ADHD: The Misunderstood Disorder (Short Documentary)
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What is ADHD/ADD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)? Is it really a disorder? This short documentary goes over the ADHD Hunter & Gatherer Theory, which was first developed by Thom Hartmann, claiming that ADHD is simply a different way of seeing the world, and not a sickness.
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Here’s an impossible question for anyone with ADHD: would you rather wash, dry, fold, and put away all your laundry, or go for a walk with your friend. But your friend walks slowly. Very, slowly
i love this
It's ok if he walks slowly, it helps me outrun the mountain lion chasing us better.
I don't know if i have adhd but something must be wrong for me
But here is my answer:I will do my chorres than even go walk with a slow walker
@@callmeflower6901 bro it’s so boring to walk slowly 🤣
Walking, but my friend’s gonna have to speed up because I ain’t slowing down. If she wants to walk slowly that’s on her, lol
Feeling like you're lazy, When in fact your mind's running a marathon . With ideas flowing all over the place . Trying to choose which one
Beautifully said 🥲🤧🙏🏼
And hard to live
Is exhausting....literally
Absolutely agree ❤
My teachers told me, and my parents, I was lazy so much, I started to internalize and believe it. When I apologized years later to a flatmate, for not doing some housework I was supposed to do, I said, "I'm sorry, I know I am lazy." She then told me she would never say I am lazy and that she admires my drive, especially when it comes to sports. I am just very bad at prioritizing stuff. I think about that often because it was really an eye-opener to me.
Everytime I tell someone about my adhd they don’t take it seriously. They underestimate it a lot and it really stresses me out
Big time.
This is why I don't mention it to anyone who isn't someone I trust. You become an even bigger liability in the mind of others if you confess there is something actually wrong with you. Your behavior will not improve is what you're saying.
Then why tell someone
@@ishimurabeats6108 It's good to have someone to talk to. Just do it with wisdom.
I won't even tell Boomers anymore. Because 9/10, they say "When I was your age, no one had ADHD. All you kids coming out with ADHD is ridiculous".
What's ridiculous is that people who think that way are hilarious, as if ADHD wasn't around then.
No Karen, you were just considered lazy, or high-strung "in your day".
Watching this just really kills me. I have been diagnosed with ADHD last year at age, 44. I have been seeing therapists since I was 18 for depression. I lost my job after burning out while running the IT department on a 24\7 mine for 14 years. I have been forced to stick with a stable job because I stay in a third-world country. I am currently going through the toughest time in my life, yet my wife who chased me out of my house is staying with another man in that house. I am being treated like a criminal and my 10-year-old son does not want to speak to me anymore. The new boyfriend is more fun, you see. I break my head every day to try and figure out what is wrong with me. This, I have been doing for close to 40 years. What kind of scar do you think that leaves on a person?
The hunter theory is no theory. I can totally relate to it as I have loved the outdoors since I was a toddler. The happiest time in life that I can remember, was my childhood on the farm, catching and cooking everything we caught or hunted.
The other thing I love to do is playing drums. Again, third-world country problems... So, that also did not work out...
So, I have been forced to be a person that I am not in a society that does not give a...wait... A society that does not care anymore. Yet, I need to work on MY anger outbursts? I would not have anger outbursts if you had the time to listen to what I was trying to say. Why are we being punished for being more in touch with our humanity? We are the kind in "humankind"... More in touch with how God intended the world to be. Let's just be honest. People with ADHD care more than the average person in a world losing more and more of it's humanity every day.
Having ADHD is very painful and neurotypical\farmer brains will never understand the amount of frustration and pain it causes. My heart goes out to all of you out there. I am really struggling in a very unfair world and country. I know how painful it is. Hang in there. You are all in my prayers. 🙌❤
Careful I just came out of where you are at mentally, none of us fit anywhere so we are always pretending.
I know how you feel. I just recently found out I have Adhd as well. I'm so sorry you are having such a tough time. I would suggest that you empower yourself. Your situation is horrible but you can take small steps to achieve your goals. Read books, listen to podcast. Do what we do best. Hyper focus. Knowledge is power so learn as much as you possibly can. Start writing about everything and anything. Observe what you think about and your behavior. Meditate. This will help tremendously. But most of all, don't ever give up hope. This world might not appreciate us for who we are but they need us. Adhd is tough but we're tougher.
Edit- Also don't listen to people when they try to tell you it must be done this way. Create your own path and fight to be who you are
That is painful to read , i hope everything will be good soon , i cant imagine the level of stress u have to go through.
Im 23 now world has gone crazy or am i being too much?
I’m a couple of years late here but just wanted to reach out and say I hope you’re doing much better now brother ❤
In all my years of having ADHD I can tell you with every fiber in my being that just “spreading the word” doesn’t reduce the stigma because people have deep-seeded prejudice for those they deem “mentally unfit” or “broken”.
