I started watching this video but I forgot I had to go to the bathroom so I paused it. I got up to go to the bathroom and realized I was hungry so I put a hotpocket in the microwave, closed the door but didn't turn the microwave on because I remembered I had to use the bathroom. I went to the bathroom and got the hotpocket out of the microwave. I sat down and started looking through the comments of the video and took a bite out of a frozen hotpocket. I realized I didn't turn the microwave on and I still haven't watched this video.
I was at a Wendy's eating with a friend of mine. As soon as we were leaving my friend noticed I still had my food tray with me. I was going to leave Wendy's with one of their food trays. Today I was with my parents at another restaurant and I almost left with their ketchup bottle.
I'm a 25 y/o male with adult adhd. I've never met anyone who really understands my "internet surfing" and he explained it so well with the baseball-boston-ted example. I honestly got to this video by 3 hours of surfing the web which started at criminal justice, to the war in bosnia, to circadian rhythm, to anxiety, and finally at this video. I wish I could be productive and not waste my time like this.
To the point that certain behaviors exhibit dopamine production which reinforces behaviors to perform in a pattern leading to an addiction to where we feel constrained to be compelled to act out that behavior.
It's spread across a diversity of activity's to release it, our dopamine is the motivational drive, find another activity that can beneficial to you other then the internet, or at lease utilize the internet more in a productive realm than procrastination
As someone with ADHD he is completely right. Last month I described hyperfocus to my new doctor in the same words and he said "that doesn't sound like ADHD". Most people without ADHD have next to no idea about how it actually is.
+Hoyt Mueller Hyper focus is a well known attrribute of adhd, but as usual you get doctors who think they know it all, when often they are sorely lacking in knowledge on a subject. I'm currently doing a degree part time after failing twice in my younger days, and if it wasn't for my ability to hyperfocus i'd be doomed, because nearly every piece of work I've done has to be done hours before a deadline. I even did a dissertation that was meant to be spread over 5 weeks in 3 days solid with only 4 hours sleep, and got 74% for it. I wouldn't have done it without my hyperfocusing ability. I believe ADHD should be treated less as a disorder and more as simply a different wiring of the brain. I lack badly in focus, motivation,, menial tasks, forgetfulness, and in fact it's affected my life quite negatively, but I excel in some areas so well that at certain times in my younger days I was utterly convinced I was born with a brain of higher purpose, because I have this ability to think some pretty incredible abstract ideas that many people will never comprehend. I now know that it's simply because I have an oddly wired brain, which has helped my rein in my god complex :)
I know your post was almost a year ago...If it weren't for hyperfocus I would had never started nor finished my thesis in college. It was 50 pages long and with the index it a total of 70. I stopped writting at 30 pages, but during the editing and revising I ended up writing 50. It was a book! Everyone elses was 5 to 10 pages long. (as it should be) It was so much fun I didn't want it to end. But once I was out of it, I was glad it was over because my life was a hot mess. I take care of never letting that happend again. I 'm afraid of hyperfocus. It is Adhd on acid.
right? It's slowly sending me into depression bc i just cannot pay attention to my assignments and i have so much potential. I just wish i could myself add meds, do my work, and prove ppl wrong
Indzy The best advice I can give is to maintain that motivation to prove people wrong. The people who wanted to prove people wrong always did better than those who just accepted how screwed up the system was.
His correletions of thoughts is the exact thing I do everyday all day. I have music in my head constantly all day and the point where I am not thinking is very rare.
Reed Presley I must listen to music all the time! Bless my husband for getting me my iPod Shuffle, Nano, and Classic! I have to listen to music as I doze off to sleep, do house chores, do work at work, shower, garden, art, et cetera. If there is no external music, I still hear it in my head or I sing to myself.
@@StasherDragon haha and for me it’s the opposite. As I feel that I have too much in my mind all the time music overwhelms me a lot unless I WANT to (hyper focus ) on listening music 🥲 very weird
My thought progress is insane. I'll go from thinking about what my homework is to why we humans exist. goes from 0 to 100 real fast. I procastinate things without realizing it, but once I have a few hours to finish that big essay I sit there hyper focused (with a bit of help from ritalin) having ADHD is werid. But it's a lot of fun as well.
What I absolutely hate about having ADHD is that people think that I'm not that smart because I'm not always on task or say things that seem a bit random to them. The people from my school even make jokes about how stupid and hyperactive I am while I'm sitting next to them. It hurts because I know that I'm not stupid just because I have ADHD. The funny thing about that is that they don't know that I have it but it won't make sense to tell them because they wouldn't get it anyways.
The same thing happens to me, although mine is more ADD only oriented. Thanks for showing me I'm not the only one. We're smart, don't let them make you think you are not.
My amateur advice is to ignore them, put on blinders so you only focus on what you like, because their insults can never help you, and you shouldn't waste time on things that don't make you happy. I am 29, and this is a realization I came to while growing up with my ADHD.
I'm a sixteen year old male and I have just recently been pulled out of public school because I was behind. Since being homeschooled I have become a Straight A student because my teacher encourages my ADHD. I love having a teacher who encourages me
This is 4 yrs late but awesome for you! I know you've graduated by now and are living life, yet good to hear that you improved. I can relate somewhat, I was homeschooled and had struggles with reading didn't master it proficently until age 8. When I graduated I was reading on a college level and beyond.
Hyper focus is a gift from above. Find your passion, find how to make money at it. Or like me love ....the act...of making money. Hyper focus go for it...
@Tanvi Lohakare pretend you love something, pretend it's cool , tell yourself you enjoyed it every time and that sweetie will be your normal, passion is acquired
I think you don't understand how hyperfocusing works. Hyperfocusing in ADHD works if they're stimulated by doing something, basically something far away from academics. Mostly arts, music, hobbies that they like, yknow. It isn't just the act of making money quickly.
The "thinking in hyperlinks" speaks to a deep part of me. That's exactly how I think and yes, I have ADD. On the bright side, it keeps casual /social conversations interesting! We can talk about 100 things in an hour lol.
I can relate to the hyper focus. Sometimes I spend all day reading a physics textbook, and then I get carried away in a conversation explaining how physics works in daily life. People tell me I'm crazy, but I know what you mean by getting ahead of yourself and speaking so much what's on your mind.
This explains why I have such an incredibly broad interest like a Jack of All Trades. Because my mind is constantly wondering to so many different topics to stimulate itself
My thought process always works the same way! People always give me crazy looks when I jump from one thing to another and then I have to explain how I got there...
I'll be listening to a conversation about, say, Christmas dinner, my mind wanders, next thing I know I'm thinking about summer as a kid. How? Working backwards: Summer - daisy chains - German for Daisy is Little Goose Flower - Goose was a traditional Christmas dish in the Victorian era - Christmas dinner plans. Voila.
School is or for me was the worst place to be as an adhd sufferer my tutors also showed very little confidence and i was told many times i would end up a nobody. People just arnt educated enough on the matter
At times when I have a conversation with people, I try to listen as hard as I can, but somehow I find listening is like keeping up with directions; that throws me off, and I get some details of the conversation, but some things just are irrelevant to what the conversation initially started with. I suck at following directions; it puts me into a state of anxiety, as if I were taking a calculus test of some sort.
