I came here because I was afraid that a friend of mine could have adhd but she is to ashmed to go to a doctor to check it. So I was wondering how one can be sure about it. But after looking into the links I tried the quiz for myself and my score was 85%. Is that normal??
this is me i match the symptoms so much but i dont want to self diagnose or tell any one or they'll say im look for attention and wont to take me to a doctor to find out. But sometimes i convince my self that im faking it or i have it
*pays attention* “oh a bird!” *connects the bird with other stuff ending up thinking about ancient greek mythology* “what are we talking about?” *lesson ends* (disclaimer: idk if i have adhd i am getting checked tho)
I want to get diagnosed and get a positive result. Not because I want attention or want to have “problems” but because I want an answer to why my mentality and thought process has always been different than the people around me. Edit: So glad so many people were able to relate ^^
I'm just accepting that I probably have ADHD. I don't need to see a doctor, I'm fine with just self diagnosis because in the end it doesn't matter - but it does explain a lot of things to myself. And kind of knowing this is why I can't do things like follow recipes due to forgetting what step 1 is while trying to do step 1 helps - I kind of understand this is a structural limitation of my brain and I can stop beating myself up over it. I'm also WAY more aware of the fact that I'm always trying to do a dozen things at the same time, and I can kind of focus a little better when I'm aware I'm doing this. So yeah, I'm fine with my self diagnosis. It helps explains how my brain works and gives me some extra tools to manage it.
Yes! The same with me. Also if I find that I do have ADHD or something like this, there will at least be some hope that life will get better. Otherwise it feels I'm overreacting and just my personally defect.
i felt the same too, ive always felt like if im claiming this just for attention or being a "special snowflake", but your statement said exactly how i felt
I mentioned it to my mom that I might have it, and she said: "oh, you surely don't have that. Just pay more attention and stop procrastinating!" Yeah that will help :,)
I feel tht so many ppl r denied the thought tht they might have a mental disorder. I might not be ideal but it’s not something we can control. It’s what we get from the moment we are born. I u sweet and tht parents don’t want to think their child might have some sort of mental disorder but the reality is tht many ppl do. I mentioned it to my mom as well and she had basically the same reaction and basically just laughed. So I totally get how u guys feel
It’s so sad to hear parents not taking this seriously😟 they have no idea how much damage they’re doing. maybe they should watch videos about it to understand it more?🤷♀️
When the teacher says “you can ask questions at the end” and you have so many questions then forget them all at the end because you were focusing on that one eraser shaving on your desk
One thing that really hurts as a person with ADHD is being accused of "selective hearing" I'm NOT "hearing what I want to hear" I start daydreaming and certain words or phrases simply bring me back to the real world! It's DIFFERENT.
This hits hard. I often miss the first half of a sentence because I'm day dreaming (usually I'm being a dragon in fantasy land) and people get annoyed at me for "not listening".
i would be sitting in the car with my dad and hes talking about something and im staring thru the front window thinking about who knows and then realizes hes talking, and im like "huh? say that again?"
My mom once took me to the doctor to check my hearing. I said "But I can hear fine!" She said "There must be something wrong, because you don't respond to what I'm saying very often." That was in the late 60's. We didn't even know what ADHD was then!!
YES. Like yesterday I was sitting in the car watchig tiktoks with my friend and I couldn't even say a word of what they were talking about around me, but one of the others in the car said "nuclear weapons" and my mind just goes, "HMM?!"
I listen to music, but I stop working on what I should be and sift through songs like mad. I listen to one, and I think of another. Without really ever listening to a whole song. Then I get irritated and say f it. Then I remember I'm at work, or driving.
“you need to have had these affect your life before the age of 12” ma’am i can’t* remember anything before yesterday… do you think i can remember 5 years ago?
@@woobeewooo my parents are thinking similarly, because I don't have physical proof I can't be mentally ill, and that anti-depressants/other medications for mental illnesses are of the devil and just make you a drug addict
The one thing I'm scared about (in getting diagnosed) is the 'having symptoms before 12 years old'. Like... I don't remember that kind of details of my life, my memory is jumbled already. Plus, I think the symptoms I am experiencing now have become more obvious during high school (which I am in now), especially over covid. Primary school and my life before that have been so easy that no one noticed if I had symptoms or not.
Omg that's exactly my problem- I have like some memories and I know that I would act a certain way (luckily enough I have that at least) but I can't remember a specific memories it's more like, I just know I did act like this. My mom was too busy with my autistic brother to notice anything. only sence 1 year that I know what ADHD is and that I'm looking into, before I just through I was "normal" and didn't bother noticing or remembering those things. I can ask my mom if I was forgetful as a child but she have an horrible memory and I don't think she would give me a real response.
I'm having troubles with that too. On one hand, I'm questioning whether I have adhd in the first place because I can't think of huge examples from my childhood since I was seen as a "good kid". On the other hand, things got really bad for me in the past year or so, so I am looking for answers
Wow.. Dr. Edward Hallowell.. Wow.. That's how the law of manifestation work.. I new about my ADHD for the first time after 42 years when I read your beautiful detailed book 2 years ago or a bit less .. I cried as I felt like it was a victory knowing myself deeply.. Wow Dr. Edward.. I don't know how to express my deep gratitude to you and Dr. John .. But I feel that I carry the responsibility to advice everyone I know around me and everyone who is searching for his treasure, to read the book : Driven to Distract
I read your book in Arabic Language .. The story of George touched me a lot, as I have a similar experience with different scenario.. I wish you can visit us some day in Saudi Arabia ( King Abdullah Economic City ) .. Thanks from the heart of my spirit.. God bless you.
Try not mentioning a specific disorder, just the symptoms that you're having. They can then tell you whether you have adhd, or symptoms for some other reason
Yeah I always wonder this bc there are a couple of subjects I'd like to discuss but I don't want to sound annoying and that I just self-diagnose myself or something
I literally have an Instagram page with1k followers and every night I tell my friend “I’m gonna start working on a new theme” and then I go to TH-cam to look for inspiration and never do what I was planning to.
That comment at 2:33 "It's not your fault" broke me into tears. As an adult with ADHD, the most present feeling is guilt for a lifetime of feeling like I am letting down those I care about. Hank brought me here, AdditudeMag helped me make sense of myself and this video just felt soo authentic... thank you for the tribe
Omg I hate it! Then the teachers all like “Where’s your homework?” and I’m like “Oh I forgot it at home while I was rushing to brush my teeth because I thought I had more time so I went to play video games. And then my friend asked to see my new turtle so I showed her and then I told her how dc is totally better than marvel and she agreed. By the way, are you collecting homework?”
I dont do it full stop i completely forget until last minute. My parents screamed at me for getting 4 detentions in one week and cant really remember what they said
I am 72. When I was a child in the dark ages of the 1950s, no one talked about ADD or ADHD. They just called me lazy. My son was diagnosed with ADD and one of my granddaughters with ADHD. I have no doubt that I would be considered ADD now. I developed several coping strategies, some technological. (I was an early adopter of PDAs and have a lot of reminders on my phone,) Thank you for your channel it is helpful even for ancient people like me.
And less ancient people like me (43). I literally sent the e-mail which is going to start the process to check if I have ADHD an hour ago. I was already checked for Asperger's, which has a couple of similarities, but it's not that - which means that I'll likely have a name for what's been destroying my life over and over and over soon. And a way to live with it without having to rebuild every 3 years or so.
I’m 13 M and I’ve thought that I have adhd for a while now and it’s really taken a toll on my social/emotional health. My best friend that I love more than anything is not talking to me anymore because I’m so annoying and I always say things that I instantly regret. I feel like anyone and everyone around me dislikes me because of everything I do. I’m also struggling with severe anxiety and crippling depression, and I’m in a never ending rollercoaster of self deprication and belittlement. My mom is a nurse practitioner so I thought she would understand and let me see a doctor about getting diagnosed, but she just says, “I don’t want my child being loaded up with drugs” I told her that getting diagnosed doesn’t necessarily involve medication, and atleast knowing will help. I know no one is probably going to see this, I just wanted somewhere to rant.
We see you. You are more lucky than you think. I'm 46 and just figured out (thanks to stumbling across this channel) yesterday that I most likely have ADHD. Just knowing would have saved me so much trouble throughout my life. It might not be easy, but you definitely have an advantage and your whole life ahead of you!
İ see you my man , everything is gonna be alright. Do me and yourself a favor find a sport that you like and add it to your daily activity that helps a lot
“your long term goals change at least once a month” “you’re not sure what your long term goals are” “you’re not sure what long term goals are” idk why but this is so relatable I started laughing 😂
Same!!! They told me I have impulsive anger disorder they also won't give me a rescue inhaler and I've had asthma since I've been 8 years old so that's what kind of doctors I got to deal with.
See here's my problem. I didn't have attention issues as a kid, I was the model student. It's just over the years my memory and ability to focus has gone down the toilet
I actually never procrastinated till middle school because back then everything was easy and I didn't have any real work ig. I can't tell if I'm just a lazy failure or I genuinely have adhd
I relate so much to this. I was absolutely fine in class, I can listen to a lesson once and then read for the rest of class. But once I hit online school, I can't be in a zoom without having a youtube video or two running at the same time
@@thisnitwit5220 "i can't tell if i'm just a lazy failure or i genuinely have adhd" LITERALLY ME. I was fine till high school, but then it turned into a downward spiral and now i'm in the last year of uni and i've hit rock bottom with academics and i just though i was a horrible student who can't be disciplined and is a failure, but now i'm rethinking everything after looking up adhd and executive dysfunction
“You’re fine” but you’ll struggle in EVERY job as you get older. You won’t be on time for anything not because you haven’t planned enough time but because you had too much time and got distracted! 😅 Big love to you all. 💗
But once you know, you can get meds and/or behavioral therapy targeted for adhd and that can help a lot. Before I knew for sure I had/have it, I started using techniques geared towards adhd and it doesn’t make everything 100% better but it has allowed me to function and become somewhat successful. I’ve lost a job due to my issues and since then was determined to figure out what would work. I’ve had tough years since then but have been able to keep my job for 13 years now. Best wishes!
