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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Introduction music plays)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.20,0:00:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello brains!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.51,0:00:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say that to you because...\Nif you think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.52,0:00:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't really you\Nthat decided to come here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.30,0:00:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was your brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.14,0:00:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whether you decided \Nto walk or drive, take a taxi, ride a bike
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.58,0:00:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That decision was decided\Nby your brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.17,0:00:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Behavior, all behavior,\Nis affected by the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.80,0:00:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a story about my brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.92,0:00:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was a smart kid. By 18 months I\Nwas speaking in full sentences.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.11,0:00:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By third grade I was scoring \Npost high school on standardized tests.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.10,0:00:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had as all my teacher's agreed,\Nso much potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.05,0:00:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was also struggling.\NI didn't have many... any friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.85,0:00:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outside of books.\NI was easily overwhelmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.24,0:00:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spaced out in class.\NI lost things, constantly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.30,0:01:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And trying to get my brain to focus on \Nsomething I wasn't excited about...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.26,0:01:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was like trying to nail Jell-O\Nto the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.09,0:01:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was smart.\NSo nobody was worried.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.38,0:01:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until middle school \Nwhen I was responsible for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.59,0:01:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting myself to classes on time,\Nand remembering to bring my own homework.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.19,0:01:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That being smart wasn't enough anymore,\Nand my grades started to suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.35,0:01:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom took me to the doctor\Nand after a comprehensive evaluation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.46,0:01:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was diagnosed with\Nattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.59,0:01:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.91,0:01:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're not familiar with ADHD \Nit has three primary characteristics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.58,0:01:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inattention, impulsivity, \Nand hyperactivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.64,0:01:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people with ADHD \Nhave more of the inattentive presentation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.36,0:01:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the daydreamers,\Nthe space cadets.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.34,0:01:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some have more of \Nthe hyperactive/impulsive presentation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.80,0:01:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the kids that usually\Nget diagnosed early.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.99,0:01:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the most common presentation\Nis a combination of both.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.97,0:02:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My doctor and my parents decided \Nthat given my shiny new diagnosis.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.36,0:02:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe stimulant medication would succeed,\Nwhere spankings and lectures had failed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.21,0:02:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I tried it.\NAnd it worked.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.33,0:02:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time I took my medication \Nit was like putting on glasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.93,0:02:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And realizing I could see, \Nwithout squinting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.33,0:02:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could focus!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.20,0:02:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without changing anything \Nmy GPA went up a full point.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.17,0:02:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honestly it was kind of miraculous.\NBy 14 I had friends, that liked me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.25,0:02:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By 15 I had published my first poem.\NI got a boyfriend.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.72,0:02:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By 17 I knew I wanted \Nto be a journalist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.79,0:02:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My local college had a program that would\Nguarantee admission to USC.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.91,0:02:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had a really \Ngreat journalism program.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.23,0:02:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I signed up at my local college\Nand I started taking classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.23,0:02:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I moved in with my boyfriend.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.65,0:03:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things were going great!\N...until they weren't.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.68,0:03:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started having trouble making it \Nto class on time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.60,0:03:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I aced a statistics course, \Nbut I forgot to sign up in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.43,0:03:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I never got the credit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.83,0:03:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took classes so I could help\Nmy boyfriend with his career.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.09,0:03:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I completely lost sight of mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.12,0:03:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never made it to USC...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.70,0:03:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By 21 I dropped out of college\Nand moved back home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.74,0:03:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next ten years I started\Nand quit, or was fired from 15 jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.63,0:03:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ruined my credit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.85,0:03:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got married!\NAnd was divorced within a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.63,0:03:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this point I was 32, and I \Nhad no idea what I was doing with my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.61,0:03:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Besides reading self-help books\Nthat didn't seem to be helping.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.80,0:03:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened to all that potential?\NWas I not trying?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.73,0:04:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I worked harder than anyone I knew,\NI didn't even have time for friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.43,0:04:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was that busy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.12,0:04:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had potential, though...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.80,0:04:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my failure was clearly my fault.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.05,0:04:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just hadn't done what I needed to do \Nto reach it and honestly....
