@@timmycu I think what they meant is "lazy" is when someone chooses not to do one thing, because they'd rather do something else that's more fun. Task paralysis with adhd is more like, you KNOW you're supposed to do one thing, but instead you're sitting there doing something else (or nothing at all), and you aren't even able to enjoy that because your brain is constantly reminding you of what you're supposed to be doing instead.
I was diagnosed with Autism back in January at age 20. It's crazy how when you're diagnosed with neurodivergency, nothing changes but everything makes sense.
As someone who was diagnosed at a young age and learned when I was young, even I have moments of looking back at younger me and realizing just how neurodivergent I was.
Coming back to this video to say THANK YOU Jaiden!!! This video was the tipping point for me to look into this doubt I had for quite some time and finally getting diagnosed. Everything you say is soo true, the struggling with mundane tasks, the productivity being soo low even for things you like or know will only take a few minutes, the fear of both finding out you have it or not… damn, the absolute confusion on the whole thing when you’re an adult. I’m soon going to start whit the medication, hope it goes well!
The trickiest thing about ADHD (in my opinion, as someone with ADHD) is that if you aren’t that hyperactive, ALL the symptoms can be put under “normal people problems”. You try to explain it to normal people and it’s like “I forget things, I’m always late, I can’t focus on school work”, etc. etc. and people are like “well yeah I do that too” but it’s not the same! Your brain is sabotaging you all the time, it’s not just little mistakes. Anyway, that’s my opinion on sometimes getting a diagnostic is hard and ADHD is misunderstood. Thanks for coming to my ted talk lol
OMG YES, it’s actually so frustrating to explain to people cause it’s always “oh yeah I totally get it, I struggle with that too” like but does it physically disable you to do literally anything even things you enjoy. So every time I talk about one of my ADHD symptoms with someone and they reply with “same” I’m like well “Everyone experiences ADHD like symptoms however it becomes ADHD when I actively damaged or disables your normal life in some way.” I can’t tell you how often I’ve repeated variations of that exact same sentence (too the same people too) 😭😭 anyway sorry for the ramble
"i did all my homework on time!", "sure i didn't like Studying and found it hard to focus", "Up Until College" hit me like a truck,, i feel like that's a template for adhd diagnosis at this point
I was actually diagnosed with inattentive ADHD when I was in 4th grade but when I was 18 it was changed to an autism spectrum diagnosis which makes sense since I had a feeling I was on the spectrum even though adhd still made sense for me growing up
That's so interesting bc my experience is the complete opposite. I hated school but now that I'm in university, I feel so much freer and so much happier too. I hope I can get my own diagnosis...
@TheGoIsWin21 I'm in the same boat, but to be honest, I think a lot of people likely don't have it, at least not on the weaker end of the spectrum. Having difficulty focusing and staying motivated on stuff, and pure detrimental glaringly obvious ADHD are two completely different things in my opinion. The modern world has just destroyed our attention spans, so we both likely don't have it. People like us just gotta make more of an effort to stay focused and motivated on things.
@@jrodd13 Despite that though, I think it's a better option to get diagnosed if you relate to most of the symptoms. If you have it, you can be prescribed and i absolutely want to think like how neurotypicals think. And if you don't have it, then great, that's when you put in the effort
What I don't like about discovering it, is the fatalist idea of thinking that my brain chemistry will always dictate everything I do, and that there is no choice than accept it, and live without as much independence from brain.
Yes!! Thank you. I think that I might have ADHD and am hesitant to getting a diagnosis, because the thought of not having it is almost scarier. That would mean that I am just a lazy bag and need to get my shit together. Having ADHD doesn’t make it better tho lmao
I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with ADHD. Spent my whole life fighting ADHD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
I'm so very happy for you mate, Psilocybin is absolutely amazing, the way it shows you things, the way it teaches you things. I can not believe our world and our people shows less interest about it's helpfulness to humanity. It's love. The mushrooms heals people by showing the truth, it would be so beneficial for so many people, especially politicians and the rich who have lost their way and every other persons out there.
One of the most relatable videos about adhd I’ve ever seen. The “it would be easier to backflip off a bridge than write that essay” and being proud of doing 2 tasks especially.
Yup, except when you think about getting to the bridge and how exactly those backflips need to be carried out to actually launch you over the railing I’ve never done backflips before I could start learning now…
Literally last month I had a deadline for 2 essays and I missed it and when I asked for extension for a couple days it took me two weeks and I literally handed it in right before my teacher submitted my grades into the system
The fact that u cleaned the birds room AFTER making the script and not WHILE making the script and leaving that task half done to return making the script, and jumping back on and on impressed the hell out of me
As someone with ADHD, mild depression, severe anxiety, severe OCD, and PTSD from I don’t know what, I’m very glad to know that people go through the same things as me, and this video just made me feel a lot less lonely❤
nah there's a Redit post about someone whos perants didnt tell them they had adhd becose they "didn't want to give them a crutch" so the person was living life on hard mode until they got a diagnoses and got help relised that it was not meant to be as hard as it was and there you go
@@PatrickSquirtle-dl8lgYes, of course it gets easier once you know that it's ADHD and not you. It not only makes it way easier on you mentally, but also you can get medication to help with it I don't know how you think you're contradicting what this person said, you're just adding onto their point lol
@@PatrickSquirtle-dl8lg something really similar happened to Illymation’s boyfriend (nicknamed Kermit for the video he appears in) where his parents didn’t tell him he was autistic until he was 19 so he “wouldn’t use as a crutch”, if you are insterested on his experience along with Illy since she’s autistic and has ADHD too, the video name is “Dating (when you’re autistic)”
I’ve dealt with Asperger’s Syndrome as well as ADHD since early childhood. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, there weren’t many programs or help for children with any form of autism. But there are many help programs today. Back then, the schools at first just REFUSED to help me (which had me jump from school to school), until my dad put his foot down and did everything he could to find teachers who would help me. Even as an adult today, I still sometimes struggle. But I take and do things one at a time.
That part about being very organized as a kid and then it all falling apart as an adult is scarily relatable. Maybe I should stop putting off making that appointment to get diagnosed.
Go for it! Adhd and autism are spectrums. You can't hurt yourself with a negative or positive diagnosis. You can only learn. I got diagnosed at 25 and I don't regret it one bit. 👍
I strongly recommend it. Getting diagnosed comes with conversations with a therapist, which can help you shed light on your issues even if you don't have ADHD, it's liberating to be able to put words on your struggles, and empowering to be able to finally explain your experience to those around you
it's very common actually, specially if you had a good support network as a kid. my parents were not that for me cause they work a lot, but my aunt and grandparents were always there
Definitely consider getting a diagnosis. I had almost no symptoms of ADHD as a child and was a great student. But in highschool my grades started slipping, I was losing motivation, and sticking to one task became so difficult. I got diagnosed and since then I've learned to manage it better with a combination of medication and cognitive behavioural therapy and other coping strategies.