Right. I get up extra early so I won't be late and then I'm still late because I did a load of laundry, scrolled on my phone for way too long, tried to tidy up the bathroom and the list goes on and on. It's almost easier to on time if I wake up late..
I was diagnosed with adhd FOUR days ago. I turn 48 this month. I’m looking forward to the therapy and meds so I can simply be the best version of myself.
I'd love to hear how things have been going for you. I'm 38, and was diagnosed last year, have been taking my meds consistently, and one of the things that struck me after adjusting to them was the clarity. The simple ability to have a thought, and retain it, have thoughts about it, come back to it. I didn't even understand that the brain *could* work that way. I spent so long just existing in the tangled web of my own thoughts I assumed everyone worked that way, that I just lacked some aspect of self-control that would allow me to be a 'normal' person.
@@yerghaizverot6441 Aha if only, It's nice to hear of someone having a nice outcome with this. I feel like I'm in your position, ever since I was young I was told I had short term memory loss, learning disabilities or that I was lazy and lacked self control, fast forward and I'm 28 and still in the same position I was 10 years ago struggling to get by. It's a light in the dark to hear success stories like yours :)
Hi I was just wondering how things are working out for you, im genuinely curious since i feel like I probably have it and should get it checked out or if its even worth getting it checked out
I just cried while watching your Ted talk. I was diagnosed at 25 and am now 41. But never have I ever felt less alone than watching your presentation. I just sent it to my favourite people because it would help so many of them understand that I’m working with different tools but really trying my best to do the same job. Thank you for making me feel okay. Does this mean I’m a tribe member? Or wait… I’ve always been part of it! Thank you 🙏
me: i have most adhd symptoms my brain: *ATTENTION SEEKER. YOU ARE SEEKING ATTENTION. YOU ARE TAKING THE “SPOTLIGHT” OF PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD. STOP.*
Or drug seeking! Oh my God! My fear was that my doctor would think I'm lying to get high, then prescribe a placebo so he could do a big dramatic reveal that I'm just another drug seeking addict! That kept MY mouth shut about it for literally decades!
@@n8er_tater See that's kind of funny because I actually *was* drug seeking. I was in the middle of an identity crisis and in hindsight being very wreckless. As I was looking up how to get a prescription for Adderall, I realized that I had 90% of the symptoms anyway. Then I realized my family's genetics also back it up. "Oh my God, I don't even need to lie. I really do, most likely, have ADHD." I did end up getting diagnosed. I decided to take it as prescribed. It was incredible finding out that things I thought were personality defects were caused by ADHD and were treatable. My life improved dramatically, and I'm in a much better place. I hope you found the help you needed as well.
She is so smart that she designed a video in such a way that was interesting enough to keep the attention of a person with ADHD. In the comments of other ADHD videos I always find something like- "My ADHD wouldn't let me focus on the video." Whereas for me, this video was able to keep my attention throughout. Good job👍
Fun fact, i got distracted by the comment section, so i had to force myself to focus on the Video. I just realized as im writing this, i didnt follow the Last Minute of the Video, so ....guess ill scroll back to watch again ;D but you are right, this Video is very engaging and it was easier for me to follow/focus than a lot else.
That's my script to speed up youtube videos. You can run it in f12 console or in "enhancer for TH-cam." 2x is not fast enough to keep my attention. She speaks clearly so I can watch above 6x. I never realized how poorly most people enunciate until I figured out a hack to get above 2x speed on TH-cam. document.getElementsByClassName("video-stream html5-main-video")[0].playbackRate += 0.1; asdfDisplaySpeed = Math.round(document.getElementsByClassName("video-stream html5-main-video")[0].playbackRate*10)/10; document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-title-link yt-uix-sessionlink ytp-title-fullerscreen-link")[0].innerText =document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-title-link yt-uix-sessionlink ytp-title-fullerscreen-link")[0].innerText .split('✕')[0]+" ✕"+ asdfDisplaySpeed document.getElementsByClassName("style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer")[5].innerText = document.getElementsByClassName("style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer")[5].innerText.split('✕')[0]+" ✕"+ asdfDisplaySpeed
People usually have 2 voices in their head, a good one and a bad one. With ADHD there's like a 3rd voice with the attention span and chaotic energy of a puppy. That's how I think of it.
My third psychiatrist (who I was seeing for depression) randomly mentioned that I might have ADHD, but then said that at least one of my other psychiatrists should have noticed it if I have it and then just went off on to another subject. I have thought about it a lot and I definitely have a lot of the symptoms. I want to be assessed for it but I am afraid of seeming like an attention seeker, even dough my friends (who have ADHD) think I have it too because of the way I, for example, hyperfocus on something in conversations, take over the entire conversation and ramble on and on for a really long time. Even now I am procrastinating by writing this, as I should be practising for the exam I have tomorrow... Also, I imagine people will think that I cannot have ADHD because I am a graduate student majoring in English, and have ok grades.
You can totally be a graduate student and have ADHD - there are PhD students and even professors with ADHD. I got a degree myself though couldn’t focus enough to finish two masters courses (in totally different subjects) in my twenties. Look up the diagnostic criteria and see you fit. I soooo wish I’d realised and got diagnosed younger than my early 40s as a lot of my life is a mess and the medication for ADHD significantly helps 92% of those that take it.
My favorite response to the “everyone is a little adhd” is this: After a difficult workout, a completely healthy person will likely be breathing really heavily, likely even wheezing. This doesn’t mean they are asthmatic. Having asthma means you have a fundamental physiological difference that makes breathing hard for you. Having asthma also means that breathing problems are a lot more frequent and serious, instead of temporary heavy breathing after finishing a 5k, it might be a total inability to breath while just walking to the mail box. Having adhd means I have a fundamental physiological difference that makes attention regulation hard for me. Having some of the symptoms to some degree sometimes isn’t the same as experiencing it 24/7 to the degree adhd people do.
Exactly I also have it 24/7. When I go to a restaurant ( before quarantine) I hear the plates and glasses clanging. I hear the waiter taking the order at the other table. I hear the murmuring of all the other conversations at the other tables. I hear the door to the kitchen open and close as the waiters go in and out. Finally I hear the person I'm with trying to talk to me. *All At The Same Time*
@@TheWhisperTexan I hate when this happens! And then it gets overstimulating. One time, when I was trying to nap, I was kept awake by the soft sound of my neighbor bouncing a basketball in their driveway. My bedroom is on the back side of our house, at the opposite end from that neighbor's house, and on the second floor. I'm not sure I could be farther away from the sound while remaining in my house if I tried. I ended up putting in ear plugs to sleep.
When she looked into the camera and said: " if it turns out you do have it, good news: you're fine. Welcome to the tribe" i just broke down and cried. Thank you.
My parents never believed me when I said I think I have ADHD and when I turned 18 I left and when I was 22 I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety I’m now 24 and have been going to therapy ever since :)
@@asparagusnoodle Maybe they have undiagnosed ADHD and think that everyone is like that? Idk it’s a guess. I think I might have ADD and I’m going to get a diagnosis soon:) I hope anyone who thinks they have something, is able to get a diagnosis too. And get proper help ofc
Yes OH GOD i have odd luck with youtubr or things otger then ppl callin me out creepily. xD I rlly need to go find a mew therapist eventually for my adhd...and prolly in general. I knw i have it cuz i was diagnosed as a kid and im pretty damn sure since my personality and etc is the same i still have ot even tho i havent been diagnosed again since i was a kid(do u have to be diagnosed again????? if a doc tells me i dont have it im findin a new doc cuz clearly that's a lie xD) I just realized it may not be clear to but Yes anyone that knws me wouldnt bat an eye ive had ppl ask me occasionally
@@picklepepsi3705 dude i said i was already diagnosed did u not read that? And i didnt say i have add i said i have adhd All i said was i was diagnosed as a kid. Please read the entire comment b4 being a tad negative thank you.
the thing is when I tell people “Im hyper” they will just say “you’re not hyper” “you don’t look hyper to me” “what?? hyper? but you’re always calm lol” “but you’re not running around”
@@itsmeuyr2158 when you say tht ur hyper do u mean physical like ur not able to sit still for long periods of time? Or as in in ur heads ur thoughts are always jumping from topic to topic or thought to thought? If he’s saying tht it could mean tht ur mentally hyper like jumping from thought to thought, idea to idea etc.
44 years old and I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2022. Very happy to be part of a Non Profit Org that helped empower myself as well as further advocate for one of my kids.
“You’re either being completely lazy or trying to do everything at the same time” I relate to this on a spiritual level. The amount of things my mind plans out for me to do, then ends up either saying “eh, it’s not that important”, or trying to juggle them all at once like a circus act 😂😂😅
I don’t know if I have ADHD (I probably don’t), but I keep watching this channel because of her personality, humor, and constantly being amazed by her ears.
me too, just so i can see all the people trying to self diagnose themselves lmfao. i came here because for some reason i got ads saying “adhd self quiz” “depression self quiz” “bipolar quiz” etc... i’m p sure it’s because i have a knack for reading about that kind of stuff and google just collects my search history so they can build a “personalized ad service” via my information by selling it to those websites.😐😐pretty funny...
I was a quiet, average student with good grades, never got in trouble. I did do things that I never noticed were abnormal until people around me noticed before I did. I would bite my nails, always tap a pencil or click my pen, couldn’t sit still in a chair or shake my leg the whole time I sat. I stopped doing these things but the leg shaking is still present, but I notice it now. I love my hyper focus because in case of an emergency…I am prepared 😂 I can have a conversation with a friend in a loud place but then unwillingly my ears tune out and tune into another conversation near me. I can either be super hyper, funny and fun or cool, calm and collected.