Those people don’t care about ADHD, they just want to feel powerful by punching down on a marginal group of people. Tale as old as old as private property and the establishment of a monopoly over violence
some care. i keep speaking up. i also have adperger's syndriome, so, even more stigma! but i know thay neuritypicals can't help being wired the way they are, poor dears... they are just wrong. so i tell them! i make them laugh, while i do it, but, yeah, i dont let them put us down... and yes, i can now tell when they do ; )
Yes. My mom acknowledges my progress since getting diagnosed last year at age 25 and seeing my improvements since I chose to take meds and continue seeking support.
But she still holds it over my head during hard or bad days "dont use your mental illness as an excuse" when i dont bring it up...
It hurts so bad because no matter how hard I try and how far I come, it isnt enough because I have ADHD
There will always be defensive ignorent people ..but latly power is in the hands of super nerds .. thats certainly a change ..
I agree. I've noticed that as well.
Yep.
I've worked twelve years in mining.
I have never had any performance problem, to the extent that I recently was made a Supervisor.
We are frequently drug tested and, two weeks into my new position, I tested positive to amphetamines.
Because I was now supervisor, I had a new manager who told me that I was not suitable for the role because he has "a duty of care" to "everybody on site".
And that was the end of the job I'd spent over a decade striving to get. Because, apparently, I'm a danger to everyone.
I'm heaetbroken.
I do love it how you have created a "short documentary" when dealing with ADHD, because that's what ADHD sufferers would need rather than cope with a longer one. I appreciate that.
lol
Yes and here I’m pausing the video and scrolling the comments because I’m procrastinating to the video 😂
I think the most overlooked factor we have is the fact that our ability to think in the abstract can be used by large groups to go in better directions.
My fave question: how do you know? Me: just a hunch lol
It’s frustrating that people don’t utilize us in this way, seemingly because they aren’t aware of enough of people other than themselves. That is my experience working in ‘business’. I currently work at a Fortune 500 company doing nonsense tasks when I know I’m capable of more. I have worked at many different companies, in marketing, doing all sorts of different things. I feel like I’m never utilized in a way that would provide the most value to myself and others. It has been a long road getting to where I am with lots of trouble in various aspects in my life along the way.
@@b1zzarecont4ctgosh i felt that.
I truly hated it when my teacher said that we should just "Learn to concentrate" I was undiagnosed but I was obviously doing my best, it hurt
I was diagnosed approximately 8 months ago. I'm 29. I was so hyperactive when I was a kid. I have always felt different from the other girls. I really like the example of hunter and gatherers. I feel amazing in nature, belong to forests, mountains, rivers... I feel terrible indoor spaces. I hate shopping malls. I'm appreciated for enlightening information 👏
I love mountains, woods, and streams, I feel energized by them.
I was diagnosed at age 5, and other then helping me be more creative, I don't see it as a superpower or gift. It has caused strain in some of my relationships especially with my two autistic children who need structure, predictability, and consistency, which I still haven't mastered after 7 years of trying my hardest to implement. They need it, and I realize how incredibly important that is for them. Yet, it's still very much a struggle for me, which makes me feel really bad and guilty.
My ADHD has caused me to forget about the various commitments that I have made to others, and I have; therefore, let a lot of people down. Plus, I also tend to over commit myself because I don't see the full picture of what that commitment is going to entail until I am in the midst of it. It's not that I'm stupid, irresponsible, or don't care, it's just that I am impulsive and not able to see the full picture until later. It's hard to explain; it's like being asked to do something that you love doing, looks like an incredibly easy thing to do, and won't take up too much of your time. Only to discover, once you are in the midst of it, that you completely underestimated how much of your time it was going to take you to do. I can't tell you the number of times I have let people down, and I don't like that about myself. If I could change that part of me, I would.
My ADHD has also caused me to have a horrible working memory to the point where I cannot trust myself to remember little things like getting gas on the way home, making an important phone call, putting a check in the bank, mailing a letter or gift, etc. I lose items multiple times every single day, and unless something is either right in front of me or in my calendar, it's like it doesn't exist. Yet, even then, I still struggle remembering to be at various appointments, birthday parties, and other important things.
I also cannot judge how much time something is going to take me to do or give someone a ballpark answer to the price of something that I would normally get or how many kids were at the summer camp that my child attended. That requires a lot of thought on the same subject, which I cannot do because my mind is like a pinball machine. It doesn't stay in the same place for very long. This has caused me to not be able to think very deeply on various things. In fact, in order to fully express myself, like I am doing now, I have to type out my feelings/opinions on a computer. Writing it out doesn't work because my mind travels faster than I can write. With typing, though, it all flows out of my, and I end up understanding myself so much better.
Yet, everything that I just shared is just some of the things that I have to live with every single day, so I completely disagree with you when you refer to it as a superpower because it isn't. If anything, other than having a very creative mind, it has hurt a lot of my relationships, has affected my job, and has hurt my self-esteem. So, no, I don't see it as a gift but as a burden to those I love and as a disorder. It certainty hasn't been a walk in the park for me. Those who don't have to live with it, have absolutely no clue just how hard it is to live with. Thank goodness I was diagnosed when I was, and thank goodness I am now getting professional treatment for it.