Hearing about ADHD from popular media: "This has nothing to do with me" Hearing about ADHD from actual people with ADHD: "Wait, this is the most relatable thing I've ever heard"
i wanted to get diagnosed whether if i have adhd or not because of a slander vid about adhd. like my reactions was like relatable, lol funny but relatable, wait this is 3/4ths of the vid and why do i still relate, FUCK THAT'S THE ENTIRE VIDEO AND I RELATE TO EVERYTHING I NEED TO TELL MY MOM ABOUT THIS.
I legit cried in that part as well. It has more to do with the many years of shame and believing that I was dumb or lazy. I legit split my life to pre adderall me and post adderall me.
I have ADHD and boy its annoying. I live with my bf and he has to remind me like every 10 minutes to get the laundry because i would just... leave it for days or weeks until we run out of clothes. I was a horrible student and now I am 1 month away from my final exam (I have no idea how to say it, it`s like my second college exam, I have my occupational therapist done, now this is my final exam of becoming an specialist in my field) and GEEZ I suck at learning. I am like 6 months behind of learning and I hate it. My dad and my grandpa both have ADHD so it wasnt a surprise but being a 26 year old sneaking through grown up life while struggling to find 2 matching socks is insane
Gifted kid to burnout is such a mood tbh, I meet all the diagnostic criteria for ADHD but my mom insists that because she's a teacher she would have known lmfao. Edit: She now admits I probably have it after my friend gave me Adderall XR and I packed and cleaned my entire room in 30 minutes and my mental exhaustion went away for 10 glorious hours (ritalin gave me a manic episode tho so I'm never doing that again)
As an auDHDer and a homeschooled student, no. My mom had no idea I had either diagnosis and moreover didn't realize that SHE had adhd until both of her daughters diagnosis'
every time I watch these types of videos I feel like they are talking about me, but my mother insists "You never had ADHD when you were little! we tested you! How come you're getting a chilhood disease in your late teens!"
The line "A light switched off in my brain and suddenly I'm not capable of the things I used to be and it feels pathetic." Was heartbreaking and relatable. It reminded me of my struggles before I was properly diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and put on medication. Also I love the Joltik plush at 5:38
I’m that line… I’m the LINE… I always thought of this… I can’t focus on solving the problem… I always focused on the problem itself… I have ocd and adhd mixed…
Thats how i feel about art and anything. I swear i used to be able to do so much. Then i hit uni and i couldnt do anything. School work, art, reading, anything i actually enjoyed. And i still cant. Not really. Not how i used to.
Oh man the “scary if you might not have it” is so real. Before I went for my asd diagnosis all I kept thinking was “if it’s not that then WHATS WRONG WITH ME”. Feeling like you’re an alien and being worried about ‘what if it’s just all in your head?’ And not in the ‘there’s actually something up with your brain’ and more the ‘nope you’re just like everyone but you’re just failing more than others’. It was the biggest relief to be told that I’m not crazy and life is harder for me.
I feel this. It took years for me to get my diagnosis, and not because it actually took all that long--it was just so overwhelmingly stressful that it took months to make any given appointment. I was kinda hitting a point where if it didn't have it I was going to end up begging for a brain scan to see if I had brain tumors or something, because nothing scared me more than the idea that I was more or less normal and simply couldn't cope with life.
The feeling pathetic part really hit hard. About 5 days ago I confessed to my mother how pathetic I felt and like a bit of a burden because I just couldn’t remember things or I was so forgetful unlike my siblings or friends. I’ve lost countless of items in near minutes, I forget reminders I set for myself, it’s been awful. I feel like an 80 yr old with amnesia. I don’t know if I have anything, it just felt nice to hear from someone else their similar experiences, it helps make you feel less alone, thank you!
Ever since I started work I have been screwing up big and expensive way to many times. I started to hate myself. I went into a mental hospital for 10 weeks. The feeling of the world not being compatible with ones self. The feeling of YOU beeing WRONG, just wrong. It drives actual tears in my eyes just typing this.
The thing I've come to realize is that even though everyone's story is a little different, there's always someone who feels/has felt the way you're feeling at any given moment. And brains are very complicated mechanisms with so much being processed all at once that it's only natural that some will operate differently or even go off track at times. But that doesn't mean that you're inferior to anyone else, it just means that some people won't be able to relate, but there's definitely others that will.
honestly i totally relate to this and i always just chalked it up to me being lazy, but like even normal people can motivate themselves to do things like laundry or assignments. i dont have problems doing those things once i start so im like?? am i just lazy? but lately ive been thinking about the possibility of having ADD more and more.
I spent almost thirty years feeling like that, I absolutely understand what you're going through. I was lucky, my Dad noticed when I was in a very bad place with my depression and knew I couldn't afford the appointments myself at the time and paid for a good therapist. Within two appointments she was able to tell me I'm on the spectrum and the feeling of relief was incredible, as was being given some websites and books to read about other people's experiences and seeing my own brain mirrored. And now, just over ten years on, I'm ready to tackle the question of whether I have ADHD as well.
As someone with adhd and autism sometimes even doing normal day to day Chores is hard, and it makes me feel like a loser cuz I can't even do shit on my own- and when I do them i always get everything so messed up-
"I know all my ADHD brethren are out of their chairs" Yes, you understand, and it is absolutely amazing that you got the help that you needed! Big props Jaiden, stay awesome! From one of your ADHD brethren.
@@MrGamelover23 There's like five other ADHD meds you can either add or switch to (depending on your preference), one of my friends actually takes Wellbutrin off label and another did better with Focalin
@@orngjce223 I know, I know. It's worth noting that when I took an adhd test recently, I accidentally took the pill before the test and the results were like I didn't have adhd, but then I took it again without the pills and yeah, adhd.
The "gifted kid burnout" is so strong with me. I crashed and burned in college, barely managed to graduate, and I've been going downhill ever since. To make it worse, my brother and my sister both have ADHD (and he's autistic), but I also did so well in school that I just chalked up my recent inattentiveness to laziness (instead of, like, a real problem, which you'd THINK a psychology major would know about), and now I work from home and can't focus for shit. The fact that I'm watching this on my 2nd monitor instead of doing my job really speaks for itself. Might be time to buckle down and get this mess sorted out. I'd actually be unstoppable if I could work for more than 6.5 minutes at a time.