@@dahky5955 they’re very distracting random thoughts. I usually sit still and think about how the flooding thoughts are coming in (awareness). I try to focus on what’s in front of me or listen to the person I’m with. Stick to that conversation without interrupting or bust out saying something random. It’s a process everyday but it works for me. Practice, practice, practice
Yeah same! The ears tuning in and out is so relatable, like i can never keep track of a conversation and i need people to repeat things at least twice before i actually understand what they’re asking sometimes
I laughed at this but I am also a bit sad. I’m 27 and haven’t been officially diagnosed for this yet. My family was not the type to pursue any of my symptoms. I have been successful a bit in life but I am struggling mentally. It took 1 session of therapy for the therapist to tell me about ADHD. Thank you for the videos!
I was 64 when I was diagnosed with "mild" ADHD. I always knew there was something...my short-term memory, and I have always been "scatter-brained". Now I am on a journey to learn and find ways to help myself. It was a huge relief to be diagnosed.
@@Zippy5618 Psychiatrists have an evaluation list of questions to ask you for an adult diagnosis. But before doing that, I would google & research medical articles on lists of ADHD symptoms. Copy a list or two out and check off the symptoms you do see yourself having. Also decide which ones are causing the most problems in functioning in your day-to-day life. This will help in your discussion with the doctor who can diagnose what is going on.
I was diagnosed since I was a child but I felt quite alone in my own disarray. These are complicated times and finding you is helping me so very much to understand, once again how far Ive come (quite far) , not to punish myself for what Im still to figure out and feel quite less alone in the process. Thank you, I think you are wonderful. Love, from Mexico.
Good GOD you caught me off guard there. "It's okay, you're fine, welcome to the tribe." You have no idea how bad I needed to hear that today, I'm crying now. Thank you for what you do and for your channel, it really has helped me a lot!
+Klaudia Marszalek ADHD usually presents by age 7, and almost definitely by age 12. Symptoms actually tend to get better with age (although for many of us, never go away completely)
+How to ADHD diagnosed when I was 4 with adhd and add and I didn't take medication. I did bad in school until middle school . I started to do good. now I'm in high school with a 99 accumulative average.
the most relatable thing to adhd in this video is her she wants to (and probably can) speak alot faster than that but she is resisting it, that feeling of enthusiasm that you just want to jump out of the screen Keep up the good work
Bro I really wanna get checked for ADHD and I talked to my parents about it and my mom approves but my dad says it's not a real thing and it's cause I'm always on my "phone". This is actually messing me up.
I don't know the regulations of your countries but in mine, teens can go to the psychiatrist and doctor without their parents knowing. You should check if there are possibilities for you to do it yourself without your parents.
@MADELINE ALTAMIRANO Do you have any relatives you can trust that are nearby? If you need some advice real quick, ask on a medical forum on what to do. Even if you don't have it, that shouldn't stop you from seeking treatment in the off-chance that you do.
Hah,damn same,the one time i felt brave enough to talk to my mom about it,she dismissed it as "o well you're on your phone for so long,of course it breaks your focus"
I asked my mom and she said yes but it's been 2 months and she still did nothing about it and I think she forgot that I really think that I have adhd because whenever I can't focus or forget stuff she gets so mad at me
I'm 6'3. Can confirm this sucks. But not as much as trying to get into Calisthenics. I can't even imagine doing what I do at another 2 inches. Good for you dawg. May your knees be healthy and your back straight.
Maybe I should call it Neurodevelopmental Disorder with Dopamine Receptor Scarcity (NDD-DRS), which is a more accurate name, as it describes what exactly it is.
Is it possible that somewhere deep in the subconscious mind there is resistance to trying to control or reverse the effects of ADHD? Someone older like myself (age 70) having lived my whole life ignorant of ADHD but not the aftereffects of when I seriously screwed up. Then I would accept that I have a problem (dammit I did it again) and move on like nothing happened. Now I am aware of my ADD and how it interferes with life every minute of every day. When I try to correct a situation or prevent a screw up, and fail, I become very angry. Angry enough to harm myself by slapping myself or banging my hand against the table because I knocked something over again. I discovered that pain, causes me to reboot and regain control. But I know when the pain leaves, I will screw up again. and again, and again. There was something comforting by not knowing what I did or said. When I was younger and very depressed (because of the ADD) I felt safe at the bottom of the pit because while there, I felt nothing could get any worse, no one could hurt me, and there was nothing for me to screw up. I could not understand why other people treated me like the village idiot, blamed me when something went wrong or tried to make me say or do things for their entertainment. I am now better than when I was younger. Slowly, very slowly gaining control. I have a long, long way to go.
Attention seekers are people who always find a way to bring up ADHD and their diagnosis, to you know, seek attention. Most people who actually have ADHD are not trying to tell someone they just met that they have ADHD.
@@drowninginthedeepnessofher1032 It kind of comes with ADHD a lot of the time because we always barely get stuff done at the last minute. So it always feels like we're just lucky.
I feel a similar way. It could be that ADHD can be widely different for everyone so when a certain symptom that others with ADHD experience doesn't line up with you so well, it makes you think that you just don't have ADHD.
my standard answer to my teacher in school: me: " I'm sorry, I didn't listen, can you repeat the question?" teacher: repeats question me: can't answer because haven't listened to the previous explanations either x_x and i can't watch long movies. just doesn't work xD
The only time I can watch a movie is at the theaters (minus getting up to use the bathroom or get refills). When I'm at my house, I just get up and reinact what happens in the movie with body movements.
when you realize at the end of the video that you literally just spent half of the video like: 👁👄👁 mesmerized by her green eyes and you retained nothing hA
i didn’t know what was wrong with me for the longest time. i was struggling so much with school, work, and taking basic care of myself. i took only 6 classes during my first two semesters of college and didn’t finish a single one. i dropped out. After a huge panic attack i was admitted to a mental hospital. after i got out of there, i was given resources to follow up with so i could figure out a treatment plan. when i was diagnosed with adhd i didn’t really agree at first. but this channel has made a lot of things click and has helped me to really understand what i’m dealing with and how to live with it. thank you❤. and thank you to my boss for showing it to me 😁
I have troubles laughing when I’m getting yelled at and not being able to pay attention and I have troubles reading sentences because I get lost in the middle of them... Also when I go out in public I always feel like people are looking at me and making fun of me... I honestly think there’s something wrong with me but I don’t want to mention it to my parents because they will think I’m weird:(
“Or you’ve fallen down the youtube while while you’re meant to be doing something else, in which case you might” Shhhhh, you leave me and my violent procrastination alone. The word document is open so I’m basically doing the work.
I bond quickly with everyone in the comments . I want them to come over so we can interrupt each other happily! It’s so emotional when you meet someone else that has ADHD.
Omg! This is how I remember certain moments in my life! I hear an old song and can instantly remember where I was when I first heard it or the lyrics to it and yet I cant remember what I did yesterday... or even what day yesterday was.
Yes!!! I feel like it takes SO MUCH energy and concentration to actively listen and pay attention! I was reading through the comments wondering how I managed to get through school. Oh yeah.. I would regularly come home from high school, put a movie on I'd already seen a million times and take a long nap on the couch.
hey, i have inattentive ADHD too. :) when i was younger i would make daisy chains during soccer games. so hard to focus on those especially since i don't/didn't like sports lol
This video is great! My son has a referral for an ADHD assessment. He is only 7 and I wasn't sure how to explain this to him/ prepare him for it. I showed him your video and he listened the whole time. He asked some good questions about the ADHD and he is not anxious about the meeting with a doctor now❤
I never had some of these “more common symptoms” as a child, in fact they have only arisen in the past few months but I’ve always had a huge lack of patience, obsessions over a physical object and even still having tantrums at the shopping centre at 9 years old. My parents mistook it has bad behaviour but we are now starting to uncover some underlying issues. I’m in the middle of getting diagnosed with ADHD. Please remember that just because your symptoms don’t match the exact criteria, it doesn’t mean you don’t have it. It’s important that you get the right diagnosis and treatment.
you: Your sense of time is ‘now’ or ‘not now.’ (It’s usually ‘not now.’) me: I don’t know what you mean 😅😅😅 *has had a basket of folded laundry sitting on bedroom floor for 2 weeks*
I literally hate myself I get a project and then think "huh, this seems like a lot of work and I don't want to deal with that now" Then the due date gets closer and my brain goes "Oh that stresses me out, let's stop paying attention to that" And now, the night before my paper is due, I'm on this video instead of writing it. And I am still deciding on a topic
Me too my project is due tomorrow and even though its so easy i just dont understand it for some reason, and i procrastinate on a daily basis to the point where i usually just do my homework at school in the morning
I was diagnosed with anxiety, ptsd and bi polar disorder about 4 years ago. When I got with my current ex he pointed out I may have adhd. I came across your channel and I sent this video. He said a lot of these things reminds me of him. Even my grandma agrees
I would like to tell you how much your videos mean to my daughter and our family as a whole. She watches your videos and will send me links to ones that articulate how she feels living with ADHD but has been unable to put into words. You are an inspiration and a role model to her. Keep up the great work!!!
I have decided from watching this and another video, that some big questions in my life may actually have an answer. Questions like; why I can't drive a car because my brain seems to wander off in the act, and I lose focus on that I am driving; why I get so focused on something that it feels like someone is pulling my skin when they try to get my attention away from the thing I am focusing on; why I only enjoy creative things and people talking about topics that engage my intelligence and everything else feels like I am lost - and so forth. Until I get a diagnosis, I am not sure, but from these videos it seems to me that ADHD would explain a lot of things. Thank you for making this. It may be my first stepping stop to getting some clarity about these things that plague me, and make me feel like a failure most of the time.
I’m 21 and I just got diagnosed today. Your videos helped me to confirm my suspicions and led to me going to a psychologist to get diagnosed. I’m feeling a lot of things right now and one of those things is a huge appreciation for you and the videos you make. Thank you
How did you find your psychologist? If you don’t mind me asking.. I’ve had suspicions for a while and have wanted to get diagnosed but I don’t even know where to begin..