I ask a lot of questions to people because I can't hear them very well. I forget things easily and I'm a terrible organizer. I've lost many of my possesions in the past because I couldn't remember where I put them. My stuff was stolen at my university twice. I almost left a Wendy's restaurant with my food tray still in my hand. I almost left another restaurant with the ketchup bottle still in my hand. :)
I am exactly the same. In our defense, yes we have ADHD, but the fact that you are working on actively listening is a sign of incredible emotional intelligence which I believe people with ADHD are more aware of than people without ADHD. That said, we are also quick to go from A-to-Z and when sitting in a conversation listening to somebody who's taking the long way around the block in conversation, (and we’re already there,) it becomes a tedious challenge to listen. I’m glad you brought this up because it is definitely something I noticed w/people adding irrelevant details ( in real life conversation, and movies, on voicemail messages, but doctors offices, and even reading on the Internet) & Not getting to the point in a timely manner. The art of listening as a skill has gone to the wayside and most people love to hear the sounds of their own voices. They’re not even concerned if you’re listening or not… If they were, they’d pay attention to the unspoken cues and be more succinct in their delivery!!
phone calls are worst i cant focus on them bcus my eyes spot something and i got to really really concentrate if i want to hear whats being said on the phone
The quote at 8:16 is sooo true! Me personally? You tell me to solve a math problem and I'll probably just laugh. You give me a piece of paper and pen and I'll write something beautiful. Math homework? It doesn't mean anything to me. Writing? It means a LOT to me. That's me. That's my brain. That's what ADD/ADHD is.
Haha, ADHD is a trade mark, those who have it know it. I and so good at math, I have taking all my math classes to gratute level, but I have ignored other communication classes now i m taking them and i m not doing well I m close to being kick out college.
@@StasherDragon i thought this was just me...idk why i always loved writing and math bc they are quick but reading is so slow and draining and i caannot focus on a page for the life of me. Once you understand the concept in math it is so quick and u can do it while listening to music...and with writing our thoughts just floooww on the page soo its great lol
@@edenglass3098 I totally forgot about this comment I made 9 years ago. Thank you for your comment. I'm reminded how far I've come. I've written and published four books now. 🥰
Max Czapski I doubt it, i think there are more people with ADHD like me who started hyperfocusing on the topic of ADHD to try to find ways to better cope with it themselves and as a result gathered and learned a lot about it very fast. I for once knew all of this mentioned in the video and even more + in depth by the age of 16-17
True true 200%, I suffered all my life I didn’t known for my ADHD so now I’m 46 years old but I’ m live my better life because I understand my particularity and I accept her thank you boy! It’s a beautiful TED.
This year I had 10 ppl ask me if I'm ADHD and I've NEVER been asked that in my entire life. Watched this video and now I know why. I would tell ppl I had "reverse ADHD' since I could hyperfocus. This is why I didn't think I had it. Now I'm starting to think they might be onto something
Personally, having been diagnosed with ADHD, I find Wikipedia itself to be problematic at times. When you become so hyper-focused on the subject you're reading about but you also become hyper-focused and interested in multiple other subjects that are hyper-linked on that Wikipedia article and you open them in new tabs, and then you start reading those new articles and find new interesting subjects in the new Wiki pages you've just opened.. that by the time half an hour has past you've got over a hundred Wikipedia tabs open and you've totally forgotten what it was you were initially researching.. but you've just learned a whole bunch of cool and interesting stuff on a diverse range of topics.. just not the one you were supposed to be spending all your time on.
I also have adhd, but them I was a kid they didn't know about it. I was punished and hit by the elders and parents. As a mom and adult sometime words come out of my mouth before I thought it out. My attention span is short, but like this young man said, when I'm interested in something I focus. I went to nursing school I was thrown out because I got overwhelmed and they were afraid I would give the wrong medicine. Than my counselor send me to get tested.Now I feel mad. I'm mad because I feel I could of been more successful in my like. I was labeled stupid and half a brain growing up. I believed it till I turn 60. I was getting good grades in school and it occurred to me I wasn't stupid. In 2015 I got my associate degree. I just finish emergency medical tech.
Newly diagnosed with Adult ADHD, at 48 y/o. Not sure what to think of it, but I know I feel better now that I know what is causing my brain to act the way it does. I am researching everything I can, trying to figure out how to get it under control, and use the hyper-focus part to succeed, and excel. Lately I have been frustrated , and very angry with everyon, and everything around me. Now that I have the diagnoses, my ADHD is helping me go at 150% trying to figure it out. ADHD is my new hyper-focus :)
Okay... Living with ADD.... I was diagnosed 9 years ago... Haven't seen a Doctor since 9 years ago... It's really, really, really, extremely difficult for me to find anything important other than my daughter's education and my job. Anyone can talk to me and it just goes through one ear out of the other... I usually forget what I've already said and I lose my keys.. Hair, Nails, Fashion, Make Up, Cars- just none of that is important to me. I find myself wanting to sleep way more than I should and my lack of interest is HUGE!!!!
I love it that this guy can connect the dots so that other people can understand how an add mind can go from one subject to something completely totally off-topic... But completely related. Love it
One thing I love (not) about ADD- People: You are so creative, smart innovative etc. Now if you could just be more like us and on time that would be great! Me: Why can't you be more creative, smart, innovative like me? People: WTF???
HECK YES. Maybe instead of me slowing down y'all slowpokes could catch up? I do try to have patience because I know the flip side is sometimes the info just doesn't stick, but when I'm in the zone it's frustrating to have people ask me to step out of it when I know it'll be three hours of getting over executive dysfunction to get back into it.
Just got diagnosed, but I'm doubting it because I sought out a diagnoses after relating to most of the symptoms, but hearing that the ADHD brain works like hyperlinks, totally describes how people describe my brain when talking to me, constantly asking how tf I came up with that from this other seemingly unrelated thing. Edit: also that quote from the airplane guy
I didn’t ever think I had ADHD until I watched this. Looking back as a kid it makes sense now why I was beginning to read another book before finishing the first one all while failing homework assignments because I never did them.
Great presentation! He is so right on about their being 2 types of ADHD people. Chemically Born and Environmentally Induced ADHD. He is so good at explaining how a person who TRULY has ADHD can focus 150% on something that they are interested in and take forever when they are not. LOL
Gosh, this is such a great way of describing how adhd brains work. A way I've described my thinking process to people is basically for them to imagine the game '7 degrees of kevin bacon', but instead of only with movies and actors, with literally anything and everything, and you're constantly playing it, and you can't stop.
I wish there were an ADHD-focused form of the internet. There are all kinds of niches on the internet, but something that was optimized for people with ADHD would be extraordinary.
@@annm.6212 Yep! That same happened to me well. My teachers didn't believe me as well that I would pass the exam. And yeah I graduated! Comeback Stronger :)
I know how this guy feels. I am turning 15 on the 28th and I have been diagnosed with ADHD when I was a little kid. I have been bullied for such a long time because of this. I have no filter when it comes to talking. I love walking around because I can't hold still. I have to go in the middle of class to "go to the bathroom" so today in my honors English class I was so energetic. I usually have my energy outbursts and I had one today. She told me 'you Definitely have ADHD". She knows I have it because I told her, because we are working on stereotypes about ADHD, for a project in her class.
As someone with ADHD, I want to encourage every one of you out there with it as well to live your life as a informant for the disorder. Not only will learning about it help your personal life, but spreading the word will help more neurotypical people understand the condition more.