Definitely try to get an appt to get diagnosed. I’m in a similar situation I barely squeaked out of college and now WFH I procrastinate all my work until the literal last minute and feel awful about it the whole time. When I tried adderall for the first time I felt like myself and it was a lot easier. Best of luck
I'm incredibly fortunate that my neurochemistry didn't pull the e-break until I had a kid (though grad school was tough), but at the same time, that made it *so much harder* to grok how I could have been so "successful" for so long with an attention disorder. Looking back, I realized how things like doing my homework early, finding creative ways to link schoolwork to my personal interests and eschewing much of a social life were *coping mechanisms* that allowed me to Feed the Hyperfixation Beast while still having time and mental energy left to do all the needfuls. It also meant that developing healthier habits meant unlearning a lot of unhealthy ones, and if I could go back in time and get my teenage self the diagnosis so that he could build his life-skills back when our brain was more plastic, I'd do it with zero regrets.
This is so relatable. From the good and organized childhood to "what went wrong" adulthood. And I'm legit concern for myself since it affect me emotionally. Gotta seek help soon.
Like I am genuinely worried that won't be able to do my job because my brain doesn't work like it used to. Afraid I'll get fired any day now because I may really mess up unintentionally.
6 months ago, i watched this video and it gave me the insight and the push to seek out a psychiatrist to see if my suspicions were true. Soon after, I did get a diagnosis for combined-type ADHD. Thank you Jaden for talking about your experiences. It really helped me to realize what I might be struggling with, and then get the help I needed.
This was such a relatable watch especially going from "I don't need medication" to "damn I've been held captive in the dungeon of my mind this entire time. I just thought I was lazy" There's so much people don't know about adhd and it's so freeing to understand that you're not lazy you've actually been fighting to do the thing 10× harder than everyone else. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS
i’ve been diagnosed for a few years now and i’m still mourning the life i could have had, i think i will forever. it was bittersweet being diagnosed, i thought everyone struggled as much as me but were just better at hiding it. it was extremely validating to finally understand why i felt so different and found a community in the process. welcome to the club ❤
@@pelagelunaire7114 yes it does. Knowing the answer before someone asks you the question allows you to be prepared for the question. Same goes for living your life with ADHD. Your life is filled with questions and decisions and knowing how you’ll act will help you better predict how you will deal with the situation and plan ahead. It’s like knowing that it’s winter and just knowing unconsciously to put on your coat and your toque before going outside. it’s just not even a thought. you just know you have to do that. It’s winter and it’s cold. it’s obvious. Without knowing you have ADHD it’s like every morning waking up and you step outside and you never know what the weather will be or what it’s gonna be like and you were unprepared for just the simplest thing. And you can never understand why you can never remember or be prepared. It’s like the classic saying: The real problem is not knowing about the things you don’t know. Cause there’s the things you know you know. The things you know you don’t know about. But what about the things you don’t know that you have no clue about. You don’t even know what question to ask because you don’t even know to even ask a question. You’re just completely oblivious. Now if that kind of sounds scary, it is. And that’s what every day is like not know why you act and think they way you do. If you don’t know you have a problem why would you ever try to fix it or at least try to do something about it?
The soul crushing knowledge that you were the cause of all your problem. The shame that you didn’t even know it, AND it was out of your control makes you feel very scared but angry at yourself for not being able to understand who you are as a person and for hating yourself for not knowing or catching on earlier. But also pitying yourself because you now know the situation was out of your control. It doesn’t make you feel any better knowing about it, but now you can try to make better choices. The one thing I think people really don’t understand about ADHD is you can really just ruin your life. Forgot to pay your bills then your credit score gets destroyed and now you’re in debt. Forget to brush your teeth and you lose teeth and have to pay expensive dental bills. You forget to respond to your friends text messages and you lose friendships. I also think about the life I could had, if I had just acted different or done that simple easy task. You never really get over it, but you can move on and make the best of THIS life you have now. I entirely empathize with the morning and loss of the potential future you could of had. ❤ it gets better trust me. It’s not any easier though. It’s like being in a wheelchair and being upset that you can no longer play basketball. But you just need to reframe your goals and realize you can play wheelchair basketball and that’s your life now. The limitation’s ADHD has put on your life can’t be removed but you can live within those limitation’s and have just as much fun and fulfillment. ❤
@@MachineBone Thank you very much for the really big awnser. It's clearer now. I've alteady heard about adhd wich is call TDA or TDAH if you have an hyperactivity in France, but not at this point. So thanks to take your time to awnser me.
@@arietheapparition i think a lot of youtubers are neurodivergent, it seems to be more common in this space, probably because the school system fails neurodivergent kids quite frequently
This pushed me to get an official diagnosis. As a teenager, most adults just assume I had ADHD so when I finally got diagnosed with combined ADHD all I was thinking of how I wanted to go home and play Fortnite with my friend
the "making a deal with yourself" is how i make myself do laundry. i trick myself into doing it by saying "oh ill at least take it downstairs" which turns into "well i have to put it in now that im already here" and eventually "ugh its already sorted i might as well fold it" to it being complete. congrats on getting your diagnosis! much love as you continue forwards!
Yeah...I've needed to wash my car for like 3 months. But I only have time on the weekends, and I just don't want to spent my free time on the weekends washing my car. I'm finally going to do it today, when it gets cooler outside. There's just certain things. 2 weekends ago I spent half a day reorganizing my closet. I planned to earlier that week, and once saturday rolled around, that was my goal, and I enjoyed it. Cleaning and reorganizing my closet, which included building a shelf? Perfectly fine. Washing my car for 20 minutes? Too much lol.
I have to do the same thing, I quite literally have to tell myself "You can not have (insert meal or snack or treat or anything I am interested in) until you get up and get this done!" Still takes me anywhere from 20mins-1hr just to do said thing, but it does help me atleast get it done-
I can’t forget the day this video showed up on my yt feed out of the blue and I don’t even know why but I clicked it. It was such a lightbulb moment to make sense of my entire life. Everything just clicked. Then I went on to watch another adhd video and I just burst into tears. I couldn’t stop crying for a while. I just wanted to say thank you for making this video and sharing your story.
I also started to see this in the recommendations, only in the form of a reaction. I denied it for a very long time, but at some point I decided to see what it is. My reaction was, " Well, I didn't regret watching this." However, when it sank deeper, it knocked me off two legs
as someone with the combined type of ADHD AND autism I somehow feel more informed by silly animations and your voice about my condition than a PROFFESIONAL and that just shows how not only do us people find it easier to learn of stupid shit but also how ADHD people... understand ADHD people more than regular people its crazy and I'm proud how you managed to overcome this and its just crazy how one diagnosis seems to change everything
I got diagnosed with ADHD at 20 and taking Adderall was literally like that scene in Snapcube Sonic riders where Jet yells "I'M TURNING UP THE GRAPHIC SETTINGS ONCE AND FOR ALL!" and then I was visually aware of my surroundings for the first time in my life.