Hi new brains! If Hank sent you say hi :D I'll be here responding to comments / questions if you have em
Hi!
hi
Hi :D
Now I feel obligated to say hi... So Hi
I came here because I was afraid that a friend of mine could have adhd but she is to ashmed to go to a doctor to check it. So I was wondering how one can be sure about it. But after looking into the links I tried the quiz for myself and my score was 85%. Is that normal??
Sometimes i need to pee, then i get distracted and end up peeing like 5 hours later
Also: eating. (“I’m hungry. Oh, squirrel!” Hours later “omg I am so hungry I feel nauseated.”)
Nomenro you know what, same.
Nomenro Happened when I was watching this video.
I put peeing off for two hours then wound up going shopping because I lost a shirt and didn’t end up peeing for a good three or four hours. Relatable
Yooooo I thought I had a problem with my bladder!
Me: thinking I might have ADHD, knowing I have a few symptoms.
My brain: ATTENTION SEEKER
I- SAME
Glad to know someone feels the same haha
Omg me! 😂😭
I have so much of the symptoms lol
same
this is me i match the symptoms so much but i dont want to self diagnose or tell any one or they'll say im look for attention and wont to take me to a doctor to find out. But sometimes i convince my self that im faking it or i have it
“Pay attention, Its not that hard”
*wow what a great idea, why didn’t i think of that?*
im sorry could you say that again i wasnt listening
*pays attention* “oh a bird!” *connects the bird with other stuff ending up thinking about ancient greek mythology* “what are we talking about?” *lesson ends* (disclaimer: idk if i have adhd i am getting checked tho)
*I know right.*
"You just have to try." - SUPER helpful people
That's an awesome idea! I'll frame it and put it next to "You just need to be more positive and cheer up"
I want to get diagnosed and get a positive result. Not because I want attention or want to have “problems” but because I want an answer to why my mentality and thought process has always been different than the people around me.
Edit: So glad so many people were able to relate ^^
this comment actually made me feel a lot better becuase I feel kinda the same way
exactly how I feel, I thought I was the only one until now
I'm just accepting that I probably have ADHD. I don't need to see a doctor, I'm fine with just self diagnosis because in the end it doesn't matter - but it does explain a lot of things to myself. And kind of knowing this is why I can't do things like follow recipes due to forgetting what step 1 is while trying to do step 1 helps - I kind of understand this is a structural limitation of my brain and I can stop beating myself up over it. I'm also WAY more aware of the fact that I'm always trying to do a dozen things at the same time, and I can kind of focus a little better when I'm aware I'm doing this. So yeah, I'm fine with my self diagnosis. It helps explains how my brain works and gives me some extra tools to manage it.
Yes! The same with me. Also if I find that I do have ADHD or something like this, there will at least be some hope that life will get better. Otherwise it feels I'm overreacting and just my personally defect.
i felt the same too, ive always felt like if im claiming this just for attention or being a "special snowflake", but your statement said exactly how i felt
People with ADHD talk really fast because they want to say everything before they forget *hiii* 🙋🏻♂️
I end up stuttering for talking to fast
@@thotmagnet3336 same. Nobody can understand me lol
I slur what I said a lot
I have it
yea happens sometimes =[
I mentioned it to my mom that I might have it, and she said: "oh, you surely don't have that. Just pay more attention and stop procrastinating!" Yeah that will help :,)
Yeah my mom said that too
My dad just laughing at me-
Sameeee
I feel tht so many ppl r denied the thought tht they might have a mental disorder. I might not be ideal but it’s not something we can control. It’s what we get from the moment we are born. I u sweet and tht parents don’t want to think their child might have some sort of mental disorder but the reality is tht many ppl do. I mentioned it to my mom as well and she had basically the same reaction and basically just laughed. So I totally get how u guys feel
It’s so sad to hear parents not taking this seriously😟 they have no idea how much damage they’re doing. maybe they should watch videos about it to understand it more?🤷♀️
When the teacher says “you can ask questions at the end” and you have so many questions then forget them all at the end because you were focusing on that one eraser shaving on your desk
I can weirdly relate to this
Relatable im either doing that or making a hole in the desk
I started writing questions in my notebook in between my lecture notes, so I can ask them later
@@graceiea how do you maka a hole in the desk lol
@@lilli2544 you scrape it quietly w/ ur friends sharp ruler ( if they have one)until it makes a hole
One thing that really hurts as a person with ADHD is being accused of "selective hearing" I'm NOT "hearing what I want to hear" I start daydreaming and certain words or phrases simply bring me back to the real world! It's DIFFERENT.
This hits hard. I often miss the first half of a sentence because I'm day dreaming (usually I'm being a dragon in fantasy land) and people get annoyed at me for "not listening".
i would be sitting in the car with my dad and hes talking about something and im staring thru the front window thinking about who knows and then realizes hes talking, and im like "huh? say that again?"
My mom always used to say, "You would have remembered if you cared about it." That used to get me so riled up!
My mom once took me to the doctor to check my hearing. I said "But I can hear fine!" She said "There must be something wrong, because you don't respond to what I'm saying very often." That was in the late 60's. We didn't even know what ADHD was then!!
YES. Like yesterday I was sitting in the car watchig tiktoks with my friend and I couldn't even say a word of what they were talking about around me, but one of the others in the car said "nuclear weapons" and my mind just goes, "HMM?!"
The way I cope with my adhd is I listen to music, literally every second of my life
Same the Spotify algorithm knows more about me than I do
music causes me headaches and they get stuck in my head for very long time and it's very suffering
I listen to music, but I stop working on what I should be and sift through songs like mad. I listen to one, and I think of another. Without really ever listening to a whole song. Then I get irritated and say f it. Then I remember I'm at work, or driving.
@@JAG20cigs EXACTLY!!
Yep I do the same!
“you need to have had these affect your life before the age of 12”
ma’am i can’t* remember anything before yesterday… do you think i can remember 5 years ago?
im 12 and the only memory from when I was 7 it's my classroom
@@maya07_11 me too, and I only remember impulsive things and temper tantrums and bullying.
the earliest i can rememeber is like 4 years ago
i can remember 10 years ago
Thank you
When you can relate to everything but you're too afraid to tell someone because it's gonna be really awkward when it turns out you don't have adhd 👁👄👁
Basically me
Meee
My parents think if god loves you then you can't be mentally ill lmao
@@woobeewooo my parents are thinking similarly, because I don't have physical proof I can't be mentally ill, and that anti-depressants/other medications for mental illnesses are of the devil and just make you a drug addict
Omg me!!!
The one thing I'm scared about (in getting diagnosed) is the 'having symptoms before 12 years old'. Like... I don't remember that kind of details of my life, my memory is jumbled already.
Plus, I think the symptoms I am experiencing now have become more obvious during high school (which I am in now), especially over covid.
Primary school and my life before that have been so easy that no one noticed if I had symptoms or not.
Stop being me
bruh you just copied my life T-T
Omg that's exactly my problem- I have like some memories and I know that I would act a certain way (luckily enough I have that at least) but I can't remember a specific memories it's more like, I just know I did act like this. My mom was too busy with my autistic brother to notice anything.
only sence 1 year that I know what ADHD is and that I'm looking into, before I just through I was "normal" and didn't bother noticing or remembering those things.
I can ask my mom if I was forgetful as a child but she have an horrible memory and I don't think she would give me a real response.
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I'm having troubles with that too. On one hand, I'm questioning whether I have adhd in the first place because I can't think of huge examples from my childhood since I was seen as a "good kid". On the other hand, things got really bad for me in the past year or so, so I am looking for answers
Daydreaming with a soundtrack is such a mood, I can’t listen to music without daydreaming
same lol
ME TOO!!!!
Same here lmao
Sameee and I put on music to try to concentrate and backfires on me, but if music isn't on I used other stuff to fidget with.
*happy INFP noises*
I AM a doctor, and Jessica nails the ADHD description on its head!
Wow.. Dr. Edward Hallowell.. Wow.. That's how the law of manifestation work.. I new about my ADHD for the first time after 42 years when I read your beautiful detailed book 2 years ago or a bit less .. I cried as I felt like it was a victory knowing myself deeply.. Wow Dr. Edward.. I don't know how to express my deep gratitude to you and Dr. John .. But I feel that I carry the responsibility to advice everyone I know around me and everyone who is searching for his treasure, to read the book :
Driven to Distract
I read your book in Arabic Language .. The story of George touched me a lot, as I have a similar experience with different scenario.. I wish you can visit us some day in Saudi Arabia ( King Abdullah Economic City ) .. Thanks from the heart of my spirit.. God bless you.
will you be kind and write the name of the book in arabic language
@@khalefamohammad الإنسياق للتشتيت ، تأليف د. إدوارد هالويل و د. جون ريتي، ترجمة ونشر مكتبة جرير .. شكرا على صدق اهتمامك .. الله يبارك ويسدد خطاك.
بارك الله بك عزيزي , كشخص يعاني من ال adhd أرى بان قراءة هذا الكتاب ستفيدني لحد ما
So how do I raise the topic to my therapist without sounding like I’m self diagnosing?
Try not mentioning a specific disorder, just the symptoms that you're having. They can then tell you whether you have adhd, or symptoms for some other reason
@@caroliner.7628 Good advice, but also OK to ask it they experience/training in ADHD... not all do.
Yeah I always wonder this bc there are a couple of subjects I'd like to discuss but I don't want to sound annoying and that I just self-diagnose myself or something
This is my struggle everytime I wanna ask my therapist about something
@chief wiggums That’s funny (& sad) b/c OP asked a legit question and you respond with insult and irrelevant and misguided comment.
I just feel like crying for no apparent reason and I have this overwhelming feeling of sadness.
It's hard to put the transformation in words. Incredible amounts of healing occurred. I'm still processing the beauty.
Hey.. I'm interested in trying emm.. where do you fetch ?
How do I connect with him ?
dr.rine got the best drug program out there..
Anything psychedelics I'll recommend Doc.felchshrooms
Everyone with ADHD knows that during a video they scroll to the comments.