This is so true. I love the internet and all the things you can learn on it and discover on it, but I really don't understand how people get addicted to it.
Its ridiculous, then the minute i restart my computer and open the browser then accidentally close it with out restoring the last session. *heart broken* xD
18 and exactly like that, I'm so quick at reading things and moving onto my next area of interest that my computer has slowed down significantly to make up for the fact that I have over 40 tabs open on one window, most of these tabs have been opened in the last hour and I've used each of them at least a little bit. The curse of being a fast reader, a fast thinker and having ADHD is that no one not even a reasonably good computer can keep up with you.
I clicked 5 recomendated videos before I realized I was seeing this one It has become a habit me returning to the history to check what I didn't and want to watch
I gotta admit... halfway thru I was wondering if this was really worth watching... but then when he drove the point in at the end I really liked it and decided to watch it again lol. Great talk!
The more I'm finding out about ADD/ADHD, the more its explaining my habits and thought process since I was a kid. I've never been officially diagnosed, but friends who have it, and my my fiancee's psychologist AND her psychiatrist are pretty sure I've got it. I'm wondering if I should go find out for sure. That said, I've never heard a better explanation for my brain than "hyperlinks". I always used to equate it to Jeff Goldblum, because I'm a fossil from the days before the internet and the thought process of most of his characters tended to best describe how I think (particularly Independence Day). I'm going to start using hyperlinks as a descriptor. Thanks guy.
Yes!!! This is EXACTLY how my brain works!! People are soooo confused. Tangentially conversations and thoughts within seconds...... and when you rewind it.... you see the "hyperlinks"!
Well said young man. I resonated with this on a profound level; I was that little boy constantly being told to sit down, stop fidgeting, etc. But I also a few years ago acquired a 4-6 year collegiate-level Law database in the span of about 8 months, using my 'hyper-focus'. I see most of my millennial generation has either type 1 or type 2 adhd, mostly acquired due to the internet. But you're right, those of us who where born with this neurological system have taken to the internet far better than most. You put my internet dependence into easy-to-understand terms, and for that, I'm thankful. Now I can just point people to this video!
I completely understand the hyper focus aspect of ADHD, I think it's a blessing to want to fully understand the complete picture on how and why something works. I wish more teachers understood this concept because they only seem to teach memorizing material and never want to go into the origin and progression that got to statement they just stated. I'm in nursing school and the teachers give timed review questions at a rate of approximately a minute per question on material that you just read an hour ago and don't understand that if I don't understand everything about that disease, I need time to research it from how it manifested to secondary complications and what can be done to prevent it and manage symptoms. You would think the medical field would require this. But they are just interested in you knowing the short answer. And teachers don't like you to ask a lot of questions. And won't let you use electronics in school. Nursing school teachers don't believe ADHD is a real disorder,
Woa this is me! It takes me 5 minutes to explain something that should take 1 minute unless i miss huge chunks out like you did before you explained the details (and confuse them) I EXPECT people to be patient and understand me or question me if they dont... Instead other people just reject me... If i confront their rejection they say im paranoid or mixed up or worse! Arg wots solution!
I am not confused. I like people like him because they are never boring. I married a patient calm person whom I find fascinating because I hardly can get him to open up because he is so reserved.I think I inherited it. I was born into a family of 12.
The best ADHD video ever because I feel like the boss even I may not know other things but things that excite me I will find all the down side of it more than anyone. Love it
I took a slightly more circuitous route: Ken Starr > Bill Clinton > Tenor Sax > Musical Instrument > Electric Guitar > Gibson Still only five clicks tho (If we aren't counting Ken, our starting point)
Then there is the third type like me gen x women whose teachers never knew we could have it. I had this my whole life. I was abused to behave. Major depression set in. Finally found someone to understand- a wonderful psychologist and finally medicated!
Got diagnosed at 7 so it's always seemed normal to be hyper focused, but my mom also wanted to hold me back for 1st 2nd and 3rd grade but everytime she would I would start hyper focusing on school without even knowing it until rn really, now thinking about it my mom always said I would make a complete 180 grade wise, In the last 2 months of each year, now I'm older and have adapted and can control my adhd symptoms much better, and honestly I wouldn't want a life without Adhd not because it's cool but because I am who I am inspite of it, and we should all be grateful for what we have. Being content with what u have, rather than needing more. (but always strive for more and hit your longterm goals in life.)
I've been running through how crazy it is that these phrases "age of information" and assumptions like phones are giving us all Adhd are now 10 years old for about a week now. Every day at least once. That tab is still open. The Wikipedia gamenis incredible btw
Well, I am only into this one minute and I had to stop and comment...must be my ADHD. When you gave the thread of Red Sox to Walburg to Ted, it made sense. I did not see the connections but I was not one bit put off by the constant change in topic and when I saw the connections it made total sense to me. This is exactly how my brain works!
I wish I had been diagnosed earlier. I only found out a few weeks ago, at 29. It's crazy how frustrating it can be living in my area (Africa). You feel all your potential, but you can't understand yourself, and even the school system isn't aware of these issues. Many of us are struggling due to a lack of awareness. Earlier diagnosis is crucial.
I always used to draw during school. It would let me do something with my hands while still listening to the subject. Thankfully not many teachers told me to stop because I was kinda unnoticeable. But the occasional teacher that did made that class he’ll for me.
ive always been judged on how i think or work like his does. Ill connect two things in a conversation randomly than have to explain how i connected them and knowing other people thought like that makes me feel better
Im sorry. The number of times ive wandered my mind away while watching this video. Phew. And ill usually rewind and get back to where i focused last. Im just glad i managed to watch it through.
I used to think everyone’s brains like to make connections and that it was good for us to cement information and memories - oh how little I knew how different I was, which explained a whole bunch of other stuff. We have so many different thinkers in our world and our world will be a better place if everyone knew their minds and are able to make a contribution. We all have so much to offer, but current infrastructure is stifling.
This video alone made me jump between 3 different tasks I wanted to do off the back of an idea... Must control my attention... 1 task at a time... If only my brain worked like that...
This explains very well why I had to DELETE my FB account and I never got Twitter...some friends couldn't understand and tell me to just set a timer, or set a day and time every week for social media, etc. All those tricks never worked. The best thing I did for myself was delete that account. I still have TH-cam (obviously), but otherwise, I have saved hours of my life every week, and better yet, I feel happier without social media. It's hard enough to be productive without the excess distractions that also cause stress.
well done, well delivered. I don't have it but I live with some that do and so far this explains it very well and gives me a healthy perspective - nice work!