@@jadedfire4351 The first day on ADHD meds, I was having lunch with a friend, and I was just staring at my bowl (I got some beef noodle soup or something) and I just turned to her and was like "is soup always this shiny?" And she said yes lol
I don’t have ADHD but I do have depression. The idea of taking prescribed medication and suddenly feeling like “THIS IS WHAT NORMAL IS?!?” Is SO relatable. I went from wallowing in bed and not knowing happiness to sitting on the swings and giggling to myself. It’s like night and day in your mind
Seeing Jaiden text "THE VOICES ARE QUIET" to everyone made me want to cry in relief for her because I remember the very first time I took my own meds and the realisation that my mind was quiet, with one singular train of thought, made me physically stop in my track because of how hard it hit me That moment is fucking magical and I'm so glad Jaiden got to experience it too!
@@238Hero238 the way I had to physically stop what I was doing because it hit me like a truck, I still remember the relief of everything going quiet like it was yesterday
WISH THAT WERE ME. Instant release adhd meds never worked for me so now i gotta try the slow one however. THE ADHD MEDS IN BRAZIL ARE ON A FUCKING NATIONAL LACK OF MEDS APPARENTLY?????? I dont even have adhd diagnosed im going for autism but i went "yeah no i cant focus on school" and they just threw me ritalin anyways
@@lary_uwu6027 omg we had the same thing in France last year😂 and yeah it was nice at first but I ended up developping a resistance to the meds so now they only work if I don't take them for like...months Which I now do naturally because I barely need my meds these days since I'm in a field I love! (Animation actually, Jaiden is a huge inspiration for me)
I have had diagnosed ADHD my entire life, and all through my school years (graduating this year lol) so I GET IT when someone says that normal tasks feel like fighting an ACTUAL dragon. But seeing someone else who also has ADHD find something that works for them is SO COOL!! (The magic of prescribed drugs do be crazy **WHEN TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY**)
Honestly thank you so much for showing the negative sides of ADHD and not sugarcoating it as some "quirky" and "cool" thing. I have severe ADHD and it's genuinely ruined many parts of my life, made a lot of things that were supposed to be easy much more difficult, and made my childhood kinda sucky, so it's a huge pet peeve when people portray a literal MENTAL DISABILITY as something that's "quirky" or "cool" to have. Thank you for sharing your struggles with it and I'm so glad you're able to put a name to the monster that's been making life harder for you for years :}
its so refreshing to hear that other people w adhd struggle to do the things they love. my entire life is music and being a music major but sometimes it feels like pulling teeth to get myself to sit down at the piano.
Thank you for this video. I having ADHD too with almost the same symptoms you have. It's make me so happy to see someone understand the pain of having a brass band concert, a chess game, a falling bread, some clowns, squirrels and memories who don't have any reason to be there in the moment while you want to be focuse for 5 seconds on the really boring English task. But when you go on a walk to buy a berliner your brain is better organized as the best organized stuff in the entire world. Fun fact here in Germany whe call ADHD ADHS, because ADHS stands for Aufmerksamkeitsdefiziethyperaktivitätssyndrom (by the way that word is the longest German word).
Watched this 4 months ago now, related so so hard its not even funny, saved enough money in that time. I was diagnosed today and tomorrow will be my first day on meds. THANK U SO MUCH JAIDEN! Wish me luck. Hopefully I can actually get my work done for Uni.
I was diagnosed with ADHD and Autism back in 2022, and oh my GOD it makes so much sense. Like genuinely, my psychologist looked at my results, looked at me and said “Well no wonder you’re depressed! You’ve been living life unsure of how life even works! You were given the wrong tools to navigate life, because those tools don’t work for you.”
your psychologists words made me tear up. was diagnosed too with ADHD (although I suspect autism too but i'll have to bring that up to whoever new psych i go to) mid pandemic and I didnt really hear much kind words lol. i just got angrier about life. thank you for sharing this!!
ADHD is like scrolling through UA-cam to find a video then you find a video that’s the third of a three part trilogy so you just have to watch the first two videos but you end up watching some random video on your feed until something comes to interrupt or your lucky enough to stumble upon the video you we’re looking for
this is so real i swear i only opened my phone to check an email - just one email! related to important stuff! - but now its been 4 hours and why am i halfway through an animated series i found on youtube and why is my ipad on at 34% with a new sketch on procreate based on that book i read last night, oh and talking about last night, i swear i meant to sleep before 12 am but listen the next chapter was just toooo tempting and the next one and the one after that too and then oh wait frick its 5:30 am maybe i should go to sleep??? but im sure its fine bc i did the exact same thing yesterday.. but oh a new instagram post from my friend!
it sucks people dont understand what makes something a mental health issue is when you experience something 'normal', like distractedness, but to the degree it interferes with your day to day life. we all get distracted but normal people arent distracted all day every day for weeks while still getting things done on time
Sometimes I can't tell whether I could have ADHD or I'm just lazy, my pops always tells me to tough it out, sometimes it works but I dont know if thats notmal, I'm pretty sure we both are kinda autistic or something since we both have some symptoms from what my dad tells me about how he gets work done and how I (kinda) do too, I have thought about trying to get a diagnosis for me but I don't really trust the Healthcare in my country and I really doubt my dad will actually want to get his brain checked in like, any way, which well I can understand, he was raised in a diferent environment than me
@@lautarofarnos835 This is what I kinda struggle with too. It seems like everyone is getting diagnosed with ADHD and Autism left and right. (I theorize it's due the insane amount of dopamine we experience through entertainment and food. We've progressively got more ADHD through the decades.) And like you, I don't trust my healthcare, the pharmaceutical are blatantly trying to push more and more drug prescriptions for that $$$ return. I'm pretty sure I have ADHD at this point.... but it seems like... so does EVERYONE else.