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.74,0:04:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was tired of trying, putting more effort\Ninto life than everyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.18,0:04:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And falling farther\Nand farther behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.66,0:04:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this point I could\Nhave given up on myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.16,0:04:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could have decided that everyone who\Nthought I had potential, was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.40,0:04:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I didn't, because I knew that it was\Nmy behavior that had gotten me here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.93,0:04:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And behavior is affected by the brain.\NAnd my brain has ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.88,0:04:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking at my behavior\NI knew...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.40,0:04:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even with medication, \Neven as an adult.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.100,0:04:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My ADHD was still interfering\Nwith my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.36,0:04:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I needed to know\Nwas how, and why.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.61,0:05:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And more importantly,\Nwhat could I do about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.25,0:05:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to do some research.\NAnd I found a lot of great information.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.16,0:05:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found a lot of bad information too,\Nbut that's another talk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's good information out there.\NWebsites, podcasts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talks, by researchers \Nand medical professionals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Books that would of been way more helpful\Nthan the self-help books I've been using.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That were clearly written for normal...\Nwell, there is no normal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neurotypical brains.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of what I found though \Nwas either really technical.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or seemed like it was written for parents,\Nand teachers trying to deal with ADHD kids
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There wasn't a lot that seemed to be \Nintended for us, the people who have ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I started a YouTube channel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea how to start\Na YouTube channel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I started a YouTube channel
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I almost called it "How Not To ADHD"\Nbecause that was all I knew at the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my boyfriend, Edward, \Ntalked me out of it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out lots of people need help\Nunderstanding ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Including, maybe especially,\Nthose who actually have it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was no exception.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought having ADHD\Nwas kind of the same for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought it was mostly\Nabout getting distracted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that maybe having ADHD was the\Nreason that I was failing at life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought I was what needed to change\Nin order to be successful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't be successful,\Nand still be me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spoilers.\NI was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, lets go back for a second.\NBack to what brought us here today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The brain.\NUnderstanding the brain you're
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working with, it turns out\Nis kind of important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, that's true whether that brain is\Nyour employees, your students,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your kids, your significant others,\Nor your own.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHD affects between \N5 and 8% of the global population.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means statistically speaking there's\Nbetween 37 and 60 of us just in this room.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't tell who we are just by looking\Nbut its fun to watch you try.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at some point you're going \Nto meet someone with ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work with them, give birth to them,\Nor fall in love with them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chances are you already have.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at some point, \Nyou're going to ask yourself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is going on in their brain?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, after two years of learning about \NADHD and a lifetime of experience with it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After having the honor of connecting with\Nresearchers, and doctors, and ADHD experts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tens of thousands\Nof ADHD brains all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can I tell you,\Nto help you understand ADHD?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, many of them\Nhelped with this talk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all its real.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not bad parenting \Nor lack of discipline.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's currently the most \Nwell researched mental condition.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, there are actually measurable\Ndifferences in the brain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These differences are larger in children,\Nbut for most people they never go away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,\Nadults have ADHD too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While rates of the ADHD diagnosis\Nare increasing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not because of an increase \Nin sugar, or technology.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or... lack of spanking.\NIt's not.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anymore than people drowning in\Nswimming pools is because of Nicholas Cage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Correlation does not equal causation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are real numbers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's from both an increase \Nin understanding that ADHD exists.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That girls, adults, and gifted students\Ncan have it too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ironically a lack of understanding\Nthat being hyper, misbehaving,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or struggling in school\Ndoes not mean that you have ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHD is more serious than I realized.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The primary characteristics of inattention\Nimpulsivity, and hyperactivity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't sound all that serious, \Nand I didn't think that they were.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in real life they translate into\Npeople getting into more accidents.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being more likely to get fired, \Nget divorced.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Significantly more likely \Nto struggle with addiction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that ADHD is on a spectrum.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raise your hand \Nif you've ever lost your keys.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or spaced out in the\Nmiddle of a lecture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're not raising your hand I'm \Ngoing to assume you spaced out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of this one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is while everyone experiences\NADHD symptoms sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An actual diagnosis is based on how many \Nof those symptoms significantly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and chronically impair\Nmultiple aspects of your life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like you can get sad\Nand not have depression.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can get distracted\Nand not have ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just like you can have \Nmild depression, or severe depression.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHD can range\Nfrom mild to severe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also learned ADHD is a \Nterrible name for ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It creates a lot of confusion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have a deficit of attention.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we have trouble with\Nis regulating our attention.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As ADHD coach Brett Thornhill puts it,\Nit's like your brain keeps switching \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between 30 different channels,\Nand somebody else has the remote.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we have a hard time \Nfocusing at all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And other times we get stuck on a \Nchannel, and can't pull ourselves away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In real life this might look like we just \Ndon't want to do homework because we'de