Thank you for posting a description of how it feels so clearly. Seems the more descriptions I read from other people on YT I am coming to realize I think in the exact same ways. I believe It was missed when I was misdiagnosed 10 or so years ago. Keep your head up, another thing I've read in people's descriptions on how they feel is how they display extreme resilience for what they deal with and I'm sure you are no different and a stellar parent.
I agree it's absolute ridiculous to call it a superpower and to be against meds. It's good to value the positive aspects and take what good you can get from a bad situation, but it's not a superpower.
i try to see it as a superpower sometimes, i may not be able to clean my room but the amount of hobbies i easily pick up on a weekly to monthly basis is crazy now that i think about it
I feel of if this .
Goodness, you couldn't be more right on this 💯
Thank you so much for your videos!!!
Back in 95' I was a teenager & listened to the only argument that I've ever known to occur between my parents. Dad slammed his hand down on the kitchen table and yelled, "My son does NOT have this disease!" That was the last time my parents "talked" about ADHD with any care for how it may affect my future...
42 and a father, now. My 11 year old son has just been diagnosed. Only now am I learning about this with care for how it affects anyone's future.
Thankfully.
I got diagnosed with ADHD since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting ADHD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Australia. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.
YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Mushrooms are very medicinal. This is why anybody familiar with psilocybin and any other kind of fungi will tell you, "They are alive." They have a very ancient wisdom. To my experience, all mushrooms have always said, "Pay attention to your life. How you think, how you feel, and what will you do with the information that you always knew, but now are seeing in this point of view." This is why mushrooms are so respected in tribal cultures. This mental health treatment works for me too. Half micro doses do the trick for me. At least a few days at a time with lengthy time in between. Thank you for sharing this point!
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
I was deeply religious, and that nearly ruined my life. My family is ideologically fractured, and can't be relied on. God and family failed to fill the alienating void I felt my whole life. I did crossfit for 3 years and lost 50 lbs. I looked my best, and had less pain in my body. But I still had this deep sadness and self loathing. When I was 36 I was diagnosed and treated for adhd. I tried non stimulants and I started to understand the people who say medication makes them feel not like themselves. At 38 I finally tried stimulant medication. Two years ago I met the absolute love of my life, and she was recently diagnosed and treated for adhd. We now each own our own business, and I get to record musicians. I've stopped feeling that deep void almost completely (some days the depression rears its head, it's clinical), and I just love life now.
❤
I dont think it was the religion ruining ur life…
@@KrelpDee I assure you, it did.
@@MrTomservo85 from ur story it sounds like u were a fatty with a terrible support system…
I got diagnosed when I was 6 but still don't really know what it does because my parents never explained past not being able to be attentive
I was diagnosed at 14 and my family never explained it either. It's weird, you'd think they'd want better for us
I was diagnosed when I was 6 I think aswell
Same, but my dads also has adhd and now I’m finding out how it impacts my life
Same i did not now anything my parents would not now eather sow i went on tik tok one type in adhd in hastag and boom i learend a lot because i am the one who will now what it dose to me
Wassup, @shortea ?
I realized I had ADHD late, not until 18 years old or so. This video is incredibly accurate and anyone with ADHD will relate to it. Great job.
Thank you, very similar to my own story 🙏
That's not too bad. I'm 46 and just realizing I likely have it. I saw a comment from a man inn his 70's who said he just found out what's been causing his lifelong issues ;-) Be glad it's at 18 you find out. STill LOTS of time to address it ;-)
Not bad ! I found out in my 40s.
I've been going around thinking that everybody is stupid for not understanding complex thoughts, and, to be honest, "normal people are often really stupid". Makes me arrogant, haha, but hey, "it's not my fault, is it? ;)". Never found my place because of that. Never felt stupid, but couldn't always follow through with things, I've managed with thinking that I am incredibly talented in many other areas, when i put my mind to it. I am 21 now, and just found out.
@@mjdedge3440 I think I saw the same comment B4 lol
Can you please turn the music off as there is no need for it.
Also, he needs to slow down his speach. I'm gonna try playing it at 0.75x....it worked!
Annoying video
Agree
I can't understand him it's so distracting
The hunter vs farmer comparison is perfect because I’ve always felt like my brain doesn’t function well in modern society but would have thrived in early civilization. I’m ultra sensitive to light and sound with heightened alertness. Most things that I’ve been good at tend to be dangerous and some illegal but after being released from prison I want to find how I can thrive in society without resorting to an illegal means.
Lol keeping ur hands to urself keeps most ppl out of prison.
@@arcguardian Maybe you have a problem with that but I don’t.
@@Sixco117 awesome.
@@Sixco117 may I ask what u were in jail for?
@@arcguardian drug trafficking
That was beautiful, thank you; a small light in the dark. I'll be 38 soon and was diagnosed mid-2019 and while it's a relief knowing it's also overwhelming and confronting working through all the "old tapes" and creating a life I can thrive in instead of (barely) survive. It resonates deeply with me and was a small dose of hope that was needed today 🙏 God bless xx
Thank you Jessica🙏 All the best!
@@adhdvision I only just saw this... 🦋 Thank you, I appreciate your supportive words 🕊️
I'm 28, got diagnosed about 2 weeks ago. Life has been really hard for me and I hope that it will get better now that I understand what's going ln with me
Never stop learning, start righting down all of those ideas rattling around in your brain. Get them on paper and out of your head.