@@lautarofarnos835 feel you sometimes I go up to get something from my room then I'm like wonder what chapter I'm on in my manga.......... my MOM calls and then the realization hits that we have to leave and that I need to get my shit and run out the door. Other days I end up talking so much (interesting stuff like history and science facts) but omg does it go on and the reason is because I imagine the scenario so much that I start to get a dopamine rush from the imagination stuff. My parents tell me not to talk loud unsure if this is just a me thing but it happens and I don't notice it when it does. I write loads but my writing isn't gramatically correct and sometimes my teachers will point out the stuff that I thought wasn't wrong sometimes its for simple things like this is a run on sentence but other times it goes on to be more things to the point I'm rewriting 5 sentences to do. Naturally with all this monitoring constantly I get told that I need help in some areas more than I want to sometimes its for things that I know are a one time occurrence other times I sit there and look at the other person and think wtf who are you. I often spend time on my phone I don't socialize often this comes to my second diagnosis Autism or in other words the fucken pepper to the salt. I often understand things but my mom will explain the most tineist of things I already know if I ask for them to explain it it isn't a simple explanation it's a 5 sentence one you get the point. The other day sometime in the recent past someone just told me they were an adhd person I sat there and listened to them but to me it made me feel a bit uncomfortable to be told that at the dinner table while everyone else awaited the perspective of the oracle of adhd (just saying this to give a bit of emphasis in truth I'm no oracle). I get very creative though I write loads of songs and I have never shared it with anyone but close friends and family they all seem to love it when I listen to music you got to understand that that imagination high I talked about earlier happens and I even know what the song is before they say the name, and know things like all songs say there own name, all songs have an up and down part (beat wise), and finally all songs loop the words with tiny breaks and same thing for the beat it repeats as well with tiny breaks. It;s hard to manage my anger sometimes however this is one thing were I can say I've managed to cap that very well trust me. I realize I haven't talked about the social stuff well for most they look at someone and start talking then they become friends me I look at someone and wonder is it that simple. other times I wait till its too late and other times I wonder if I go up there will that be a socially awkward thing to do hello stranger blah blah blah blahhhhh now 5 days past am I boring them am I going up there and do they want to see me constantly. Other times I wait too long and this same scenario plays out there's more though I wonder if its easy to join a group of people I mean I think you can't just go there and etc right. often I overcomplicate this for way more sometimes I make friends but with a ragtag team or a group were I feel a little conflicted if I'm in the right group other times I act a certain way with people it feels like Im putting on a mask its weird. I wonder how to not overcomplicate friendships but its hard for me to do. Recently I joined a group at uni there nice people who all cherish me no matter how I act we've met through various members but each one found us and asked us to hang honestly I'm happy I met this kid named Peter he introduced me to loads of people and he's like me adhd as well so I felt like this was a god sent. I'm happy and I feel like though I may not have all the pieces I'm learning however there is a lot of programs for adhd and asd and trust me they all say the same thing picture listening to a lecture but it never changes the subject and the stuff is always the same just phrased differently that's what this recent program is like and so many before them they say the same stuff I've heard since childhood and the best part is that none of these staff have adhd or asd also so they are assuming how to help granted with the best research out there but they are giving us the feeling of I care about you I guess the best analogy is its like caring for a cold virus patient. It seems like I'm venting its just I thought I needed it at 3:20 AM after watching anime and other stuff not being able to sleep and though some may want my perspective it's clear my family cares about me and the people surrounding me feel the same they are trying and I guess that's all I ask for love and happiness I know I'm making it seem like its me against the world but truly its me with the best minds out there my loving family and friends who are wonderful people in my book.
just understood what this comment was about if your unsure you have adhd or asd or both I'd still get it checked out feel free to ask me if you want honestly if given the chance to confirm if I had adhd or asd or not I'd still have wanted to get it confirmed trust me your family will support you no matter what if there like mine I guess to answer thins that last sentence best summarizes this god I hope this doesn't sound egotistical I hope everything works out for you in the end I just want you too know that adhd and asd isn't the worst thing in the world it can be rad too like saying Enstien had it and 500 other famous people this just goes to show that our success in life is always possible as long as we work hard enough.
Make yourself a google docs with a symptom every time you go 'oh that could be adhd' and just schedule that appt. a diagnosis makes all the difference!
I think all ADHD people are magnets to other ADHD people. Something I've noticed as someone with ADHD (I got the combination jackpot) is a ton of my favourite creators I've spent years watching either have ADHD or exhibit symptoms or behaviors of ADHD and it's actually crazy to think about. I also have never wanted to take ADHD medication because I was terrified it would change my personality but this video has implemented a little seed in my brain about maybe looking into getting a prescription for some kind of medication. Thank you Jaden, and hello all the other ADHD people alike and I wish you luck with existing.
neuro divergent people vibing together is pretty common it turns out. Lots of friends turn out to be ND in some way. It makes sense, I don't have to play people's videos at twice the speed, I follow every tangent, actually enjoy the tangents, the people I follow tend to make videos about things I already like, so when they ramble about their hyperfocus/special interest I can follow along and feel the same things.
Diagnosis Cascade is suprisingly common. One person in a group gets a diagnosis, or self-diagnosis, and then other people start going "what, that's an auDHD symptom? But that's just normal, I do that!" and then six months later they're like "I may have a tiny bit of ADHD"
Same! I go into fandom culture, especially tumblr, and think wow these people are just like me and then so many of them end up having ADHD/autism- even characters I like and relate to, many people going "ah yes, those characters, adhd"- but at the same time, it almost seems like anyone who has any grain of personality is labelled as adhd/autistic and ehhhh But then I get healthier screen times and more depression/anxiety/addiction withdrawal?? and suddenly I'm no one? So idk maybe I'm just a normal boring person after all- (not that not having a disorder makes you boring automatically but I mean the sub-culture-wise us vs them("normies") thing too)
ADHD medications are things you can easily stop taking at any time with no real consequences. So if you don't like who it turns you into, you can just stuff the pills in a drawer forever and go "Welp, never doing meth again!" and leave it at that.
Yes totally, when I find someone else that talks in run on sentences and is happy jumping around topics and interrupting each other evenly I call it “ADHD talking”, it’s one of my fave things
Ok so I’m not trying to be the “I totallyyyy have adhd” person but lowkey everything in the video aligns with how I feel like the non stop voices,getting distracted really easily, etc
imagine the idea of thinking 3 hours is a very short time to do things with people with the mental thought of this thing you dont want to do feeling like it will take hours when it would all be like 20 minutes
@floofiekun1875 hey here to update you aspergers and similar disorders have now been grouped into autism spectrum disorder. partly because asperger was a n*z* scientist, and if you were diagnosed with it, you were sent to a camp. also, i wasn't aware there was ANY medication for it, as someone with autism too
as someone who was diagnosed with autism, jaiden always felt so relatable (strong hyperfixations, struggling with social situations), but i just said to myself “not everyone has autism/adhd who is a little bit relatable” and this video was so refreshing
As someone with mixed ADHD, I can say this is VERY relatable. It's like, "I CANT DO A SINGLE FACKING THING" and then when you finally focus, BOOM... You just go crazy and barely breath. It's just so crazy that when I was struggling, my favourite animator come and says "I struggle too!" Like how crazy is that? (Also my ADHD took the better of me and this took 30 minutes to write so thanks)
Report them all and don't reply to any bots. But anyways, yes! There's so much relief when you can share those struggles with someone who GETS IT, like man...
As someone with combined type ADHD (diagnosed at age 5 and have psychologists going "yep, you've still got it" every few years) being medicated sounds incredible. I'm still under my parents medical care for another year, and they refuse to get me medicated, then wonder why I can't get shit done lmao.
ADHD is executive in nature, so as you grow and are expected to juggle more and more of life's pile of responsibilities on your own, the harder it is for a lot of us former "good students" (especially the "gifted kids") to cope with... like, existence.