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather play video games,\Nand sure sometimes that's the case.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the truth is, there are plenty of \Ntimes we want to be able to focus, we try.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we just can't.\NCurrent understanding is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this difficulty has to do with the \Nway our brains produce,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and metabolize neurotransmitters,\Nlike dopamine, and norepinephrine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned ADHD is highly treatable.\NStimulant medication boosts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these neurotransmitters, \NWhich is why it helps us focus.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very effective for around 80%,\Nof people with ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I learned that medication \Nisn't enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHD affects much more than our focus,\Nit impairs executive functions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like planning, prioritizing and the \Nability to sustain effort towards a goal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It affects our ability to regulate \Nour emotions, our behavior, our sleep.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not one program in our brain\Nthat it works differently.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the whole operating system.\NIt can effect every aspect of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are a ton of strategies\Nout there, that can help.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cognitive Behavior Therapy,\Ncoaching, even meditation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or regular exercise can \Nmake a huge difference.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding your brain.\NI knew I had trouble focusing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew my medication \Nhelped with that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I didn't know was that getting\Noverwhelmed all the time had to do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with poor working memory.\NAnd that making lists helps.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or that the reason that I ran late all\Nthe time isn't because I didn't care.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHDer's have a skewed sense of time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that using a timer could teach me\Nhow long thing's actually take.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mostly, I expected to learn\Nwhat I actually learned.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That ADHD is real.\NAddressing it is important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And medication is not enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I didn't expect to learn\Nthat I wasn't alone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an ADHD tribe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a difference it would make \Nto connect with it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people with ADHD in every \Ncountry, every culture across the globe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, even in France.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Delayed laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this tribe is awesome.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Comparing myself to people \Nwith neurotypical brains,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt really bad about myself.\NWhy couldn't I keep my house clean?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, finish a project in time instead of \Nwaiting until the very last second.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But seeing the positive \Nin fellow ADHD brains.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helped me recognize,\Nand appreciate my own strenths.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One's that I couldn't see when I was \Njust staring at my weaknesses.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is what I\Nhad been doing for decades.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ADHD, ADHD brains \Nhave a lot to offer the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to be generous,\Nfunny, creative.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHDer's are 300% more likely\Nto start their own business.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We not only think \Noutside the box.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're often not even aware \Nthere is a box.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may struggle when \Nour brains aren't engaged.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ADHD brains are great \Nat tackling tasks that are urgent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Working with ideas that are new.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wrestling with problems\Nthat are challenging.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And dedicating themselves to projects\Nthat are of personal interest.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This YouTube career I'd stumbled \Ninto was all of those things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 32 I was divorced, miserable and had\Nno idea what I was doing with my life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 33 I started my own business\Nand was connecting with ADHD experts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By now, at 34 I have a team of volunteers\Nhelping me with the channel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm engaged to this amazing man,\Nwho helps me produce the channel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Works right alongside with me\Nis doing the slides right now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we discovered\Nalso has ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm working on reaching out to schools\Nso that kids don't have to wait
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until they're 32 to learn\Nabout their brains.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm doing my very first Ted X talk\Nhere with you today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But wait there's more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That did sound like the end of the speech.\NI'm sorry it's not.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm happier and more successful \Nthan I've ever been in my life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what happened?\NHow did I reach my potential?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three things. \NOne I learned about my brain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My ADHD brain both on my own\Nand by connecting with others who have it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you judge a fish by it's ability\Nto climb a tree.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will live it's whole life\Nbelieving that it is stupid.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unless it happens to chat \Nwith another fish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And realizes fish aren't great\Nat climbing trees.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's okay.\NThere's plenty of ocean.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two, In learning about my brain I found\Nand stumbled into a job that engages it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you spend all your time trying to \Nget a fish to be able to climb a tree,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll never see how far it can swim.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out, I can be me\Nand still be successful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just had to find\Nmy ocean.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three, I learned strategies for \Nthe challenges I still face.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no fish analogy for this one.\NI am sorry.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess I learned how to swim.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you know what\Nyour brains challenges are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can find solutions to them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you look past the stereotypes and\Nassumptions about people with ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And dig deeper.\NYou learn what ADHD actually is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not people who wont stop fidgeting,\Nor getting distracted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's brains that are \Nchronically under aroused.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trying to get the basic \Nstimulation that all brains need.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about procrastinating\Nor not caring.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's having executive function deficits\Nthat make it hard to get started.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not people being lazy,\Nor not trying enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kids and adults struggling to succeed\Nwith a brain that doesn't
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always want to cooperate.\NIn a society that wasn't built for them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Society is our user's manual.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learn how our brains and bodies work\Nby watching those around us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When yours works differently,\Nit can feel like you're broken.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what I'm trying to do,\Nis reach out to these people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever they are in the world,\Nand tell them you are not weird.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not stupid.\NYou do not need to try harder.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not a failed version of normal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are different, you are beautiful,\Nand you are not alone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't have ADHD yourself chances \Nare you know somebody who does.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their your employee, your boss,\Nyour friend, they're in this room.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope this talk helps you\Nunderstand them better.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do have ADHD.\NWelcome to the tribe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience applause)