sorry for the uber long message (it comes with the diagnose i guess), and it took me 4 hours to write - i'm guessing. i have ADD (the so called non hyper version. for those ho doesn't know; the H in ADHD stands for Hyper), and i'm surfing the internet all my free time, from morning - past midnight, thats what its like for me with ADD (i can't stop). i have a low dopamine level (it comes with ADD), so my brain is sluggish. now it's past midnight again, and now i am hungry. i dont eat properly cus of low dopamin. everything is so difficult to get done with ADD. when I'm not at the computer i end up doing "30" things at the same time, and have forgotten 29 things of them, many things never gets completed, and some things that i began to do - i can discover "days" later - i totally forget what i do (so so often). but hopefully i can fix my dopamine level, i will be very bright and allert then. one time i laborated on several vitaminerals; one was ion, and i felt more quick/awake/focused/alert (and when i met the dr i could listen, focus, and wright down information fast - at the same time she talked, and i loved the feeling of it! (thats how i want to feel!), it was like my mind was flying fast/running. my dr said she noticed a difference in me, and she said; it must be the ion!. but i don't have time taking vitaminerals right now, to much going on right now. its also stressig to take these vita minerals Every day! - and just not once, but through out the day, not just in the morning (and u gotta know how to take them/and how much/when: some vita minerals should be taken at a certain time, and some vita minerals should be taken at the same time). i took ecological raw vita minerals, its a little too expensive also. but hay; what u don't want to do for your health, and if i can afford it. guys i'm tiered after writing so much, i hate it! (that it takes so long), and its hard for others to read when its too long, no one reads it then. so i wasted time :). hungryyyy! :)
Rare Person did you already tried medicines? for me energy psychology helped me so much. or maybe you should seek help from a normal psychologist. because in my eyes add is something extremly helpfull as long as you learned to handle the downsides.
I got ADD too and I get you! I got one pointer which helped me tremendously: write down what you want or need to do the moment you think of it! Either on paper or on your smartphone. And then copy it to a post-it note and hang it somewhere in sight. When you feel lost, look at the paper. When you feel inspired, write it down imediatly. This trick helped me get things done and got me rid of the crippling guilty feelings and lowered my overall stress and anxiety feelings. It helped me fight my depression... I know it sounds so ridiulously easy, but please try and find some motivation and really try it. It might just work got you too!
"i have a low dopamine level (it comes with ADD), so my brain is sluggish. now it's past midnight again, and now i am hungry. i dont eat properly cus of low dopamin. everything is so difficult to get done with ADD" You know, I really hate to blame anything on the way I am, it makes it look like I'm using some sort of crutch, but it is nice having initials for the way I've been my whole entire life, it helps people understand, even though they still don't any clue what it's like.
I've been spending a lot of time trying to optimize vitamins. If I can get it thru a food, I do. If I can get a multi-vitamin that has the ones I want, I get that. I'm about to order the "Sagely Smart Weekly Pill Organizer" because it will let me set up a routine to fill them up quickly without errors, and then give me large enough pre-portioned containers for the week. Building out a system I can trust and is easy to operate, so it doesn't stress me out. "but i don't have time taking vitaminerals right now, to much going on right now." -> this is exactly the time that you need to be taking the vitamins, i've found. This is why I'm focusing on fixing this. The less I have to think about the things that make a huge difference to my functioning, the more likely I can maintain those habits.
Thank you Theo, I have just found out about my ADHD and I love it, finally, I know what was up with me. Thank Ted Talkx you guys are awesome. I have just done a special episode on my podcast and list the books and tips that help me deal with my condition. if you have drifted off yet or bored, just type "the Dider Show" on google and you will find me. Thank you again, ADHD is a gift, not a curse.
The one thing I hate is people making this disorder out to be a joke. Even people who have it are making it a joke. That doesn't help people take you seriously and you aren't special for having it. "I have ADHD and **says something stupid to try to prove they have it.** Like stop, I don't want ADHD and too many people already take it as a joke.
Is it sad that I was diagnosed with adhd when I was at the ER because I broke my jaw riding a bike from boredom? I was in 3rd grade soooo I was like 10-11? My doctor diagnosed me when he noticed I couldnt sit still to get my stitches and when I couldnt just sit and listen to him talk about what to eat and what not to eat. I think living with adhd un-medicated is a real struggle but I really just cant focus and make "habits", as my mom likes to call them, to take a damn pill everyday. I thought this summed up my adhd very well too cause he said that his brain is like a hyperlink! I SO RELATE TO THAT AND I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO MY BOYFRIEND HOW I LINK THINGS IN MY BRAIN.
I started watching this video but I forgot I had to go to the bathroom so I paused it. I got up to go to the bathroom and realized I was hungry so I put a hotpocket in the microwave, closed the door but didn't turn the microwave on because I remembered I had to use the bathroom. I went to the bathroom and got the hotpocket out of the microwave. I sat down and started looking through the comments of the video and took a bite out of a frozen hotpocket. I realized I didn't turn the microwave on and I still haven't watched this video.
+cole tipton LOL, now try raising kids too!
u got ptsd avoidance. its evol out there. :'),:
HOLY FUCKING SHIT MY BOY IS STILLL AT SOCCER PRACTICE!!!
+cole tipton wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... my life story.
I was at a Wendy's eating with a friend of mine. As soon as we were leaving my friend noticed I still had my food tray with me. I was going to leave Wendy's with one of their food trays. Today I was with my parents at another restaurant and I almost left with their ketchup bottle.
I'm a 25 y/o male with adult adhd. I've never met anyone who really understands my "internet surfing" and he explained it so well with the baseball-boston-ted example. I honestly got to this video by 3 hours of surfing the web which started at criminal justice, to the war in bosnia, to circadian rhythm, to anxiety, and finally at this video. I wish I could be productive and not waste my time like this.
I think we are addicted to the dopamine hit we get.
you said it all
To the point that certain behaviors exhibit dopamine production which reinforces behaviors to perform in a pattern leading to an addiction to where we feel constrained to be compelled to act out that behavior.
***** That is exactly me. So how do I change my addictive computer habits?
What else will give me the dopamine high?
It's spread across a diversity of activity's to release it, our dopamine is the motivational drive, find another activity that can beneficial to you other then the internet, or at lease utilize the internet more in a productive realm than procrastination
As someone with ADHD he is completely right. Last month I described hyperfocus to my new doctor in the same words and he said "that doesn't sound like ADHD". Most people without ADHD have next to no idea about how it actually is.
I concur
Hoyt Mueller I've never been able to hyperfocus and I have extreme ADHD. Dang it...
cole tipton Never been able to hyperfocus even when it's something you're interested in?
+Hoyt Mueller Hyper focus is a well known attrribute of adhd, but as usual you get doctors who think they know it all, when often they are sorely lacking in knowledge on a subject. I'm currently doing a degree part time after failing twice in my younger days, and if it wasn't for my ability to hyperfocus i'd be doomed, because nearly every piece of work I've done has to be done hours before a deadline. I even did a dissertation that was meant to be spread over 5 weeks in 3 days solid with only 4 hours sleep, and got 74% for it. I wouldn't have done it without my hyperfocusing ability.
I believe ADHD should be treated less as a disorder and more as simply a different wiring of the brain. I lack badly in focus, motivation,, menial tasks, forgetfulness, and in fact it's affected my life quite negatively, but I excel in some areas so well that at certain times in my younger days I was utterly convinced I was born with a brain of higher purpose, because I have this ability to think some pretty incredible abstract ideas that many people will never comprehend. I now know that it's simply because I have an oddly wired brain, which has helped my rein in my god complex :)
I know your post was almost a year ago...If it weren't for hyperfocus I would had never started nor finished my thesis in college. It was 50 pages long and with the index it a total of 70. I stopped writting at 30 pages, but during the editing and revising I ended up writing 50. It was a book! Everyone elses was 5 to 10 pages long. (as it should be) It was so much fun I didn't want it to end. But once I was out of it, I was glad it was over because my life was a hot mess. I take care of never letting that happend again. I 'm afraid of hyperfocus. It is Adhd on acid.