I'm 50, my son kept saying I had it when we we're pushed together in the lockdown. I've only come to terms with it in the last few Weeks.
It appears more often as a blessing than something you're struggling with, when you surround yourself with what you love. I pray for that for everyone who has ADHD. It is a learning disability in this world where it seems you must fit in to be someone. It is not a learning disability if you take control. Peace🌱
It's not a learning disability
@@yeah1326 plenty of psychologists do classify it as one because it affects how children learn!
I was diagnosed with severe ADHD. I was prescribed concerta. Never took it. I'm 38. Never could get a job. I changed 12 professions in order to find one I would like. Never did. In a 3rd world country like Romania people still don't believe in ADHD. They think I'm lazy. No support. Tried to take my life a few times but failed event at that. With the help of Gabor Mate's videos I managed to get passed those moments. I'm accepting my life as it is, not being able to have a family of my own or a stable income. Somehow I still found the energy to try another profession. I stared learning producing music. Hope 13 is a lucky number.
brother ADHD is not sickness, you are better at things you like and your attention span is low only for things you don't like... So find jobs that you want and you will be fine
13 is a very lucky number ❤
Background music is a little loud.
Creative Neurological Difference CND. This is what I have decided to call it.
Learned “ it’s not a disorder or sickness really but an advantage and different thinking “
The Hunter 🔱 and Farmers study❤
It’s not necessarily true, I did think this for a while yet understand it more now and that it’s a real struggle, unless you are able to manage your life well, it’s actually really difficult to figure out life and have a good rhythm and try and be like a “normal” human being and do things the “normal” way.
@@youarelovedmorethanyouknow8278 yup as in core-terms , can’t ignore the struggle myself but i prefer we should create a strong mental resilience slowly but surely
@@youarelovedmorethanyouknow8278 life for me requires a lot of planing. When I show how I plan out my weeks or setting goals most people laugh at me. But exactly this planing allows me to get into hyperfocus pretty quickly Wich is an enormous advantage most people just don't have
It boggles my mind how people without ADHD are content with the monotony around them. And then to say it's not "normal" to be discontent with it.
I cannot agree more. Who wants to be normal if it means being complacent in this world?[]
Diagnosed at age 37.
All three doctors were surprised that I had done reasonably well for myself in adulthood, and they were very pleased with the fact that I had researched ways to leverage tools to combat the issue since my 20s.
If I could go back in time and redo everything WITHOUT ADHD, potentially finding myself on a completely different trajectory than this, I would 100% not do it.
My interests area is so diverse. I am sick of sucking information out of everywhere. For eg. I cud easily watch hours long Historical documentaries, science documentaries. I waste so much Time on getting to know about geo-politics. What's happening around the world which has nothing to do with my life. All this information won't make my life any better. I need all my attention on one or two area. I just need to stick to a specific thing and I KNOW, I KNOW i cud do wonders.
I have the same issue. I'm knowledgeable in many areas but not an expert in one thing!
My God, I think the exact same way I was given an anxiety disorder diagnoses along with depression 10 years ago. Seemed like I wasn't really getting better just kind of existing. Educating myself and my parents, we are quite certain me and my dad as well have adhd. Always felt different, chronic nail peeling and teeth grinding for as long as my parents and I can remember. Also clearly had hypersensitivities looking back. Be nice to have some real "closure" I guess and work to finally improving my quality of life.
I also love to watch documentaries! 🥰 - But still … is it so bad to have knowledge in many topics at once, even if it’s not that deep? For my experience, I tried a lot of hobbies, and I didn’t stick with a lot of them. But it was fun to try it out and every single time I learned something for life, that’s valuable. I don’t think that that’s a bad thing. For example: I liked to draw, then to photograph, then I tried acrylic painting, then pottery, and then digital drawing on my iPad. And the last one was it, it’s so fun, it doesn’t need preparing and I just got a good feeling about it ☺️ but whatever, what do I know, nothing stays forever, right?
I know so many people around me who don’t have a hobby in which they are outstandingly good. Of course, there are f.e. the people who can play the piano and such. But the point is: every time you learn something new and different, your brain adapts to that, and it gets better in that particular skill of adapting. even if you need to solve an unknown problem, your trained adaption-skill from learning so many different things will help with that. My dad always said to me, that we learn our whole life long.☺️
I’m very proud of this skill in particular. If I have a technical problem with my pc, it’s no problem, it’s just a solution, that is not found yet. If I need to repair or engineer something, or if I can help someone with an information I know because of a documentary. The list of helpful solutions thanks to my abandoned hobbies is endless.
Question: What charakter would you want more likely to play in a video game? Someone who is very good only at one thing or someone who is a jack of all trades? 🤔
5:50 (co-worker): “so, did you catch all that? Do you understand?”
ADHD Me: “Yeah, yeah, of course!”
...(have no earthly idea what the hell he’s talking about) lol
😂
i was "catch what?".
Every day!