Omg i have to watch videos multiple times because i can't concentrate and end up in the comments😅
i forgot about the video
and watching another movie in the background
@@blkmrrs3111 Oof that hit me hard
I feel so called out
when you already been diagnosed with adhd but still watch this video to see how much you can relate
Yes! And i could relate to everything she said!
“Your life plans change from month to month”
I have never found anything so relatable
Trans rights!
@@genesis-fd5eh the person I replied to had a trans flag as their profile picture when I said that
@@MathLady42 lol
And I always thought that was a good thing that everyone should learn to do!
I literally have an Instagram page with1k followers and every night I tell my friend “I’m gonna start working on a new theme” and then I go to TH-cam to look for inspiration and never do what I was planning to.
That comment at 2:33 "It's not your fault" broke me into tears. As an adult with ADHD, the most present feeling is guilt for a lifetime of feeling like I am letting down those I care about.
Hank brought me here, AdditudeMag helped me make sense of myself and this video just felt soo authentic... thank you for the tribe
same I'm 24 and just heard those words for the first time also
No that's how you are, no problem you are to faster foe most people thinking , mostly intelligent concentraties difficult
No Problem AD HD
"if you have those symptoms before the age of 12" I can't remember anything from before the age of 15, hardly even 12 ):
I’m 11 lol
I'm 12 and I can barely remember anything before the age of 12 💀
same here
I don't know if it might help you but writing about my childhood helps me remember more of it
I can barely remember anything before the age of 11, I remember a bit but when my brother describes some things that happened before I can't remember.
I think ADHD actually stands for
Attention
Deficit
Hey donuts
Underrated comment
This made me laugh so hard I had to restart the video cause I stopped paying attention 🤣
Also, now I want donuts
🍩
Captain Jack Sparrow spotted. . .
When you already did the homework, but never turn it in 😤
Omg I hate it! Then the teachers all like “Where’s your homework?” and I’m like “Oh I forgot it at home while I was rushing to brush my teeth because I thought I had more time so I went to play video games. And then my friend asked to see my new turtle so I showed her and then I told her how dc is totally better than marvel and she agreed. By the way, are you collecting homework?”
At high school, I decided to skip all homework. I am glad the teachers let me go.
"Not"AStalker oof I’ve done that too many times to count
"Not"AStalker then you get staled with “ WHaT a GrEaT eXcUSe”
I dont do it full stop i completely forget until last minute. My parents screamed at me for getting 4 detentions in one week and cant really remember what they said
i literally have to listen to youtube videos while trying to fall asleep because i can’t pay attention to falling asleep lol
Same
I thought I was the only one
THIS!!
Hohoho, I have to think of something to dream off of so that I can sleep... Its also the same thing with listening to music 😭🙌
omg same so i put on a podcast lol
"your closet looks like this, your room looks like this"
was she in my house when i wasn't around or??
SAME HAHAHA
Same
I was like "no I'm actually pretty tidy" and then remembered it's only because I'm properly medicated
Well I don't even have a room so ha take that u failed at reading me
It’s the opposite for me if something is in my room I have to clean it then and there or I can’t focus, and might start crying
I am 72. When I was a child in the dark ages of the 1950s, no one talked about ADD or ADHD. They just called me lazy. My son was diagnosed with ADD and one of my granddaughters with ADHD. I have no doubt that I would be considered ADD now. I developed several coping strategies, some technological. (I was an early adopter of PDAs and have a lot of reminders on my phone,) Thank you for your channel it is helpful even for ancient people like me.
Ancient people hahaha ❤️
We’ve come a long way since then but we’ve still got a lot to learn about ADHD, especially in adults
And less ancient people like me (43). I literally sent the e-mail which is going to start the process to check if I have ADHD an hour ago. I was already checked for Asperger's, which has a couple of similarities, but it's not that - which means that I'll likely have a name for what's been destroying my life over and over and over soon. And a way to live with it without having to rebuild every 3 years or so.
Wholesome ADHD Grandpa ❤️.
Hope you're doing alright
I’m 13 M and I’ve thought that I have adhd for a while now and it’s really taken a toll on my social/emotional health. My best friend that I love more than anything is not talking to me anymore because I’m so annoying and I always say things that I instantly regret. I feel like anyone and everyone around me dislikes me because of everything I do. I’m also struggling with severe anxiety and crippling depression, and I’m in a never ending rollercoaster of self deprication and belittlement. My mom is a nurse practitioner so I thought she would understand and let me see a doctor about getting diagnosed, but she just says, “I don’t want my child being loaded up with drugs” I told her that getting diagnosed doesn’t necessarily involve medication, and atleast knowing will help. I know no one is probably going to see this, I just wanted somewhere to rant.
We see you. You are more lucky than you think. I'm 46 and just figured out (thanks to stumbling across this channel) yesterday that I most likely have ADHD. Just knowing would have saved me so much trouble throughout my life. It might not be easy, but you definitely have an advantage and your whole life ahead of you!
poor you
İ see you my man , everything is gonna be alright.
Do me and yourself a favor find a sport that you like and add it to your daily activity that helps a lot
“your long term goals change at least once a month”
“you’re not sure what your long term goals are”
“you’re not sure what long term goals are”
idk why but this is so relatable I started laughing 😂
Same!
Same!!! They told me I have impulsive anger disorder they also won't give me a rescue inhaler and I've had asthma since I've been 8 years old so that's what kind of doctors I got to deal with.
That made ROFL me too... I have that STRANGE perception of time that makes me wonder if it even has sense to talk about Long Term
same
Or you just don't do long term goals
See here's my problem. I didn't have attention issues as a kid, I was the model student. It's just over the years my memory and ability to focus has gone down the toilet
i relate. i was the person teachers wanted everyone to be until 6th grade
I actually never procrastinated till middle school because back then everything was easy and I didn't have any real work ig. I can't tell if I'm just a lazy failure or I genuinely have adhd
I relate so much to this. I was absolutely fine in class, I can listen to a lesson once and then read for the rest of class. But once I hit online school, I can't be in a zoom without having a youtube video or two running at the same time
@@thisnitwit5220 "i can't tell if i'm just a lazy failure or i genuinely have adhd" LITERALLY ME. I was fine till high school, but then it turned into a downward spiral and now i'm in the last year of uni and i've hit rock bottom with academics and i just though i was a horrible student who can't be disciplined and is a failure, but now i'm rethinking everything after looking up adhd and executive dysfunction
@@anee7558 im in the same position as you :-( like... am i just hoping to have this condition so itll be a convenient excuse for my own failures?
Me: is diagnosed with ADHD
Also me: hMm i wOnDeR iF i hAvE aDhD
PLS MEEE 😭😭
PLSSSSS😭😭😭😭
LMFAO
Me omg
SAME lol
“You’re fine” but you’ll struggle in EVERY job as you get older. You won’t be on time for anything not because you haven’t planned enough time but because you had too much time and got distracted! 😅
Big love to you all. 💗
But once you know, you can get meds and/or behavioral therapy targeted for adhd and that can help a lot. Before I knew for sure I had/have it, I started using techniques geared towards adhd and it doesn’t make everything 100% better but it has allowed me to function and become somewhat successful. I’ve lost a job due to my issues and since then was determined to figure out what would work. I’ve had tough years since then but have been able to keep my job for 13 years now. Best wishes!
@@monicarenee7949 what part does YOUR HYPERACTIVITY damage in daily life?
Right. I get up extra early so I won't be late and then I'm still late because I did a load of laundry, scrolled on my phone for way too long, tried to tidy up the bathroom and the list goes on and on. It's almost easier to on time if I wake up late..
@@paigephipps2941yes, because we go into panic mode: get to work! You don’t have time to do anything else!
"Welcome to the tribe" is probably the kindest thing i've heard in years, and i needed that.
I was diagnosed with adhd FOUR days ago. I turn 48 this month. I’m looking forward to the therapy and meds so I can simply be the best version of myself.
I'd love to hear how things have been going for you. I'm 38, and was diagnosed last year, have been taking my meds consistently, and one of the things that struck me after adjusting to them was the clarity. The simple ability to have a thought, and retain it, have thoughts about it, come back to it. I didn't even understand that the brain *could* work that way. I spent so long just existing in the tangled web of my own thoughts I assumed everyone worked that way, that I just lacked some aspect of self-control that would allow me to be a 'normal' person.
@@yerghaizverot6441 Aha if only, It's nice to hear of someone having a nice outcome with this. I feel like I'm in your position, ever since I was young I was told I had short term memory loss, learning disabilities or that I was lazy and lacked self control, fast forward and I'm 28 and still in the same position I was 10 years ago struggling to get by. It's a light in the dark to hear success stories like yours :)
Hi I was just wondering how things are working out for you, im genuinely curious since i feel like I probably have it and should get it checked out or if its even worth getting it checked out
Did you manage to get things in life that you needed despite this condition?
Yesss I would love to hear an update 🙏🏾
I can't be the only person here who cried a little bit when she said, "You're fine. Welcome to the tribe."
Your weren’t. 🥴😢
Bump
I was very happy actually 🏵️
I cried too.
I cried with the: it's not your fault, because I just get so angry sometimes
I just cried while watching your Ted talk. I was diagnosed at 25 and am now 41. But never have I ever felt less alone than watching your presentation. I just sent it to my favourite people because it would help so many of them understand that I’m working with different tools but really trying my best to do the same job. Thank you for making me feel okay. Does this mean I’m a tribe member? Or wait… I’ve always been part of it! Thank you 🙏
You look and act like one of those teachers that all the students like
Last year I had a teacher that acts and looks exactly like her its kinda weird
But the baby talk is annoying.
Fido Starman It is her normal voice though.
@@ethanwickstrom maybe it's her? 🙃
me: i have most adhd symptoms
my brain: *ATTENTION SEEKER. YOU ARE SEEKING ATTENTION. YOU ARE TAKING THE “SPOTLIGHT” OF PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD. STOP.*
*Literally what I’m thinking*
Well same*
Or drug seeking! Oh my God! My fear was that my doctor would think I'm lying to get high, then prescribe a placebo so he could do a big dramatic reveal that I'm just another drug seeking addict! That kept MY mouth shut about it for literally decades!