Spot on. Go ADHD family! We have brilliant minds that are working on 10 half finished projects at a time
😂😂😂😂 story of my life
lol lol
I love having and living with "ADHD". If only it wasn't making me fail school.
yeah, right
I barely got through high school; the funny part was most of my classmates thought I was a straight A student.
right? It's slowly sending me into depression bc i just cannot pay attention to my assignments and i have so much potential. I just wish i could myself add meds, do my work, and prove ppl wrong
me too, before high scholl mostly straight A though
Indzy The best advice I can give is to maintain that motivation to prove people wrong. The people who wanted to prove people wrong always did better than those who just accepted how screwed up the system was.
His correletions of thoughts is the exact thing I do everyday all day. I have music in my head constantly all day and the point where I am not thinking is very rare.
Yes, music!, i play drums so you might know how i feel xD
Reed Presley I must listen to music all the time! Bless my husband for getting me my iPod Shuffle, Nano, and Classic! I have to listen to music as I doze off to sleep, do house chores, do work at work, shower, garden, art, et cetera. If there is no external music, I still hear it in my head or I sing to myself.
I do too! And because I was in orchestra for a few years, I get random songs from then stuck in my head
@@StasherDragon haha and for me it’s the opposite. As I feel that I have too much in my mind all the time music overwhelms me a lot unless I WANT to (hyper focus ) on listening music 🥲 very weird
@@tropicalstatement Yeah, when my husband needs to concentrate on a physical task, music distracts him too much, too!
My thought progress is insane. I'll go from thinking about what my homework is to why we humans exist. goes from 0 to 100 real fast. I procastinate things without realizing it, but once I have a few hours to finish that big essay I sit there hyper focused (with a bit of help from ritalin) having ADHD is werid. But it's a lot of fun as well.
Facts
According to Dr. Russell Barkley, it is a myth. Hyperfocus goes with autism, ADHD is characterized with perseverance.
@Kaptajn Van Gak that actually makes sense, but I think two things are connected
@@VanGak Yeah, I have ADHD and am part of the spectrum. It’s definitely true!
What I absolutely hate about having ADHD is that people think that I'm not that smart because I'm not always on task or say things that seem a bit random to them. The people from my school even make jokes about how stupid and hyperactive I am while I'm sitting next to them. It hurts because I know that I'm not stupid just because I have ADHD. The funny thing about that is that they don't know that I have it but it won't make sense to tell them because they wouldn't get it anyways.
Greta Maa no don't be afraid to tell them my friends know I have adhd and It feels good be confident with it
actually adhd makes you smarter and makes you have a higher iq than other people
The same thing happens to me, although mine is more ADD only oriented. Thanks for showing me I'm not the only one. We're smart, don't let them make you think you are not.
My amateur advice is to ignore them, put on blinders so you only focus on what you like, because their insults can never help you, and you shouldn't waste time on things that don't make you happy.
I am 29, and this is a realization I came to while growing up with my ADHD.
Sounds just like me! Thank you
I'm a sixteen year old male and I have just recently been pulled out of public school because I was behind. Since being homeschooled I have become a Straight A student because my teacher encourages my ADHD. I love having a teacher who encourages me
Mommy is always great at encouragement.
This is 4 yrs late but awesome for you! I know you've graduated by now and are living life, yet good to hear that you improved. I can relate somewhat, I was homeschooled and had struggles with reading didn't master it proficently until age 8. When I graduated I was reading on a college level and beyond.
Also my mother was a certified teacher so she knew what the system was like.
Hyper focus is a gift from above.
Find your passion, find how to make money at it.
Or like me love ....the act...of making money.
Hyper focus go for it...
@Tanvi Lohakare pretend you love something, pretend it's cool , tell yourself you enjoyed it every time and that sweetie will be your normal, passion is acquired
Doesn't work for everybody, sadly.
T L keep track of what your purpose is. Remember that and follow it everyday aggressively
thats not how hyperfocus in adhd works. it hyperfocuses on whatever it wants not what YOU want
I think you don't understand how hyperfocusing works. Hyperfocusing in ADHD works if they're stimulated by doing something, basically something far away from academics. Mostly arts, music, hobbies that they like, yknow. It isn't just the act of making money quickly.
The "thinking in hyperlinks" speaks to a deep part of me. That's exactly how I think and yes, I have ADD. On the bright side, it keeps casual /social conversations interesting! We can talk about 100 things in an hour lol.
I can relate to the hyper focus. Sometimes I spend all day reading a physics textbook, and then I get carried away in a conversation explaining how physics works in daily life. People tell me I'm crazy, but I know what you mean by getting ahead of yourself and speaking so much what's on your mind.
Fernando Gallardo need to find other ADHD people and brainstorm and work on something they can hyperfocus on
Everybody i have a conversation with for more than 10mins. Thinks I'm Crazy.
Have you tried Rocket League? You can play with physics!
ADHD is causing me to move from my home state/family just so I can truly be me.
Go ahead buddy. Find yourself. Hope you are doing well
4 years later: same. Did you find yourself my friend?
That's what I did last January. I knew I couldn't get help in my home state of WV, so I moved to MA. Best decision I've made in a long time.
I think he ded prolly wasent focous on the road :)
Why do i think about this dailyyyy 😭😭😭😭
the 4 clicks is exactly how my brain works. it is also why when having discussions with someone, i get totally off topic.
This explains why I have such an incredibly broad interest like a Jack of All Trades. Because my mind is constantly wondering to so many different topics to stimulate itself
I finally feel like i'm among my people here
My thought process always works the same way! People always give me crazy looks when I jump from one thing to another and then I have to explain how I got there...
I know how that is lol
I get so frustrated trying to explain that I just stop talking all together too much effort and then I forget everything LMAO
😂😂😂
I'll be listening to a conversation about, say, Christmas dinner, my mind wanders, next thing I know I'm thinking about summer as a kid. How? Working backwards: Summer - daisy chains - German for Daisy is Little Goose Flower - Goose was a traditional Christmas dish in the Victorian era - Christmas dinner plans. Voila.
School is or for me was the worst place to be as an adhd sufferer my tutors also showed very little confidence and i was told many times i would end up a nobody. People just arnt educated enough on the matter
I don't mind school with meds, but the comedown sucks.
At times when I have a conversation with people, I try to listen as hard as I can, but somehow I find listening is like keeping up with directions; that throws me off, and I get some details of the conversation, but some things just are irrelevant to what the conversation initially started with. I suck at following directions; it puts me into a state of anxiety, as if I were taking a calculus test of some sort.
I ask a lot of questions to people because I can't hear them very well. I forget things easily and I'm a terrible organizer. I've lost many of my possesions in the past because I couldn't remember where I put them. My stuff was stolen at my university twice. I almost left a Wendy's restaurant with my food tray still in my hand.