Also listening at 2x so that I can understand it xD
Fr
Just got diagnosed at 31 .. very informative video
Thank you and good luck on your journey friend 🙏
What is ADHD? FREE THINKERS.
Energy can be created. That simple. If you have ADHD, you won't be having cognitive dissonance after reading this.
Welcome to the tribe!
Me 2 just diagnosed at 31 .. did u start medication? If yes, how is it so far?
Ugh this is me. My relationships are all failures. I struggle in 9-5 jobs and wished I'm a skydiving instructor instead but you can't do that risky life when you're a mom. I am waiting for my hyperfocus so I can finally finish my law degree, grow my kids into adulthood and finally jump off planes as a career. I wish society is more accomodating to people like us.
I feels so fucking liberating knowing that I have a superpower rather than bullying myself into thinking that there was something wrong with me. Understanding more about this thing that I didn't know I had my entire life is unbelievably comforting.
I was diagnosed like a month ago, and I have been dealing with depression for over 10 years, they seem to be connected. But I think that people still think ADHD is a "mental disorder" seen only in children. Probably I have it since ever, but since I have a very strict mom, I learnt techniques to be able to focus and to be an achiever in school. But honestly, I have difficulties in understanding things, but if I focus, I can memorize many stuff - I think that's how I nailed it.
Ah, and yes, taking meds for that, lisdexamfetamine now. Concerta was my first medication like a year ago.
BUT OF COURSE I MISSED MY POINT. I think you could talk about not being an exclusive disorder in kids, exploring this area. I started my personal research about it few days ago and man, so much stuff about children... Why only children? It'd be great having some clarification about it.
@@gabiconci87 I was diagnosed last year at 25 by chance that swapping from a psych who never listened to me landed me one who recognized the signs I never thought where symptoms.
How to ADHDs channel helped me so much as she talks about ADHD and how it impacts even into adulthood as everything online does seem to target for kids or parents of adhd kids
Take fresh squeeze lemon juice, in a large cup of hot water, with magnesium powder at night before bedtime.
Totally love the video. I skipped 10secs increments at the end though, simply because I wanted to finish it and am getting distracted. Good video, fellow brain.
Thank you, fellow brain😎
@@adhdvision hahah totally, in the last 2min I zoned out.
hahahah so relatable, last one minte i was scrolling through the comments section...
Play it at max speed! I'm grateful a fellow ADHDer shared that tip
im scrolling through the comments while still only at 8:22....
Videos like this make me feel so much better and more positive about managing my ADHD. I’m learning to see them as my super powers, rather than “symptoms “… it’s changed my life. Thank you
I was diagnosed with ADHD when i was in 1st grade. I had always known that I wasn’t “normal” or that I “fit in” with other kids in my class. I was constantly loud and disruptive but I didn’t mean to be. I loved this. Thank you.
The biggest fear I had of working full-time was being bored; standing in a shop all day, sitting at a desk, not being able to come and go as I please.
I was diagnosed with ADHD right before the pandemic, and I was only properly medicated a few months ago.
The diagnosis was an answer to a question I didn't know I was meant to have- I thought everyone was like me, I was just worse at existing, at doing what I knew I needed to do but that I didn't know how to and every answer was insufficient.
The medication helped, but it made my insomnia worse, so every time I sit down to do something - whether my meds haven't kicked in yet, or they've run out, or even if they're 'working' but they *aren't.*
It's a lifelong thing. I can't get rid of it. Most of the people I know don't have it, and my sister, who does, presents as more hyperactive rather than a combination of both- no one is the same. And I think that's hard.
I can't look to someone and go "oh, you're exactly like me, how do you do this" because no one is exactly like me and knows how to make me do things.
I sit here, tired, and I haven't done shit today.
I feel like I should write a 'but' here, but (haha) there isn't one for me. Thats the end. I haven't found something that works for me, and I don't know whether this is as good as I can get.
this is the end of my ability to make sense in words today. theres so much more, but i cant describe it. if you read this, thanks. have a hug
Thank you so much for your videos! This and other videos on the topic really brings everything home for me. I now realize why my childhood and my adult life have been so difficult in many ways. I'm a 34 year old male. I haven't seen a doctor yet to get diagnosed but it makes perfect sense. I am the "inattentive" type. Teachers in school always said I was lazy or not applying myself. I was smart but got bad grades for lack of focus or not turning in/not doing homework. I excel extremely well at things I apply myself toward, but lose focus or interest a lot and hop around between things. I procrastinate, forget, leave things unfinished, get distracted, space out, can't remember instructions, forget people's names as soon as they tell them to me, my mind wanders a lot. After struggling with wandering thoughts, if I am trying really hard to think on something that I really don't want to do but have to do, my mind literally just goes blank. It's like my mind is like "Well, since you won't give me what I want, I'm just going to shut down." I'm pretty sure I actually have the ability to think about nothing at all...just complete nothingness. I always come up with excuses for not getting things done or whatever but they're always a lie. I just didn't feel like doing them, couldn't focus, or got distracted. But I don't want to tell people that.
Thank you so much for your comment friend. I can relate to forgetting names thing a lot ^^. Lets spread the awareness!