@@n8er_tater See that's kind of funny because I actually *was* drug seeking. I was in the middle of an identity crisis and in hindsight being very wreckless.
As I was looking up how to get a prescription for Adderall, I realized that I had 90% of the symptoms anyway. Then I realized my family's genetics also back it up. "Oh my God, I don't even need to lie. I really do, most likely, have ADHD."
I did end up getting diagnosed. I decided to take it as prescribed. It was incredible finding out that things I thought were personality defects were caused by ADHD and were treatable. My life improved dramatically, and I'm in a much better place. I hope you found the help you needed as well.
@@JeffreyBoles I told my mom about it and she took it as a joke then I thought may be I don't havr ADHD
She is so smart that she designed a video in such a way that was interesting enough to keep the attention of a person with ADHD. In the comments of other ADHD videos I always find something like- "My ADHD wouldn't let me focus on the video." Whereas for me, this video was able to keep my attention throughout. Good job👍
Fun fact, i got distracted by the comment section, so i had to force myself to focus on the Video. I just realized as im writing this, i didnt follow the Last Minute of the Video, so ....guess ill scroll back to watch again ;D but you are right, this Video is very engaging and it was easier for me to follow/focus than a lot else.
That's my script to speed up youtube videos. You can run it in f12 console or in "enhancer for TH-cam." 2x is not fast enough to keep my attention. She speaks clearly so I can watch above 6x. I never realized how poorly most people enunciate until I figured out a hack to get above 2x speed on TH-cam.
document.getElementsByClassName("video-stream html5-main-video")[0].playbackRate += 0.1;
asdfDisplaySpeed = Math.round(document.getElementsByClassName("video-stream html5-main-video")[0].playbackRate*10)/10;
document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-title-link yt-uix-sessionlink ytp-title-fullerscreen-link")[0].innerText =document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-title-link yt-uix-sessionlink ytp-title-fullerscreen-link")[0].innerText .split('✕')[0]+" ✕"+ asdfDisplaySpeed
document.getElementsByClassName("style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer")[5].innerText = document.getElementsByClassName("style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer")[5].innerText.split('✕')[0]+" ✕"+ asdfDisplaySpeed
rEALLY THO- it's hard to watch a video for more than 5 minutes if it isn't interesting like this one was. very clever.
People usually have 2 voices in their head, a good one and a bad one. With ADHD there's like a 3rd voice with the attention span and chaotic energy of a puppy. That's how I think of it.
Right !! I only need 3 seconds to get bored of a yt video and skip to the next one. Wait i forgot to listen to the video now
My third psychiatrist (who I was seeing for depression) randomly mentioned that I might have ADHD, but then said that at least one of my other psychiatrists should have noticed it if I have it and then just went off on to another subject. I have thought about it a lot and I definitely have a lot of the symptoms. I want to be assessed for it but I am afraid of seeming like an attention seeker, even dough my friends (who have ADHD) think I have it too because of the way I, for example, hyperfocus on something in conversations, take over the entire conversation and ramble on and on for a really long time. Even now I am procrastinating by writing this, as I should be practising for the exam I have tomorrow... Also, I imagine people will think that I cannot have ADHD because I am a graduate student majoring in English, and have ok grades.
Yep I do the same thing but I am scared to tell anyone… my mom thinks she has a little bit of ADHD and I have it to but no diagnosis
You can totally be a graduate student and have ADHD - there are PhD students and even professors with ADHD. I got a degree myself though couldn’t focus enough to finish two masters courses (in totally different subjects) in my twenties. Look up the diagnostic criteria and see you fit. I soooo wish I’d realised and got diagnosed younger than my early 40s as a lot of my life is a mess and the medication for ADHD significantly helps 92% of those that take it.
My favorite response to the “everyone is a little adhd” is this:
After a difficult workout, a completely healthy person will likely be breathing really heavily, likely even wheezing. This doesn’t mean they are asthmatic. Having asthma means you have a fundamental physiological difference that makes breathing hard for you. Having asthma also means that breathing problems are a lot more frequent and serious, instead of temporary heavy breathing after finishing a 5k, it might be a total inability to breath while just walking to the mail box. Having adhd means I have a fundamental physiological difference that makes attention regulation hard for me. Having some of the symptoms to some degree sometimes isn’t the same as experiencing it 24/7 to the degree adhd people do.
Exactly I also have it 24/7.
When I go to a restaurant ( before quarantine) I hear the plates and glasses clanging. I hear the waiter taking the order at the other table. I hear the murmuring of all the other conversations at the other tables. I hear the door to the kitchen open and close as the waiters go in and out. Finally I hear the person I'm with trying to talk to me. *All At The Same Time*
@@TheWhisperTexan I hate when this happens! And then it gets overstimulating. One time, when I was trying to nap, I was kept awake by the soft sound of my neighbor bouncing a basketball in their driveway. My bedroom is on the back side of our house, at the opposite end from that neighbor's house, and on the second floor. I'm not sure I could be farther away from the sound while remaining in my house if I tried. I ended up putting in ear plugs to sleep.
@@BriannaBanana1 ear plugs are a gift from God I use them too :)
@@TheWhisperTexan The only problem is then I get anxious about not being able to hear things I need to like my alarm.
@@BriannaBanana1 I worry about that too so I got an alarm clock also has a flahing light. Which helps relieve my anxiety.
When she looked into the camera and said: " if it turns out you do have it, good news: you're fine. Welcome to the tribe" i just broke down and cried.
Thank you.
I’m a higher ed teacher. You are far from alone. There are MANY of us, and many are undiagnosed.
Same. 😭
That was some years ago. Since then I got diagnosed, did therapy and began taking meds. Its still a struggle, but its getting better.
I cried when she said "it's not your fault"
I somehow missed that part
Then I cried again when I saw this comment. Lol.
My parents never believed me when I said I think I have ADHD and when I turned 18 I left and when I was 22 I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety I’m now 24 and have been going to therapy ever since :)
has it helped? my parents always say I probably do but they discourage treatment and say the line about "everyone being that way"
at least some of us can get help good job
@@asparagusnoodle sorry I didn’t notice this earlier but yes it has helped a lot
@@asparagusnoodle Maybe they have undiagnosed ADHD and think that everyone is like that? Idk it’s a guess. I think I might have ADD and I’m going to get a diagnosis soon:) I hope anyone who thinks they have something, is able to get a diagnosis too. And get proper help ofc
What type of therapy have you found most useful?
First non-music related subscription that I’m actually happy about in a long time, tysm
me: *has been diagnosed with adhd 4 times*
youtube recommendation: How do know if you have adhd
also me: hhMMM
XD hmmm yess lemme just check one more time
Yes OH GOD i have odd luck with youtubr or things otger then ppl callin me out creepily. xD I rlly need to go find a mew therapist eventually for my adhd...and prolly in general. I knw i have it cuz i was diagnosed as a kid and im pretty damn sure since my personality and etc is the same i still have ot even tho i havent been diagnosed again since i was a kid(do u have to be diagnosed again????? if a doc tells me i dont have it im findin a new doc cuz clearly that's a lie xD)
I just realized it may not be clear to but Yes anyone that knws me wouldnt bat an eye ive had ppl ask me occasionally
bonk ME RN
@@aidenflame1576 you cant just say you have a.d.d, if your doctor says you don't have it, you don't, your just really energetic
@@picklepepsi3705 dude i said i was already diagnosed did u not read that? And i didnt say i have add i said i have adhd
All i said was i was diagnosed as a kid. Please read the entire comment b4 being a tad negative thank you.
the thing is when I tell people “Im hyper” they will just say “you’re not hyper” “you don’t look hyper to me” “what?? hyper? but you’re always calm lol” “but you’re not running around”
i couldn't relate more.
Lol I’m kinda the opposite I’ve always been v hyper always running around
If only they could see my brain!
when i told my dad I was hyper he told me i was too lazy of a person to be hyperactive...
@@itsmeuyr2158 when you say tht ur hyper do u mean physical like ur not able to sit still for long periods of time? Or as in in ur heads ur thoughts are always jumping from topic to topic or thought to thought? If he’s saying tht it could mean tht ur mentally hyper like jumping from thought to thought, idea to idea etc.
Sometimes my friends would ask me about the thing our teacher said in class and I'm like: 👁👄👁
I zone out in class.. 👁💧👄💧👁
Same, I never focus
You forgot the 👂 👂
and then when u space out on ur friend- like- 🤠
ye ye I do that to
44 years old and I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2022. Very happy to be part of a Non Profit Org that helped empower myself as well as further advocate for one of my kids.
“You’re either being completely lazy or trying to do everything at the same time”
I relate to this on a spiritual level. The amount of things my mind plans out for me to do, then ends up either saying “eh, it’s not that important”, or trying to juggle them all at once like a circus act 😂😂😅
And either way you end up doing nothing
You should see how quick i clean my apartment, its actually so funny. One second im doing my bed, next im in the balcony watering the plants…
Rightttttt
Pls that's literally me every morning in the bed
im in this coment and i don't like it
"you bite your nails"
**Me watching this video and bitting the skin off my fingers while also shaking my leg**
Pfffft-
I'm only fidgety when I don't have anything to occupy my mind in a physical sense, like if I'm not scrolling down the page.
I was swinging my legs in the air and tapping my fingers while zoning off and singing a song in my head 😂 I'm thinking I have ADHD 😂
You just described what I was doing perfectly
its not just me :)
same
"You're late on bills you actually have the money for."
*nervous sweating*
Same ✋🏽
iRazenrak “while it cant get worse it can have a big effect on grades”
*nervously sweating*
I purposely setup auto-pay on all my bills just because of that haha.
ugh my life
Facts!
I don’t know if I have ADHD (I probably don’t), but I keep watching this channel because of her personality, humor, and constantly being amazed by her ears.
nobody:
me: looking through comments instead of watching video
Not true
Totally me sometimes, I hate doing it :(. Trying to unlearn it.