I almost left another restaurant with the ketchup bottle still in my hand. :)
I am exactly the same. In our defense, yes we have ADHD, but the fact that you are working on actively listening is a sign of incredible emotional intelligence which I believe people with ADHD are more aware of than people without ADHD. That said, we are also quick to go from A-to-Z and when sitting in a conversation listening to somebody who's taking the long way around the block in conversation, (and we’re already there,) it becomes a tedious challenge to listen. I’m glad you brought this up because it is definitely something I noticed w/people adding irrelevant details ( in real life conversation, and movies, on voicemail messages, but doctors offices, and even reading on the Internet) & Not getting to the point in a timely manner. The art of listening as a skill has gone to the wayside and most people love to hear the sounds of their own voices. They’re not even concerned if you’re listening or not… If they were, they’d pay attention to the unspoken cues and be more succinct in their delivery!!
phone calls are worst i cant focus on them bcus my eyes spot something and i got to really really concentrate if i want to hear whats being said on the phone
@@amandahernandez6117 I almost stole a pack of sushi from a supermarket
The quote at 8:16 is sooo true! Me personally? You tell me to solve a math problem and I'll probably just laugh. You give me a piece of paper and pen and I'll write something beautiful. Math homework? It doesn't mean anything to me. Writing? It means a LOT to me. That's me. That's my brain. That's what ADD/ADHD is.
Haha, ADHD is a trade mark, those who have it know it. I and so good at math, I have taking all my math classes to gratute level, but I have ignored other communication classes now i m taking them and i m not doing well I m close to being kick out college.
Loletmen Vakor ADD people love to solve problems, hence my taking 4 years of math instead of 3 in high school.
@@StasherDragon i thought this was just me...idk why i always loved writing and math bc they are quick but reading is so slow and draining and i caannot focus on a page for the life of me. Once you understand the concept in math it is so quick and u can do it while listening to music...and with writing our thoughts just floooww on the page soo its great lol
beautiful!! Hope you've created some amazing things!!!
@@edenglass3098 I totally forgot about this comment I made 9 years ago. Thank you for your comment. I'm reminded how far I've come. I've written and published four books now. 🥰
You nailed it, kid. Good job, rarely someone is so aware of his situation at that young age.
Max Czapski I doubt it, i think there are more people with ADHD like me who started hyperfocusing on the topic of ADHD to try to find ways to better cope with it themselves and as a result gathered and learned a lot about it very fast. I for once knew all of this mentioned in the video and even more + in depth by the age of 16-17
True true 200%, I suffered all my life I didn’t known for my ADHD so now I’m 46 years old but I’ m live my better life because I understand my particularity and I accept her thank you boy! It’s a beautiful TED.
This year I had 10 ppl ask me if I'm ADHD and I've NEVER been asked that in my entire life. Watched this video and now I know why. I would tell ppl I had "reverse ADHD' since I could hyperfocus. This is why I didn't think I had it. Now I'm starting to think they might be onto something
Personally, having been diagnosed with ADHD, I find Wikipedia itself to be problematic at times. When you become so hyper-focused on the subject you're reading about but you also become hyper-focused and interested in multiple other subjects that are hyper-linked on that Wikipedia article and you open them in new tabs, and then you start reading those new articles and find new interesting subjects in the new Wiki pages you've just opened.. that by the time half an hour has past you've got over a hundred Wikipedia tabs open and you've totally forgotten what it was you were initially researching.. but you've just learned a whole bunch of cool and interesting stuff on a diverse range of topics.. just not the one you were supposed to be spending all your time on.
After a week of being misunderstood and talked down to this really makes my day.
It's true. Nobody thinks before the speak on the internet.
I also have adhd, but them I was a kid they didn't know about it. I was punished and hit by the elders and parents. As a mom and adult sometime words come out of my mouth before I thought it out. My attention span is short, but like this young man said, when I'm interested in something I focus. I went to nursing school I was thrown out because I got overwhelmed and they were afraid I would give the wrong medicine. Than my counselor send me to get tested.Now I feel mad. I'm mad because I feel I could of been more successful in my like. I was labeled stupid and half a brain growing up. I believed it till I turn 60. I was getting good grades in school and it occurred to me I wasn't stupid. In 2015 I got my associate degree. I just finish emergency medical tech.
Newly diagnosed with Adult ADHD, at 48 y/o. Not sure what to think of it, but I know I feel better now that I know what is causing my brain to act the way it does. I am researching everything I can, trying to figure out how to get it under control, and use the hyper-focus part to succeed, and excel. Lately I have been frustrated , and very angry with everyon, and everything around me. Now that I have the diagnoses, my ADHD is helping me go at 150% trying to figure it out. ADHD is my new hyper-focus :)
Yes, it's your superpower! It's just you have to find where to use it.
It so fun to watch "normal"people try to think how did you get there.
Okay... Living with ADD.... I was diagnosed 9 years ago... Haven't seen a Doctor since 9 years ago... It's really, really, really, extremely difficult for me to find anything important other than my daughter's education and my job. Anyone can talk to me and it just goes through one ear out of the other... I usually forget what I've already said and I lose my keys.. Hair, Nails, Fashion, Make Up, Cars- just none of that is important to me. I find myself wanting to sleep way more than I should and my lack of interest is HUGE!!!!
Chels T sounds like depression
I love it that this guy can connect the dots so that other people can understand how an add mind can go from one subject to something completely totally off-topic... But completely related. Love it
ADHD Zoomer: "You merely adopted the internet. I was born in it, molded by it."
One thing I love (not) about ADD-
People: You are so creative, smart innovative etc. Now if you could just be more like us and on time that would be great!
Me: Why can't you be more creative, smart, innovative like me?
People: WTF???
HECK YES. Maybe instead of me slowing down y'all slowpokes could catch up?
I do try to have patience because I know the flip side is sometimes the info just doesn't stick, but when I'm in the zone it's frustrating to have people ask me to step out of it when I know it'll be three hours of getting over executive dysfunction to get back into it.
Just got diagnosed, but I'm doubting it because I sought out a diagnoses after relating to most of the symptoms, but hearing that the ADHD brain works like hyperlinks, totally describes how people describe my brain when talking to me, constantly asking how tf I came up with that from this other seemingly unrelated thing.
Edit: also that quote from the airplane guy
It's 3:00 am and I thoroughly enjoyed the dopamine hit from this vid:) Could be its time to focus on bed...
I didn’t ever think I had ADHD until I watched this. Looking back as a kid it makes sense now why I was beginning to read another book before finishing the first one all while failing homework assignments because I never did them.
Great presentation! He is so right on about their being 2 types of ADHD people. Chemically Born and Environmentally Induced ADHD.
He is so good at explaining how a person who TRULY has ADHD can focus 150% on something that they are interested in and take forever when they are not. LOL
Gosh, this is such a great way of describing how adhd brains work. A way I've described my thinking process to people is basically for them to imagine the game '7 degrees of kevin bacon', but instead of only with movies and actors, with literally anything and everything, and you're constantly playing it, and you can't stop.
I wish there were an ADHD-focused form of the internet. There are all kinds of niches on the internet, but something that was optimized for people with ADHD would be extraordinary.
honesty my ADHD has given me so much talent and I would never choose to get rid of it (but Im just passing highschool)
good luck, my ADHD made my highschool life hell but I proved them (my teachers that thought I would never pass) all wrong.