...I was a gifted child and my family don't believe in ADHD but all of these comments and her video literally makes me realize that...I may have this...and idk why it makes me SAD
@@anathemadvc Perhaps because you feel like you've _wasted_ a substantial chunk of your life on fighting your own brain to do things that other people don't even think about. It's a type of grief that precious, precious time has been stolen and you didn't even realise.
Yes yes and yes! I was a “gifted” student with undiagnosed (and not even suspected) ADHD and Autism. Then suddenly it turns out autistic people have extreme reactions to burnout, and adhd in women sometimes randomly starts manifesting in adulthood. Both happened! I couldn’t to anything. Where did my functioning go all of a sudden????? Why won’t it come back even after leaving school???? Why is my brain simply NOT braining….? Then… therapy. Three sessions in to what I thought was just therapy for depression and gifted-kid burnout, my therapist was like “hey, did you know you have autism and adhd?” And EVERYTHING. MAKES. SENSE. I’m looking into adderall for the first time right now, turns out all I needed was to hyper-focus on UA-cam for two hours (while I should have been working) until I found a silly little animation about it and now I feel safe to try drugs. What a life. Anyways.
@@AJB_twoleftwings First off, glad you're figuring things out and getting help! That "while I should have been working" is a real kicker, though... While that state can be helpful, I strongly advise you be wary of treating it like a superpower as so many others do. What people call "hyperfocus" is really just an _executive inability to stop;_ I've taken to calling it *Executive Tarpit,* which I think more accurately reflects the effects it has. The tarpit will try to seduce you-- those days you can get stuck in on the thing you want will feel like the best ever! But don't forget how it probably got you into that situation in the first place...
I felt the "i JUST had it in my hand and didnt leave the room, where the HELL did it go??" It happens way too often Edit: I'm glad I'm not the only one lol
THe most frustrating version of this is when I didn't even get out of my chair, so it IS at arm's length and easily spottable I KNOw this, so WHY did I spend 10 MINUTES searching for it, giving up and getting up only to come back and see it somewhere obvious that was INDEED near the chair ! HHHH. :]
When I first got diagnosed with adhd and asd, I remember watching Jayden’s videos and thinking, “huh, she presents quite a few adhd symptoms, I wonder if she has adhd,” but I’m no phycologist so I just shrugged it off. Over a year later I stumble across this video and scream “I KNEW IT!”
I've been medicated for pretty much 13 years now, I have just got off them because the meds block the brain chemicals for emotions, making me an emotionless monster.
"Child me had more held together than current me." Damn. That is by far, the most relatable thing I have ever heard on UA-cam, lol. I am literally sitting here watching this video, when I should be doing something I was supposed to do 4 hours ago, which was something I was supposed to do yesterday, which was something I was supposed to do 2 weeks ago...
I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD at the age of 62(I'm now 69). For decades, I wondered why I had problems focusing, keeping relationships, and making myself understood to other people. Now I know. It's always better to know these things than to not know. Good luck with your journey with ADHD and remember that you have a lot of companions traveling with you on that road.👍
I think it’s untenable that the only replies on this comment are a very vulgar spambot. This is a very nice comment and as an autistic ADHDer, I’m very glad you now have that knowledge and I wish you good luck on your own journey :)
Im so happy for you getting Diagnosed. It really is a big deal... Life changing for me and the two people i've politely suggested should consider seeking a diagnosis (2 for 2 on that). So if you even have suspicions you might have ADHD, just do it... I know it can be difficult and sometimes expensive but it is well worth just having the knowledge.
Felt that bit on tricking your brain. I've always called it Productive Procrastination. I jam out to music and start tidying up/cleaning, and basically as long as I finish that chore while the music is still going strong, I've got the momentum just tidal wave through the rest of my tasks. Me and my wife own a business together and I've also found that there will be things I have zero motivation to do, but if my wife asks me to do it, suddenly it's the only thing on my mind and I gotta go try and get it done. Also, I can totally see how asking your brain to write a script on itself and how it can't stay focused would lead your brain to refuse to focus
I call it "making deals with my kid self" because most of my adhd not wanting to do things is "but it's not fun". It's basically self bribery lol So if i have to go out i'll go "okay we have to go to the doctor..... and if you do that.... we can get a little snack or a fidget toy at the store nearby!" and usually i'll think of something that will be enough to counter the "i don't wanna" in my brain.
thats so funny because i have the thing called demand avoidance, which is the exact opposite thing. anyone can ask me to do something, and immediately i have zero desire to do that thing and have to push myself to do it. its horrible because it includes things like assignments in school and when family needs something.
just had to sit in silence after you said "my body and soul found it mentally easier to backflip off a bridge than write words on the computer." wow. that has entirely changed my perspective on my abysmal mental state while I was still in school. thank you
"The voices are quiet." is so relatable. I remember first taking my adhd meds, and I was just sitting next to my girl friend when suddenly, 20 years of non stop noise in my brain was just... gone. There was nothing there expect what I wanted to think. It was honestly kinda weird, but nice.
I've always exhibited ADHD symptoms, and I've found myself struggling to sleep cuz I'd have music running through my head for hours. Should start looking into this too
@@ambiarock590 while I’m currently undiagnosed, I definitely have adhd and the voices and nonstop thoughts and activities happening in my brain when I try to sleep is for sure a part of that.
As someone’s with literally THE EXACT SAME DIAGNOSIS, adhd (inattentive), and Level 1 Autism. I can’t tell you how much I related Lmao. Glad you got medicated.
The "after taking meds the voices stopped and it's so quiet and calm" part hit deeply. I was so confused when i felt that the first time. THIS is what it's supposed to be like? It felt so surreal. I wish I could show people people how ADHD brain feels like for a day so they finally understand that I'm trying my absolute hardest and that not everyone has it as "easy" as them. Do they think it's easy to do anything when your own brain is actively working against you?
could you explain further? because I'm not sure what already qualifies as "the voices" and because I dont have anything to compare it to I have no idea if I am normal or not.
@@mi.mikyu69 I describe it as being like one of those tik tok videos where there's soap cutting, Family Guy, a TTS reading Reddit posts, and Subway Surfers all playing at once. You don't know what to focus on and they're all pulling at your attention equally. With medication you can cut it down to just having the Family Guy and maybe the soap cutting that distracts you on occasion but you can focus easily back on the Family Guy.
@@mi.mikyu69its like thinkin about 5 things at t'he same time and knowing that you shoud be foucusing on someting else that is more important but you simpi can't
Funfact for those who experience periods. ADHD symptoms worsen when you're on your luteal and actual bleeding phase. If you take medication, the normal dose will be less effective during that time. Do be gentle with yourself if you feel like your meds don't work sometimes.