ME
me too, just so i can see all the people trying to self diagnose themselves lmfao. i came here because for some reason i got ads saying “adhd self quiz” “depression self quiz” “bipolar quiz” etc... i’m p sure it’s because i have a knack for reading about that kind of stuff and google just collects my search history so they can build a “personalized ad service” via my information by selling it to those websites.😐😐pretty funny...
🤣🤣👍
"And if it turns out you do have it... good news. You're fine."
That just made my day.
Bad news, I'm NOT fine. If I'm not medicated, I can barely function.
MisterZimbabwe it’s okay to need medication, there’s no shame. c: we are valid.
Medication kills your superpower. You're not fine, you're excellent! 😎
I was a quiet, average student with good grades, never got in trouble. I did do things that I never noticed were abnormal until people around me noticed before I did. I would bite my nails, always tap a pencil or click my pen, couldn’t sit still in a chair or shake my leg the whole time I sat. I stopped doing these things but the leg shaking is still present, but I notice it now. I love my hyper focus because in case of an emergency…I am prepared 😂 I can have a conversation with a friend in a loud place but then unwillingly my ears tune out and tune into another conversation near me. I can either be super hyper, funny and fun or cool, calm and collected.
Omg a lot of what you shared sounds very similar to what I've experienced
how do you manage to deal with the crazy thoughts.
@@dahky5955 they’re very distracting random thoughts. I usually sit still and think about how the flooding thoughts are coming in (awareness). I try to focus on what’s in front of me or listen to the person I’m with. Stick to that conversation without interrupting or bust out saying something random. It’s a process everyday but it works for me. Practice, practice, practice
That was me, the hyper behaviour let rip after school and zoning out in school, then last minute adrenaline to get stuff done.
Yeah same! The ears tuning in and out is so relatable, like i can never keep track of a conversation and i need people to repeat things at least twice before i actually understand what they’re asking sometimes
I laughed at this but I am also a bit sad. I’m 27 and haven’t been officially diagnosed for this yet. My family was not the type to pursue any of my symptoms. I have been successful a bit in life but I am struggling mentally. It took 1 session of therapy for the therapist to tell me about ADHD. Thank you for the videos!
i literally zoned out while watching this lol
Same ahha
Leslie Snair i was playing with scissors watch it
same
What video?
Same but twice
I was 64 when I was diagnosed with "mild" ADHD. I always knew there was something...my short-term memory, and I have always been "scatter-brained". Now I am on a journey to learn and find ways to help myself. It was a huge relief to be diagnosed.
Hi
I thought this was my comment 😳😁
I'm so glad to see this. I'm 68 and looking to find a doctor so I can be evaluated. I just hoping that my symptoms aren't dismissed as old age.
@@Zippy5618
Psychiatrists have an evaluation list of questions to ask you for an adult diagnosis. But before doing that, I would google & research medical articles on lists of ADHD symptoms. Copy a list or two out and check off the symptoms you do see yourself having. Also decide which ones are causing the most problems in functioning in your day-to-day life.
This will help in your discussion with the doctor who can diagnose what is going on.
I am 63
No problem
6'5” guy with adhd here.... I forgot what I was gonna say
How's the weather up there?
Wait ARE YOU REALLY 6'5 YOU'RE SO TALL wait- well this is now awkward I forgot what I was gonna say too 💀 anyways you're really tall
It’s okay
Pants party
i was going to say something funny...i forgot wait i think i remember it
nvm
I was diagnosed since I was a child but I felt quite alone in my own disarray. These are complicated times and finding you is helping me so very much to understand, once again how far Ive come (quite far) , not to punish myself for what Im still to figure out and feel quite less alone in the process. Thank you, I think you are wonderful. Love, from Mexico.
I like the hyper-focus part. At least when I'm hyper-focusing on something that's productive instead of 8 hours on the same video game.
me knowing i have 12 more projects that I need to do but I want to beat chimps mode on btd6 so I play it for 7 hours
OMG YES dammit.
ye i once did that with a presentation thingy in 5th grade. got in done in abt 3 hrs lol
True, it is often the video game though ^^
Hyper focus would be amazing if I could choose when it kicks in...lol.
Good GOD you caught me off guard there. "It's okay, you're fine, welcome to the tribe." You have no idea how bad I needed to hear that today, I'm crying now. Thank you for what you do and for your channel, it really has helped me a lot!
+NuthingTaDo sending hugs!!!
*WELCOME TO OUR TRIBE*
NuthingTaDo I cried *so hard* last night watching her on TED Talk 😂
NuthingTaDo that phrase “welcome to the tribe”. Made me cry. But happy tears.
Honestly I've cried too
Thank you for watching!!! 😊
thx
You're welcome.
wow im only 11 and i have all those symptoms
+Klaudia Marszalek ADHD usually presents by age 7, and almost definitely by age 12. Symptoms actually tend to get better with age (although for many of us, never go away completely)
+How to ADHD diagnosed when I was 4 with adhd and add and I didn't take medication. I did bad in school until middle school . I started to do good. now I'm in high school with a 99 accumulative average.
the most relatable thing to adhd in this video is her she wants to (and probably can) speak alot faster than that but she is resisting it, that feeling of enthusiasm that you just want to jump out of the screen Keep up the good work
Bro I really wanna get checked for ADHD and I talked to my parents about it and my mom approves but my dad says it's not a real thing and it's cause I'm always on my "phone". This is actually messing me up.
I don't know the regulations of your countries but in mine, teens can go to the psychiatrist and doctor without their parents knowing. You should check if there are possibilities for you to do it yourself without your parents.
@MADELINE ALTAMIRANO Do you have any relatives you can trust that are nearby? If you need some advice real quick, ask on a medical forum on what to do. Even if you don't have it, that shouldn't stop you from seeking treatment in the off-chance that you do.
@MADELINE ALTAMIRANO omg same here i need help it's destroying my college life 😪
Hah,damn same,the one time i felt brave enough to talk to my mom about it,she dismissed it as "o well you're on your phone for so long,of course it breaks your focus"
I asked my mom and she said yes but it's been 2 months and she still did nothing about it and I think she forgot that I really think that I have adhd because whenever I can't focus or forget stuff she gets so mad at me
6'5" here, I relate most with not being able to find pants
What are the effects of not taking meds your whollife
Very tall
I'm 6'3. Can confirm this sucks. But not as much as trying to get into Calisthenics. I can't even imagine doing what I do at another 2 inches. Good for you dawg. May your knees be healthy and your back straight.
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You must be Dutch lol
"You don't have files, you have piles."
Ouch, that was so true it hurts. I'm permanently fighting this tendency every day.
i thought she meant piles of files, guess she got another thing right.
Thats so true
Lol when I read the comment she said that
I was nicknamed Piles by one of my bosses.
Piles galore 😢
Got officially diagnosed 2 weeks ago, i went home and cried happy tears for 30 mins 😭 ❤
Congrats
I wasn’t listening. Can you say all that again?
I'm watching it now and Im not listening to what shes saying
Lol same I'm just scrolling down the comments
@BruhMoment642_
Har...
har.
😋
0:00
Ahh you didn’t press on it didn’t you?
Ok... 0:00
That didn’t work either, then I quit.
Yes. Forget it kids. It's untreatable. Hyperactivity will subside and later for many of you it will be an adult with mediocre energy and ok focus.
“You don’t listen so much as daydream with a soundtrack”.
I FEEL SO ATTACKED.
hmm i mostly listen to non vocals musics and yea daydreaming with the music is my favourite pastime. isnt it common though?
Omg I'm glad you commented this cuz I was doing this exact thing during that part of the video and missed what she said. 😅
SAME
May not be true, my son needs more processing time so he pauses a lot of time in between. (He also has specific learning difficulties)
I call ADHD
VAST, Variable Attention Stimulus Trait.
A doctor who works in the field came up with that. I love it.
@Peter Potato Because honestly, lots of people have expressed that ADHD isn't a very good name for what it actually is
I call it the easy route drug solution for modern day white people
I always thought of it as Attention Dysregulation Disorder, but I can do better.
Maybe I should call it Neurodevelopmental Disorder with Dopamine Receptor Scarcity (NDD-DRS), which is a more accurate name, as it describes what exactly it is.
Is it possible that somewhere deep in the subconscious mind there is resistance to trying to control or reverse the effects of ADHD? Someone older like myself (age 70) having lived my whole life ignorant of ADHD but not the aftereffects of when I seriously screwed up. Then I would accept that I have a problem (dammit I did it again) and move on like nothing happened. Now I am aware of my ADD and how it interferes with life every minute of every day. When I try to correct a situation or prevent a screw up, and fail, I become very angry. Angry enough to harm myself by slapping myself or banging my hand against the table because I knocked something over again. I discovered that pain, causes me to reboot and regain control. But I know when the pain leaves, I will screw up again. and again, and again.
There was something comforting by not knowing what I did or said. When I was younger and very depressed (because of the ADD) I felt safe at the bottom of the pit because while there, I felt nothing could get any worse, no one could hurt me, and there was nothing for me to screw up.
I could not understand why other people treated me like the village idiot, blamed me when something went wrong or tried to make me say or do things for their entertainment. I am now better than when I was younger. Slowly, very slowly gaining control. I have a long, long way to go.
me getting literally diagnosed with adhd by my doctor:
my brain : you literally are an attention seeker 😐
Isn't that the sign of imposter's syndrome? feeling like you're a fraud, or you're being fake? i feel that a lot, a lot of times.
same
Attention seekers are people who always find a way to bring up ADHD and their diagnosis, to you know, seek attention. Most people who actually have ADHD are not trying to tell someone they just met that they have ADHD.
@@drowninginthedeepnessofher1032 It kind of comes with ADHD a lot of the time because we always barely get stuff done at the last minute. So it always feels like we're just lucky.