@@annm.6212 Yep! That same happened to me well. My teachers didn't believe me as well that I would pass the exam. And yeah I graduated! Comeback Stronger :)
I know how this guy feels. I am turning 15 on the 28th and I have been diagnosed with ADHD when I was a little kid. I have been bullied for such a long time because of this. I have no filter when it comes to talking. I love walking around because I can't hold still. I have to go in the middle of class to "go to the bathroom" so today in my honors English class I was so energetic. I usually have my energy outbursts and I had one today. She told me 'you Definitely have ADHD". She knows I have it because I told her, because we are working on stereotypes about ADHD, for a project in her class.
As someone with ADHD, I want to encourage every one of you out there with it as well to live your life as a informant for the disorder. Not only will learning about it help your personal life, but spreading the word will help more neurotypical people understand the condition more.
This is so true. I love the internet and all the things you can learn on it and discover on it, but I really don't understand how people get addicted to it.
Im 16 and have been diagnosed a while back when i was a child. Currently i have 4 windows opened with 20 and up tabs in each window...
Hahahahaha me to ;-)
Its ridiculous, then the minute i restart my computer and open the browser then accidentally close it with out restoring the last session. *heart broken* xD
Robert Hinojoz Yes I know what you mean lol ;-)
omg, the moment tabs became a thing in web browsers i was like - this allows my brain to hyper out even more. not good.
18 and exactly like that, I'm so quick at reading things and moving onto my next area of interest that my computer has slowed down significantly to make up for the fact that I have over 40 tabs open on one window, most of these tabs have been opened in the last hour and I've used each of them at least a little bit. The curse of being a fast reader, a fast thinker and having ADHD is that no one not even a reasonably good computer can keep up with you.
I clicked 5 recomendated videos before I realized I was seeing this one
It has become a habit me returning to the history to check what I didn't and want to watch
I gotta admit... halfway thru I was wondering if this was really worth watching... but then when he drove the point in at the end I really liked it and decided to watch it again lol. Great talk!
The fact that ADHD , makes our brain think 180 mph; while the average person thinks at a speed limit 😄
The more I'm finding out about ADD/ADHD, the more its explaining my habits and thought process since I was a kid. I've never been officially diagnosed, but friends who have it, and my my fiancee's psychologist AND her psychiatrist are pretty sure I've got it. I'm wondering if I should go find out for sure. That said, I've never heard a better explanation for my brain than "hyperlinks". I always used to equate it to Jeff Goldblum, because I'm a fossil from the days before the internet and the thought process of most of his characters tended to best describe how I think (particularly Independence Day). I'm going to start using hyperlinks as a descriptor. Thanks guy.
Yes!!! This is EXACTLY how my brain works!! People are soooo confused. Tangentially conversations and thoughts within seconds...... and when you rewind it.... you see the "hyperlinks"!
So true! People with ADHD are always confused. This happened to me and due to that, my ex-employer fired me off saying you are unfit for the job :(
Well said young man. I resonated with this on a profound level; I was that little boy constantly being told to sit down, stop fidgeting, etc. But I also a few years ago acquired a 4-6 year collegiate-level Law database in the span of about 8 months, using my 'hyper-focus'. I see most of my millennial generation has either type 1 or type 2 adhd, mostly acquired due to the internet. But you're right, those of us who where born with this neurological system have taken to the internet far better than most. You put my internet dependence into easy-to-understand terms, and for that, I'm thankful. Now I can just point people to this video!
I completely understand the hyper focus aspect of ADHD, I think it's a blessing to want to fully understand the complete picture on how and why something works. I wish more teachers understood this concept because they only seem to teach memorizing material and never want to go into the origin and progression that got to statement they just stated. I'm in nursing school and the teachers give timed review questions at a rate of approximately a minute per question on material that you just read an hour ago and don't understand that if I don't understand everything about that disease, I need time to research it from how it manifested to secondary complications and what can be done to prevent it and manage symptoms. You would think the medical field would require this. But they are just interested in you knowing the short answer. And teachers don't like you to ask a lot of questions. And won't let you use electronics in school. Nursing school teachers don't believe ADHD is a real disorder,
wow this is awesome! I have ADHD and I was feeling very down but after watching this I can empathize!
This guy is brilliant, basically everything past the first minute perfectly describes me.
Woa this is me! It takes me 5 minutes to explain something that should take 1 minute unless i miss huge chunks out like you did before you explained the details (and confuse them) I EXPECT people to be patient and understand me or question me if they dont... Instead other people just reject me... If i confront their rejection they say im paranoid or mixed up or worse! Arg wots solution!
And i i have type 2! It started with my first Android device and google...!
I lost friends because they thought “I was too much” ... Turns out I just give 150% on friendships 💀
Same here! I give my best to make friends but it eventually all fails and they ignore me all the time!
I am not confused. I like people like him because they are never boring. I married a patient calm person whom I find fascinating because I hardly can get him to open up because he is so reserved.I think I inherited it. I was born into a family of 12.
The best ADHD video ever because I feel like the boss even I may not know other things but things that excite me I will find all the down side of it more than anyone. Love it
I took a slightly more circuitous route: Ken Starr > Bill Clinton > Tenor Sax > Musical Instrument > Electric Guitar > Gibson
Still only five clicks tho (If we aren't counting Ken, our starting point)
Then there is the third type like me gen x women whose teachers never knew we could have it. I had this my whole life. I was abused to behave. Major depression set in. Finally found someone to understand- a wonderful psychologist and finally medicated!
Got diagnosed at 7 so it's always seemed normal to be hyper focused, but my mom also wanted to hold me back for 1st 2nd and 3rd grade but everytime she would I would start hyper focusing on school without even knowing it until rn really, now thinking about it my mom always said I would make a complete 180 grade wise, In the last 2 months of each year, now I'm older and have adapted and can control my adhd symptoms much better, and honestly I wouldn't want a life without Adhd not because it's cool but because I am who I am inspite of it, and we should all be grateful for what we have. Being content with what u have, rather than needing more. (but always strive for more and hit your longterm goals in life.)
I've been running through how crazy it is that these phrases "age of information" and assumptions like phones are giving us all Adhd are now 10 years old for about a week now. Every day at least once. That tab is still open. The Wikipedia gamenis incredible btw
Well, I am only into this one minute and I had to stop and comment...must be my ADHD. When you gave the thread of Red Sox to Walburg to Ted, it made sense. I did not see the connections but I was not one bit put off by the constant change in topic and when I saw the connections it made total sense to me. This is exactly how my brain works!
I wish I had been diagnosed earlier. I only found out a few weeks ago, at 29. It's crazy how frustrating it can be living in my area (Africa). You feel all your potential, but you can't understand yourself, and even the school system isn't aware of these issues. Many of us are struggling due to a lack of awareness. Earlier diagnosis is crucial.
I'm a grown up and he explained mine perfectly also! Thank you kiddo!
this is the most boston guy ever. i love it. red sox talk, accent, oxford shirt.
Someone told me “you speak like you tweet” and it makes sense now only after my diagnosis
I have adhd and the Wikipedia game is the way I procrastinate when I have homework I don’t want to do. It’s so much fun.
I always used to draw during school. It would let me do something with my hands while still listening to the subject. Thankfully not many teachers told me to stop because I was kinda unnoticeable. But the occasional teacher that did made that class he’ll for me.
I love that, he is so right.
Perhaps the best talk on this topic and a realistic one.