@Honeydropp11 yeah doctors do not explain things very well or know, unfortunately. But I have heard of people talking to their doctors to get enough medication to account for having to take more during their periods. I hope this helps on your journey!
oh and don't take progesterone only pills!! they can make it worse. i take estrogen based pills and skip my period most of the year (doc said i could) and it reslly helps
As another woman who got prescribed in her 20’s after a childhood of “performing well” this hits home so hard. Happy for you Jaiden, it’s hard to explain how it feels to finally KNOW and how that can help, but it really does and you got that across beautifully
@@perfectpinterestgarden I’m more than halfway convinced that I might have ADHD at this point but I don’t want to ask my parents for me to go and get diagnosed, just for them to say I don’t have it and then look dumb 😭
@@ItsRxnnie lmao pls don't get diagnosed either way, or else your just gonna rely on whatever they give you. Overcome it yourself, meditation really helps me become more aware and I have more control over my mind and body
From collecting all straight A's during school to collecting (not) straighr A's (Aro-ace, ADHD, Autism) is such an amazing journey tbh. Not because it's fun, but because you just look back and realise', why tf did it take so long to get diagnosed? ' For me the more i look back the more I see how freaking apparent and obvious it was ha!
Is... is this a universal experience... the only thing I have not collected on that list is autism... yet... (I'm pretty sure the neurodivergence in my case is just ADHD, but who knows at this point, it took them 24 years to diagnose me with that so...)
This video really helped me realize that I really do want to see a specialist because, while I do not believe I have any sort of ADHD or autism, during this past year I have realized I might have a type of OCD called Hyper Obsessive Disorder. I’ve always been scared to tell people or anyone except for my mother who brushed it off, but I feel this way because I’ll obsess over little things until I feel like my whole worlds falling apart, it could be a simple as talking or blinking, simple sensations like feeling fabrics or something and it would make me feel insane. I’d isolate myself alway from everyone because I was scared of people thinking I was weird. I felt like some crazy person, like some ticking time bomb but I wouldn’t know what would happen once I exploded (this is all back in 2020) and while I’m a lot better now, and once quarantine ended i mostly went back to normal, when ever my mental health becomes funky I find myself feeling the way I did back in 2020. I forever miss that feeling of being a kid and feeling “normal” feeling like I had my whole life put together. I miss not having my Brian feel like there’s 100 things being thought at once, i miss the feeling of living my life without constant anxiety and panicking, I miss feeling like myself. All I’m trying to say is thank you for really pushing me to try and get help, showing me that it’s okay to ask for help. Im gonna ask my mom to see a specialist again and hopefully I can begin to understand myself they way you can now. Thank you Jaiden :)
Mentioning how the medicine made you nervous definitely struck a chord with me. I've known I've had ADHD for years, but for such a long time I was afraid to take medicine because of some underlying fear that it would change me somehow? Got a weird phobia/hangup on like... loss of self, "would I be the same person after". What really kicked me into gear to get it was learning that it's not something that's permanent. It's a crutch for a bad leg - take it away and it'd be like it was before. So far I think I'm still on too low a dose, the effects don't feel quite as night and day as a lotta folks seem to experience, but it still helps so much more than I imagined.
has i said in my comments, i feel exactly like that... knowing i have it, but not getting diagnosed... Because its scary, or just i can go and say : "Hey, can you ask me some boring stuff about me to make sure that i really have ADHD, please..." is just the only way i can get myself to think about the situation. maybe one day ill find the courrage to go do that... not soon tho...
That description of being a good student who never struggled with school until first year university, and eventually dropping out... yeah, that was me as well. I learned I had ADHD back in 2018 and it changed my life for the better. I'm glad you've finally been diagnosed!
Me here as well. Watching lectures is like pulling teeth. Constant fidgeting, constant procrastination, hated study despite being smart. Being smart is probably what took me through school okay. Anxiety (diagnosed) + possible ADHD (undiagnosed as of yet) and agoraphobia made studying impossible and I was failing papers left right and center. On a mental health gap year this year and pursuing a diagnosis... Edit: Damn this video is relatable
The "waste of space normal person" diagnosis fear is... Legit. It's part of why I don't really put any time, energy, or thought towards getting a diagnosis, even though I'm about certain that I have ADHD/Autism/probably PTSD. This was a good video. Thank you, very much, for sharing your experience, Jaiden.
I relate so hard, especially after going to a medical professional (albeit one who doesn’t actually know enough about ADHD to diagnosis it properly) and being told “No, you don’t have ADHD!” The main thing that I’ve heard from my friends to make me feel more confident in the idea that I *do* have it is “Normal, lazy people don’t feel guilty about not doing anything. People with ADHD actively fight with themselves to get things done.” Whether or not you decide to get a diagnosis is up to you, but for me, knowing I had depression/PTSD was a huge step in clearing that up. Either way, I wish you luck. Also, I’m so sorry your comment is *overrun* with bot replies.
I was diagnosed with ADHD 2-3 months ago and I am currently taking medication and mental support for anxiety and depression. It's all thanks to this video. Thanks, Jaiden.
as an ADHDer, im watching this instead of working of my assessment due in 3 days, worth 30% of my grade and I have done like only 20% of it. Edit: I forgot to mention how I have 5 other Assessments/Exams happening over 3 weeks. I’m in week 1 of 3, I have finished 2/6 total exams and assignments, and I’m confident I’m gonna have a mental breakdown
I was watching with a 5 page assignment due in 3 hours and 0% done (went into hyperfocus and finished with 13 minutes left and proceeded to forget and submitted 10 minutes late)
You guys think that's bad? All my schoolwork is due on this upcoming Thursday and I have about 60 assignments remaining in total. I need to do like 10 assignments per day. I'm so fucked.
OH BOY DO I FIND MY PEOPLEEE!!! Count me in as well with currently 15 hours left before my exams that worth 40% of my grade and 0% studying....well 5% if you count sitting at the lectures with your mind wondering why the hell did we waste a pretty sounding word like 'malaria' into getting a bad rep. We could get a cute nickname 'Laria' for goodness sake. yeah anyway MUCH LOVE FOR ALL MY ADHDer OUT THERE!! I was feeling very down all day because I just couldn't bring myself to study, but somehow after watching this video and reading comments I feel sooo comforted! I hope u guys feel the same way. YOU GOT THIS CUTIE!! :D
THANK YOU!! I am an ADHD mom of two ADHD and ASD kids, and my son is so excited that one of his favorite youtubers is talking about something he has too! Your shared experience has helped him hear the things he tunes out from me because I'm his mom (and your experiences are super relatable to me too).
I got my autism diagnosis like 2 years ago at 25 years age. People always say: why do you want a label? Like I don't, but having that diagnosis made me understand so many things of how I behaved and felt. A diagnosis doesn't change things, but it explains so much.