I feel a similar way. It could be that ADHD can be widely different for everyone so when a certain symptom that others with ADHD experience doesn't line up with you so well, it makes you think that you just don't have ADHD.
"You don't listen, you daydream with a soundtrack"
So true!
hyperx72 that's what happen to me all the times,i don't even hear the teatcher,not all the times,thanks god
my standard answer to my teacher in school:
me: " I'm sorry, I didn't listen, can you repeat the question?"
teacher: repeats question
me: can't answer because haven't listened to the previous explanations either x_x
and i can't watch long movies. just doesn't work xD
It's been almost two years since the last time i was able to sit down and watch a movie from start to finish, even the ones that i really like!
The only time I can watch a movie is at the theaters (minus getting up to use the bathroom or get refills). When I'm at my house, I just get up and reinact what happens in the movie with body movements.
I wasn't diagnosed with ADHD though so I don't know if I have it.
when you realize at the end of the video that you literally just spent half of the video like:
👁👄👁
mesmerized by her green eyes and you retained nothing hA
Her eyes r lush tho
Did the same.
same i was so distracted by her! She's so beautiful
Her eyes are very nice
Those eyes though!!!
i didn’t know what was wrong with me for the longest time. i was struggling so much with school, work, and taking basic care of myself. i took only 6 classes during my first two semesters of college and didn’t finish a single one. i dropped out. After a huge panic attack i was admitted to a mental hospital. after i got out of there, i was given resources to follow up with so i could figure out a treatment plan. when i was diagnosed with adhd i didn’t really agree at first. but this channel has made a lot of things click and has helped me to really understand what i’m dealing with and how to live with it. thank you❤. and thank you to my boss for showing it to me 😁
I have troubles laughing when I’m getting yelled at and not being able to pay attention and I have troubles reading sentences because I get lost in the middle of them... Also when I go out in public I always feel like people are looking at me and making fun of me... I honestly think there’s something wrong with me but I don’t want to mention it to my parents because they will think I’m weird:(
When you feel like people are looking at you and making fun of your every move it's something called the "Imaginary Audience."
@Benjamin Leetch SAME HSHSHSEJVSJBDHDJS
Same
This-
This is my life in a paragraph
@Benjamin Leetch this is natural, nervousness
"You're late on bills you actually have the money to pay."
Well, I should probably visit the doctor real soon...
Ohhhh this is so me.
Meee toooo but for me it’s homework, instead of bills, especially since we upload everything online
“Or you’ve fallen down the youtube while while you’re meant to be doing something else, in which case you might”
Shhhhh, you leave me and my violent procrastination alone. The word document is open so I’m basically doing the work.
Are you spying on me? The word doc is literally fullscreen right now 😫😂
woah 9 months ago, someone might give birth today
Same lmao like the second she opened her mouth I was like "why dis so relatable"
I bond quickly with everyone in the comments . I want them to come over so we can interrupt each other happily! It’s so emotional when you meet someone else that has ADHD.
You don’t listen so much we daydream with a soundtrack WILD
Omg! This is how I remember certain moments in my life! I hear an old song and can instantly remember where I was when I first heard it or the lyrics to it and yet I cant remember what I did yesterday... or even what day yesterday was.
Me: What did I just say two seconds ago?
Also me hearing a song I haven't heard in years: I KNOW EVERY WORD
I've been doing that for years and thought it was normal
..............
W-what does that mean???? I daydream to music.. is that it?
Yes!!! I feel like it takes SO MUCH energy and concentration to actively listen and pay attention! I was reading through the comments wondering how I managed to get through school. Oh yeah.. I would regularly come home from high school, put a movie on I'd already seen a million times and take a long nap on the couch.
I was just diagnosed at 12 with inattentive ADHD and it sorta makes sense because during PE I chase dragonflies to try and save them from the balls
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
you are a good person.
hey, i have inattentive ADHD too. :) when i was younger i would make daisy chains during soccer games. so hard to focus on those especially since i don't/didn't like sports lol
i laughed out loud at this comment bcuz in every way shape and form, it was relatable.
I know it's a year ago, but that is so weird because it's the same thing I'd do except they were hover flies XD
This video is great! My son has a referral for an ADHD assessment. He is only 7 and I wasn't sure how to explain this to him/ prepare him for it. I showed him your video and he listened the whole time. He asked some good questions about the ADHD and he is not anxious about the meeting with a doctor now❤
I tried paying attention but I did not get a single word she just said and I was blankly staring at her wall thinking “That’s a nice shade of blue.”
Play a game on your phone while you listen.
I can’t make it through a video without looking at comments and half listen to the actual video I clicked on
Thanks for pointing that out- it is a really nice shade of blue and im most likely gonna be focusing on that the entire time lmaoo
oh my god it is-
Her teeth are nice!
Sometimes I'll be doing nothing, then feel like "this is the worst, why am I doing this when I can be doing literally anything else?".
same
Then do nothing for another hour. Tis the cycle
THIS!!!
I never had some of these “more common symptoms” as a child, in fact they have only arisen in the past few months but I’ve always had a huge lack of patience, obsessions over a physical object and even still having tantrums at the shopping centre at 9 years old. My parents mistook it has bad behaviour but we are now starting to uncover some underlying issues. I’m in the middle of getting diagnosed with ADHD. Please remember that just because your symptoms don’t match the exact criteria, it doesn’t mean you don’t have it. It’s important that you get the right diagnosis and treatment.
@SuperWhisk Go for it man! You got nothing to lose, and a possible help to get.
Doesn’t everyone?
wow, lucky you, my parents think am just disrespectful and they are soon starting to spank me
I like her humor and way of talking 😂 it made me actually watch the video without going to the comment section 😊
you: Your sense of time is ‘now’ or ‘not now.’ (It’s usually ‘not now.’)
me: I don’t know what you mean 😅😅😅 *has had a basket of folded laundry sitting on bedroom floor for 2 weeks*
Frick this just reminded me that I sorted out my clothes but never put them away lmao
@@chaos9364 I get you!! I put my clothes away last night... after they had been sitting on the floor for A MONTH
It was 2 months for me...*looks around room* the laundry basket is still there I-
@@dreaming_of_stars At the time, 2 weeks was my max. Quarantine has made me... “flexible” as in it’s been 3 months 😳😳
SAME
Past me: I definitely dont have ADHD
Not as far in the past me: Watches this video at 2x speed so I wont get bored
Current me: Maybe I do have ADHD
AlternateOO7 I’m watching this in 2x speed too while the comments are like she talks so fast. Maybe I do have adhd
Just please don't come to conclusions too quickly. Just because you watch a video with 2x speed does not indicate that you have ADHD
@@nathank3278 YES this.
Oh man, I've done this but with a different video. 😅 I've been diagnosed though.
I literally hate myself I get a project and then think "huh, this seems like a lot of work and I don't want to deal with that now"
Then the due date gets closer and my brain goes "Oh that stresses me out, let's stop paying attention to that"
And now, the night before my paper is due, I'm on this video instead of writing it. And I am still deciding on a topic
Something I find helpful is doing a section of my work and then rewarding myself with a short video and then doing another section.
Me too my project is due tomorrow and even though its so easy i just dont understand it for some reason, and i procrastinate on a daily basis to the point where i usually just do my homework at school in the morning
@@bee458 me : does a work for 1 minute and give me a brake for 2 hours watching yt
I never related to a comment as much
Damn same, shame I’ll probably forget this video really fast
I started skipping through the vid, got distracted by a fake spider on my fan, lost where i was and started procrastinate finding where i was...
"I'll take care of it later" means I'm actually forgotten about it THAT WAS SPOT ON
For me, I haven’t forgotten it, but it is starting to sail to the back of my mind
"You don't listen so much as daydream with a soundtrack" - Pure gold and relatable x)
"You bite your nails, can't sit still"
Me: **biting my nails while swaying my legs back and forth**
"Oh..."
the fact that I wasn't staying still until I saw this comment is funny
I don't bite my nails
@@LightningFox7 good for you... I guess
Bro I literally put onion on my nails and I still be biting it so then I put nail polish remover and I’m sitting there licking it off I’m-
Read this while shaking my leg and biting my nails-
I was diagnosed with anxiety, ptsd and bi polar disorder about 4 years ago. When I got with my current ex he pointed out I may have adhd. I came across your channel and I sent this video. He said a lot of these things reminds me of him. Even my grandma agrees
I would like to tell you how much your videos mean to my daughter and our family as a whole. She watches your videos and will send me links to ones that articulate how she feels living with ADHD but has been unable to put into words. You are an inspiration and a role model to her. Keep up the great work!!!
+Joy Wicks Aww that's so lovely to hear! What's her name and does she have a topic suggestion? :)
+
Joy Wicks I LIKE INGROWN BUTTHOLES
You made me feel normal for the first time in my life. I found out my mom hid my diagnosis because like you I was gifted in school. Thank you so much.
"Your email inbox has 23,456 emails in it."
Nope. 24,105 actually
Im on 11,766....
oh dude nice. At 24,948 rn
Well 72
Rookie numbers bud… 44,702
nope i have 32,704
I have decided from watching this and another video, that some big questions in my life may actually have an answer. Questions like; why I can't drive a car because my brain seems to wander off in the act, and I lose focus on that I am driving; why I get so focused on something that it feels like someone is pulling my skin when they try to get my attention away from the thing I am focusing on; why I only enjoy creative things and people talking about topics that engage my intelligence and everything else feels like I am lost - and so forth. Until I get a diagnosis, I am not sure, but from these videos it seems to me that ADHD would explain a lot of things. Thank you for making this. It may be my first stepping stop to getting some clarity about these things that plague me, and make me feel like a failure most of the time.
I’m 21 and I just got diagnosed today. Your videos helped me to confirm my suspicions and led to me going to a psychologist to get diagnosed. I’m feeling a lot of things right now and one of those things is a huge appreciation for you and the videos you make. Thank you
How did you find your psychologist? If you don’t mind me asking.. I’ve had suspicions for a while and have wanted to get diagnosed but I don’t even know where to begin..