I have been helped so much with medication. It’s almost unbelievable. I always advocate for trying medication along with exercise and eating well and trying to do what you love and organize your life around. The passions that motivate you.
You deserve it!
Thank you so much for making this, I really needed the validation today.
Watching his while I’m procrastinating doing the dishes. Thanks for the call out...
Love your videos. Really inspiring.
Thank you🙏
We have a completely different brain chemistry.
It would be cool one day to find out, what kind of brain chemicals are different and how. {beyond Dopamine}
Doubt that will tell you much. It already can be known through Astrology though.
I agree, and you remind me of the 1st psychiatrist I saw 30 yrs ago when my son & I were diagnosed.
It was explained to me - that we were the scouts in the old days, for eg, because we see, hear, sense so much, that we were the ones sent ahead to check for the safety of the others following.
That we have a sixth sense to collect information, I agree, Im very much a watcher than one of the pack.
I LOVE how you make the video! It’s so easy to focus on the subject and the way you talk make it fun to listen! And I don’t get bored even tho it lasted 10min! I have adhd btw
The short clip you use are very high quality , I really like the effort you put in it. Inspire me to just watch your video. Great content too.
Thank you!
@@adhdvision which two tribes in Kenya? it has forty two! i assune one was Maasai, but could you tell me what tribes, please?
I love your channel and your perspective. I resonate with every bit of it. It's very validating.
I am getting tested this Friday at age of 54, this is after being diagnosed as being on the Autism spectrum.
I was always described as a naughty boy and always struggled with heaps of things, overthinking and hyper focusing on games to escape real life have been my main issues.
I have had so many meltdowns which has always been put down to depression.
If you think your child has it PLEASE get them checked out, don’t let them struggle through life as I did. Xo
If one thing I could add to this great video is that toxic people would make people with ADHD suffer extra hard as they have many things to tell on them when they purposefully, or by plain ignorance simply ignore the real reasons of their behaviour.
For me the meds are a God send. I feel just like my normal self though. But slightly more patient, slightly less impulsive in what I say, and it improves my short term memory slightly because I can concentrate a little better. I thankfully never have that zombie effect other people talk about.
Cannabis helps me in the same way you describe.
@@miaoFoodNow As a person who has ADHD and has taken the meds before, the medication does not help with dopamine or anything, simply just helps your brain get normal again for a small amount of time.
@@miaoFoodNow yes cannabis helps you concentrate better like it did for me but it typically worsens your working memory which tends to be a symptom of ADHD, hence worsening it more
@@Blahalel I thought Adderall increases baseline Dopamine about 1000%
@@dishanttank5419 agreed.
It's fine juggle between increase in focus & decrease in working memory.
However I experience decrease in working memory only if I use Cannabis non-stop & in high amounts.
If I allow myself to have breaks from it, can manage working memory pretty well.
What I mean to say is that I feel negative effects in working memory only if I'm "worn out" from extended Cannabis use.
If I'm fresh & go in on Cannabis I have no issues with it.
I love how you play some super loud piano which prevents me from focusing on your speech. You managed to make a video about ADHD neuroA-unfriendly.
A very accurate description of adhd.
Medication is very individual so there’s not always any side effects or so but for some it doesn’t work and some have to try many different things before they find the right medication.
There is also a lot of doctors that don’t have so much knowledge how it works, how you can take it and what to take but still if it works then it’s very useful. In the movie I maybe thought that it was nice to focus a little more on emotions and all the thoughts that are rushing in most of us and how we can think so many thoughts and combinations in just a second and that fast thinking sometimes is very hard and creates a lots of anxiety.
Thanks 🙏 for a very competent presentation!
Thank you for beein one of thze few content creators the talk about the benefits of ADHD. Most stuff I read or see about it is only about how hard it is to have ADHD, feeling kind of like a victim. I startet feeling better about it, when I began to appreciate this wonderful perspective to the world. This helpt me accepting the more difficult aspects in my live, as they come from something I (mostly) love! Just like the one good friend who you can have a great time with, but sometimes he is kind of anoying and not very helpful. But you love him.
Enjoy ADHD!
Just got diagnosed 2 weeks ago and I’m in my early 40s. Always had a hands on job until the last couple of years going office based and it’s been a daily hell. I’m hoping meds will help, but I’m fairly certain I will wind up leaving in the near future because I can’t see myself doing this the rest of my career, and knowing now that my job is the antithesis of being ADHD friendly it has really shifted my perspective.
I dont agree how fast schooling systems will take to throw drugs our way, without consent of an unknown drug (not that unknown anymore). I was diagnosed at the age of 11 took Adderall 12-18 and life was never the same
Started it in 2nd grade
I was diagnosed at an early age. So early I don’t remember. But the early diagnosis has helped me so much.
Makes so much sense. To the point i hadn't considered it. I suspect the majority of tribal shamans had ADHD also, as well as the hunters.