I have ADHD, and this is SPOT ON.
ive always been judged on how i think or work like his does. Ill connect two things in a conversation randomly than have to explain how i connected them and knowing other people thought like that makes me feel better
Im sorry. The number of times ive wandered my mind away while watching this video. Phew. And ill usually rewind and get back to where i focused last. Im just glad i managed to watch it through.
This post is fantastic. Theo Siggelakis is very clued up about his ADHD!
This probably sounds like complete bullshit to someone who doesn't have ADHD
no; i know several with it and this guy makes a ton of sense and gives others great perspective - very insightful
Kayle Vick And u are saying this as someone WITHOUT ADHD right?
I used to think everyone’s brains like to make connections and that it was good for us to cement information and memories - oh how little I knew how different I was, which explained a whole bunch of other stuff. We have so many different thinkers in our world and our world will be a better place if everyone knew their minds and are able to make a contribution. We all have so much to offer, but current infrastructure is stifling.
This video alone made me jump between 3 different tasks I wanted to do off the back of an idea... Must control my attention... 1 task at a time... If only my brain worked like that...
God Bless you and all who have ADHD 🙏🙏🙏
"Dont look down on them, they might be your next Boss " ❤
This explains very well why I had to DELETE my FB account and I never got Twitter...some friends couldn't understand and tell me to just set a timer, or set a day and time every week for social media, etc. All those tricks never worked. The best thing I did for myself was delete that account. I still have TH-cam (obviously), but otherwise, I have saved hours of my life every week, and better yet, I feel happier without social media. It's hard enough to be productive without the excess distractions that also cause stress.
well done, well delivered. I don't have it but I live with some that do and so far this explains it very well and gives me a healthy perspective - nice work!
Lovely talk. So well-paced, informative, witty and wholesome. Loved it.
sorry for the uber long message (it comes with the diagnose i guess), and it took me 4 hours to write - i'm guessing.
i have ADD (the so called non hyper version. for those ho doesn't know; the H in ADHD stands for Hyper), and i'm surfing the internet all my free time, from morning - past midnight, thats what its like for me with ADD (i can't stop).
i have a low dopamine level (it comes with ADD), so my brain is sluggish. now it's past midnight again, and now i am hungry. i dont eat properly cus of low dopamin. everything is so difficult to get done with ADD. when I'm not at the computer i end up doing "30" things at the same time, and have forgotten 29 things of them, many things never gets completed, and some things that i began to do - i can discover "days" later - i totally forget what i do (so so often). but hopefully i can fix my dopamine level, i will be very bright and allert then.
one time i laborated on several vitaminerals; one was ion, and i felt more quick/awake/focused/alert (and when i met the dr i could listen, focus, and wright down information fast - at the same time she talked, and i loved the feeling of it! (thats how i want to feel!), it was like my mind was flying fast/running. my dr said she noticed a difference in me, and she said; it must be the ion!.
but i don't have time taking vitaminerals right now, to much going on right now. its also stressig to take these vita minerals Every day! - and just not once, but through out the day, not just in the morning (and u gotta know how to take them/and how much/when: some vita minerals should be taken at a certain time, and some vita minerals should be taken at the same time). i took ecological raw vita minerals, its a little too expensive also. but hay; what u don't want to do for your health, and if i can afford it.
guys i'm tiered after writing so much, i hate it! (that it takes so long), and its hard for others to read when its too long, no one reads it then. so i wasted time :).
hungryyyy! :)
Rare Person did you already tried medicines? for me energy psychology helped me so much. or maybe you should seek help from a normal psychologist. because in my eyes add is something extremly helpfull as long as you learned to handle the downsides.
I got ADD too and I get you! I got one pointer which helped me tremendously: write down what you want or need to do the moment you think of it! Either on paper or on your smartphone. And then copy it to a post-it note and hang it somewhere in sight. When you feel lost, look at the paper. When you feel inspired, write it down imediatly. This trick helped me get things done and got me rid of the crippling guilty feelings and lowered my overall stress and anxiety feelings. It helped me fight my depression... I know it sounds so ridiulously easy, but please try and find some motivation and really try it. It might just work got you too!
"i have a low dopamine level (it comes with ADD), so my brain is sluggish. now it's past midnight again, and now i am hungry. i dont eat properly cus of low dopamin. everything is so difficult to get done with ADD"
You know, I really hate to blame anything on the way I am, it makes it look like I'm using some sort of crutch, but it is nice having initials for the way I've been my whole entire life, it helps people understand, even though they still don't any clue what it's like.
I've been spending a lot of time trying to optimize vitamins. If I can get it thru a food, I do. If I can get a multi-vitamin that has the ones I want, I get that. I'm about to order the "Sagely Smart Weekly Pill Organizer" because it will let me set up a routine to fill them up quickly without errors, and then give me large enough pre-portioned containers for the week. Building out a system I can trust and is easy to operate, so it doesn't stress me out.
"but i don't have time taking vitaminerals right now, to much going on right now." -> this is exactly the time that you need to be taking the vitamins, i've found. This is why I'm focusing on fixing this. The less I have to think about the things that make a huge difference to my functioning, the more likely I can maintain those habits.
Mindfulness is a answer.
Thank you Theo, I have just found out about my ADHD and I love it, finally, I know what was up with me. Thank Ted Talkx you guys are awesome.
I have just done a special episode on my podcast and list the books and tips that help me deal with my condition. if you have drifted off yet or bored, just type "the Dider Show" on google and you will find me. Thank you again, ADHD is a gift, not a curse.
Idk how much this guy has ADHD but he sure knows a lot about it.
The one thing I hate is people making this disorder out to be a joke. Even people who have it are making it a joke. That doesn't help people take you seriously and you aren't special for having it. "I have ADHD and **says something stupid to try to prove they have it.** Like stop, I don't want ADHD and too many people already take it as a joke.
Is it sad that I was diagnosed with adhd when I was at the ER because I broke my jaw riding a bike from boredom? I was in 3rd grade soooo I was like 10-11? My doctor diagnosed me when he noticed I couldnt sit still to get my stitches and when I couldnt just sit and listen to him talk about what to eat and what not to eat. I think living with adhd un-medicated is a real struggle but I really just cant focus and make "habits", as my mom likes to call them, to take a damn pill everyday. I thought this summed up my adhd very well too cause he said that his brain is like a hyperlink! I SO RELATE TO THAT AND I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO MY BOYFRIEND HOW I LINK THINGS IN MY BRAIN.
+Sydney Fiscus I realized my first sentence and last sentence have 0 connection LOL
thank you, i started feeling better with myself
Dude I have the same memory like you just the same and today I feel that it is a gift
If you think you have a super-power, you're that spectrum. Extraordinary knowledge, progress and creativity does not come from ordinary people. /I\ 🙏
I can't even muster up the energy to keep self-care going, I don't understand how I'm supposed to get anything done in this world.
He explained ADHD in a very fun way.
one of the best descriptions for Adhd! They might be your boss huh? true that! I became a manager at a metal shop 5 years ago when I was 21!
Hahah so true
The fact that I went to Wikipedia looking up random things while watching this is funny 😂
I loved that approach. He seems so content.
Every thing he said is true for me.
This is exactly how my brain works!
2:24 The simulation of the game that I ran in my head went very similarly to how it proceeded here!
I had adhd when I was a kid until I moved and became depressed, now I'm over depression and I don't have adhd
love your sense of humor!
"in the age of information and social media"
The words information and social media do not belong together.