech, arguments, relationships, emotional reactions, and ways couples can interrupt repeated patterns.
TED Talks About Impulse Control
- How Your Brain’s Executive Function Works — and How to Improve It — Sabine Doebel
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Explains executive function, including planning ahead and controlling impulses, and discusses ways behavior and circumstances can strengthen these skills. - The Battle Between Your Present and Future Self — Daniel Goldstein
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A useful talk for impulsive decision-making because it focuses on the conflict between what feels rewarding now and what benefits you later. - How to Trick Yourself Into Good Behavior — Bob Nease
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Shows how changing your environment and making certain actions easier or harder can help close the gap between good intentions and impulsive choices. - Self-Control in 2020 — Kristian Myrseth
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A behavioral decision-making researcher discusses impulses, temptation, and ways people can exert more control over their choices. - Are We in Control of Our Own Decisions? — Dan Ariely
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Explores why people repeatedly make irrational choices and how circumstances can influence decisions more than we realize.