I was diagnosed in my early forties. The struggle is real, and ai lost a good job because my boss who had no idea how many parts of my performance it affected, didn’t want to deal with me, despite the many good things I brought to the table. I was made to feel lazy and neurotic. Hindsight being 20/20, it was a good separation on many levels, but at the time it was devastating. As I grow older amd understand more about my neurodivergent brain, I’m able to feel less guilt amd accept myself for who I am. I hope all of you can begin to find your path of understanding and self-acceptance! Thank you for taking time to educate all of us!
I was as a kid diagnosed with ADD realizing it's now ADHD and ADD is an outdated term. It has its advantages at work I just go go go some days I'm like this too. The thing I don't like forgetting I have to make myself a list or will forget and I get stressed out easily with don't help. Problem solving solutions I can't come up with pretty fast!
Finding somewhere to “fit in” must be very rewarding
Wow! This was so helpful. I love this perspective. Thank you
Thank God for access to social media, I didn't know I had ADHD till I found your Instagram, I used to think this is how I am, maybe cursed lol, but now, I am in light, Many thanks NIK!
I think time perception, being a night owl and being late all the time was something I struggled with for most of my life (except when going to the airport). Eventually I got better at being on time but the effort was huge! I don’t know if other neurotypical people realize how hard it is for us.
Basically, with ADHD Fit In is ALWAYS the wrong answer, no matter what ANYONE says at any moment. We are conditioned to fit in from instinct always, and it's not good for us. Always react how you feel like, not what your instinct says, to react as others would like or find appropriate.
I think i have ADHD and that could be severe. I'm tired of trying to fit in this moderns society. Whenever i try to mask myself in order to fit the people, or anyplace i go i come home deeply exhausted like i have no energy left after for the rest of the day. I'm learning more about adhd, i always hated myself for being dumb and strongly believe i was cursed something. I think i could be autistic too cause noises that i don't want to absolutely hear makes me tear up everytime and i just wish to plug my ears and unplug it whenever i want to. Being indian having adhd and autism there is not even 1 percent chance to convince my parents to get me to a psychiatrist, they are gonna shame me for being a failure till i decide to get rid of myself. I'm all alone, no stable job or relationships, already feel old at just 23yrs. I'm doomed in many ways still finding hope here.
ADHD, proving the social model of disability true every day XD
Yes, all that hypersocial circuitry is a relatively new thing, and one that is in process of outliving its own usefulness as our system implodes. I think Hartmann made this point in his book. We need to return to a more primal, pluripotent state (= more ADHD'd) in order to triumph through current and upcoming challenges.
Great video! Liked and subscribed. I got diagnosed at 18 but have known since I was in my early teens.
Omg I loved this video thank you a lot ! Difference is strenght !
The need for additional stimulation isn’t as simple as risk seeking and drug taking or playing video games. As an example of what it really means, I was taught a trick to enable meditating despite adhd: hold a pillowcase or sheet of paper in one hand, and hold a silicone makeup sponge in the other. This provides the added stimulation necessary to allow the brain to focus. It can be that simple, but you have to realize it’s that’s pervasive.
I was diagnosed 4 months ago. I have just turned 40. At first I saw it as a sickness. But it’s not, yes it has caused many issues. From broken relationships to being inappropriate around others. I remember one time I was drinking. The more I drink the less control I have over my impulses. I was walking around asking people if they have ever had sex with people of the same sex. I now know that’s why I was getting very weird looks from people. I had no idea at the time just how inappropriate what I was saying was. Since taking the meds I can say with real certainty that I can see my super powers. On the meds my IQ jumps from average to somewhere new Albert Einstein. It gives me that focus to concentrate on the boring rubbish in life. It also helps me to complete things I’m interested in with a much greater degree of brilliance. I wish I had known years ago because I’d be in a much better place.
Hello what medication?
elvanse. they can't get hold of it at the moment @@determinedsj
I'm having an epic moment of enlightenment. Thankyou for arming me with empowered perspective and enthusiasm moving forwa4d. I will forever seek out clever ways to leverage my adhd rather than feel stuck oe lesser than most of the time...wow!
The thing that gets me is that we have something wrong with us.
I love you’re content Bro DON’T STOP!
This content helped tremendously - and I have been looking at a lot recently. I love the Hunter gene that Thom Hartman discusses and I will look into that more. That makes so much sense. I think that is the puzzle piece that has been missing for me. I'm not 'sick' in society - society fails to recognize what I have to offer. I don't fit in? Thank you. I don't like what's 'in'.
I learned Einstein had adhd. I never fit in and after awhile, it did not matter. Thought it was just me and enjoyed NOT being like everyone else who was BORING and predictable. In 8th grade, a girl said, I like how you think. 35 years ago, a friend of mine called me eccentric (he also told me that my letters were missing about 1/3 of words, proof reading, what's that ?). 5 years ago, had an interview and offer, the feedback was that they thought I was quirky. One of my good friends has it for sure, we get along so well ! LIke dogs running together in a dog park.... Pursue your happiness !
He was autistic. Maybe audhd
Hi folks , im 37 and jist been diagnosed a month ago. I tried vyvanse for a week and like you said , it is helpful but i have decided to come off it as it brings up too many emotions and i dont feel like I can express myself to how I want . It is a supressant. And would rather find and use more natural remedies myself. Even just through consistent meditation helps to rewire and bring the two hemispheres back into harmony . Great video , thank you❤
Very motivating video. Helped me to see myself from different angle.
I was 43 year old, where i was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. Im 53 today and had to stop working for 5 years ago. I have burned my candle in both ends, and struggle everyday, even small tasks, are such a big challenge to manage....
I wish i just could do things, without overthinking, considering, and evaluate all kind of stuff.....🤯
Real informative . Now it all makes sense to me , thx!!
I love your video man. Thanks!
Thanks Ron!
I found my dream job and consequently found my childhood ADHD never went away. Now im in hell trying to balance my life.
SAME!! I was and am devastated that my dream job didn’t make me happier inside
Life was still hell lol
The most damaging and toxic misunderstanding I came across (and I think I am not the only one) is when people simply don't believe ADHD is a thing. I have been told to my face that ADHD as well as ASD, Dyslexia and other OCDs.. is just a bulls**t that people make up to have excuse for being lasy, careless and disorganised.
There can't be any other powerful way of explaing adhd than this. Omg. We must see it from survival point of view and the reason for behaviour and emotions as wired as such.
As I'm sure you know, not everyone has the hyperactive (H) prong. Based on your comment about not feeling like yourself when taking ADHD meds, my guess is you have the "H." I believe those who have the "H" are more likely to dislike how they feel when they take stimulant medications because it has a paradoxical effect of slowing them down, while those like myself who have ADD or "ADHD predominately inattentive type " as per the DSM5, actually enjoy the energizing effect of stimulant medication (but dislike the crash that comes when the meds wear off). This distinction between those with the "H" and those without is consistent with the differences in the dominant symptoms of these subtypes. It seems logical to me that to better understand ADHD, there needs to be more emphasis on distinguishing the neurological differences between these subtypes. My guess is research will eventually determine they are two different "disorders."
Am I the only one who has attempted to finish this video more than once?
Good for you all. Just be transparent as to what ADHD would translate into for your future spouse and children. They deserve to have the option of making an informed decision.
With great power comes great responsibility.
I love your work. You give me hope for my daughters. ❤
Diagnosed around 7 or 8. This video makes me want to stop my medication and see how it benefits me with my schoolwork and other things. Those who agree, comment below.
Was diagnosed as a kid. 33 now, still a day to day struggle. But, managing it, and using it to your advantage, are definitely possible 🤘
Hi, thank u for this video
Im a 20 year old from the netherlands and i have been diagnosed with ADHD when i was 15 years old.
This was when i was in an all time low point in my life because i couldnt fit in en i didnt know what was wrong with me.
I took ritalin for a few years but the side affects where to big for me personnaly.
After highschool i havent focused on my adhd and kind of forgot to live with it if u know what i mean
Now in college with me failing a few classes i had to do a few asignments as well watch a documantery about a disorder that u can choose yourself, i immedeatly thought of researching my adhd again and began watching your video, this morning i wasnt feeling myself but now i think i can make do with what i got
I learned from this video that i might have to learn and live with adhd and do things differently
Thank u very much
You're welcome friend!
I think I have ADHD and I'm sure I have maladaptive daydreaming and it's not easy, and I feel so alone sometimes
Sooo nice this is in short version
Very good way of looking at this!!! This is my homeschool is so important ❤
This makes sense because as a mom of three with adhd I've noticed I thrive as a stay at home mom. Like yhe farmer I guess... im in my comfortsome, there is always something different going on and i can sit down and rest for a minute when i need to. ,
Like ten years ago my therapist explained the hunter gather brain thing and it made me feel way less broken. It’s wild how reframing things can make it much easier to accept the reason we’re out of step with society.
And since adhd is still around and wasn’t completely lost to history, it must have some sort of evolutionary place. Like people with adhd having higher survival rates in times of turmoil and war. (Just guessing…but it seems like the same hunter gatherer strengths would show in situations where things are rapidly changing and survival depends on the ability to be adaptable and think on your feet.) It’s just growing up we were always told that we are hyperactive, that we can’t focus, that there’s something wrong with us, so we didn’t learn to lean into our strengths. Hopefully kids with adhd growing up now can be supported and be guided to cater to their strengths instead of suppressing them in order to try and fail to be neurotypical.
Thanks for what you do ❤
Every time sb with ADHD share us ones experience make our days. I am 35 this year reached the diagnosis unofficially by counsler. I graduated from school of medicine since then i could not commit to a job. Now i moving from blaming my genes to respect the difference
I am 57 years old and am just now figuring out that I was never the problem. You are not looking at the big picture, if you look at your circle of friends you are the smartest one in it. I had to cut ties to all of the friends that emotionally drained me.
For me life without medication is nothing but anguish.
For all of my fellow ADHRS if you want to go to school find what you have passion for and look at your strength, you will pass with flying colors.
Great video of ADHD I like your ADHD videos there really good keep up the good work on your CZcams channel I have ADHD
Thank you!
Great video, to your about what id misunderstood about ADHD in the world, I sincerely believe that people have very less awareness about ADHD in itself and hence they categorise symptoms pf ADHD with a person’s behavioural traits