“Because there’s comfort in knowing you’re a regular zebra not a messed up horse” can’t remember where I saw it (might be in the vid I’ve not seen it yet) but it really just hit the nail on the head
Absolutely. Before being diagnosed with ADHD, I had this sense of frustration over not living to my potential, being "lazy", having trouble for concentrating and managing my time; I remember I said during my teens "I think I have something. It's not autism but I know I have something" It couldn't have been ADHD because I've always known how to behave; a bit talkative, but I've never had trouble sitting still and any other ADHD stereotype. Once I learned about the "inattentive" type something clicked. After sharing a bit of info about it with my wife, I got a diagnosis. Having a diagnosis didn't "cure" me, but knowing what I have make it easier on me when I mess up, building good habits (like putting a timer when doing laundry or taking a picture/screenshot of any potential gift for my wife) and also dealing with any problem head on instead of feeling lost in life and unable to do any responsibility. I know I can, I just need some accomodations and I learned to not feel ashamed about it.
@@Dairunt1omg, i say to my mum ALL the time “there’s something wrong with me i can feel it” nd i’ve been trying to get tested but because i’m under 18 and my parents don’t believe in neurodivergence, it’s hard to. any tips?
This video probably shifted my life onto a better path, genuinely, because it was what actually got me diagnosed. It is insane that I've lived all the way to adulthood without any of my family and friends and medical professionals ever figuring out, and then Jaiden comes along and describes my exact mindspace since I was 14. Thank you, Jaiden.
Taking ADHD meds for the first time made me cry. Suddenly my head was so quiet. I could listen to a whole 1.5 hour lecture without once getting distracted and I didn’t even realise I wasn’t getting distracted until the lecture ended and I realised I had been focused the whole time. I love when newly diagnosed ADHDers get to experience the focus. It’s a beautiful feeling.
@@Meraxes6 Appearently that is just what they can do. Currently in university and I can see how the other students have their shit together and do stuff perfectly fine on a day to day basis, with fully organized work, and then the results are clearly shown. Very unfair how far ADHD sets someone back, but sadly one can only play the hand one was dealt
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As someone with ADHD a sentence that really helped me when Im stuck in ADHD paralysis is “if you were lazy you would be having fun”.
Ooooh good point!!
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I still struggle to this day lmao, especially finding jobs, and staying at that job before transferring.
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@@timmycu I think what they meant is "lazy" is when someone chooses not to do one thing, because they'd rather do something else that's more fun. Task paralysis with adhd is more like, you KNOW you're supposed to do one thing, but instead you're sitting there doing something else (or nothing at all), and you aren't even able to enjoy that because your brain is constantly reminding you of what you're supposed to be doing instead.
I was diagnosed with Autism back in January at age 20. It's crazy how when you're diagnosed with neurodivergency, nothing changes but everything makes sense.
I was diagnosed with autism back in 2022. I thought I might have ADHD because I do have a some of those symptoms but turns out I have the 'tism!
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When i was diagosed i was "ok and?" But at least i knew why i was the way i was.
As someone who was diagnosed at a young age and learned when I was young, even I have moments of looking back at younger me and realizing just how neurodivergent I was.
Same but I was diagnosed last year, and the only change is that I’m slightly more comfortable with being weird in some ways.
@@kitdoesstuff_official I went in for ADHD suspicions and came out with that and autism at the same time lmao
Perfect example of the fact that symptoms for adhd (and autism) isn’t always the stereotypical stuff
Not to mention that here in the US, people don't look for signs of autism or ADHD in girls.
@@haimay5767or adults, of which Jaden is both. So it is so hard to get any help if you seem okay and aren’t showing anything stereotypical
And not to mention how its forms can even change over the years with perspective.
Report all, but the last one is the most unique, never seen that one before
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Coming back to this video to say THANK YOU Jaiden!!! This video was the tipping point for me to look into this doubt I had for quite some time and finally getting diagnosed.
Everything you say is soo true, the struggling with mundane tasks, the productivity being soo low even for things you like or know will only take a few minutes, the fear of both finding out you have it or not… damn, the absolute confusion on the whole thing when you’re an adult.
I’m soon going to start whit the medication, hope it goes well!
The trickiest thing about ADHD (in my opinion, as someone with ADHD) is that if you aren’t that hyperactive, ALL the symptoms can be put under “normal people problems”. You try to explain it to normal people and it’s like “I forget things, I’m always late, I can’t focus on school work”, etc. etc. and people are like “well yeah I do that too” but it’s not the same! Your brain is sabotaging you all the time, it’s not just little mistakes. Anyway, that’s my opinion on sometimes getting a diagnostic is hard and ADHD is misunderstood.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk lol
Or if you have add and peaple just accuse you of being lazy all the time...
OMG YES, it’s actually so frustrating to explain to people cause it’s always “oh yeah I totally get it, I struggle with that too” like but does it physically disable you to do literally anything even things you enjoy. So every time I talk about one of my ADHD symptoms with someone and they reply with “same” I’m like well “Everyone experiences ADHD like symptoms however it becomes ADHD when I actively damaged or disables your normal life in some way.” I can’t tell you how often I’ve repeated variations of that exact same sentence (too the same people too) 😭😭 anyway sorry for the ramble
@UTTP-ClockworkerThese bots are getting more wild day after day
I have ADHD too!!! It runs in my family on my dad's side! One of my older sisters has it too!
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"i did all my homework on time!", "sure i didn't like Studying and found it hard to focus", "Up Until College" hit me like a truck,, i feel like that's a template for adhd diagnosis at this point
Yeah 100% College/University keeps smacking us into the ground
For real! I was the BEST student most of my school life, but as soon as I entered college, it all went to SHIT!
I’m so sorry that 6 bots decided to target you and that these ones are slightly more charged than the usual ones
I was actually diagnosed with inattentive ADHD when I was in 4th grade but when I was 18 it was changed to an autism spectrum diagnosis which makes sense since I had a feeling I was on the spectrum even though adhd still made sense for me growing up
That's so interesting bc my experience is the complete opposite. I hated school but now that I'm in university, I feel so much freer and so much happier too. I hope I can get my own diagnosis...
A dead giveaway that you have adhd is usually when nearly all of your friends have it. We're drawn to each other like magnets.
Can confirm
"It's scary to have it, it's scary to might not have it" is such a good way to describe the hesitancy to getting diagnosed.
Me, sitting here around year 3 of putting off getting diagnosed: 🥲
@TheGoIsWin21 I'm in the same boat, but to be honest, I think a lot of people likely don't have it, at least not on the weaker end of the spectrum. Having difficulty focusing and staying motivated on stuff, and pure detrimental glaringly obvious ADHD are two completely different things in my opinion. The modern world has just destroyed our attention spans, so we both likely don't have it. People like us just gotta make more of an effort to stay focused and motivated on things.
@@jrodd13 Despite that though, I think it's a better option to get diagnosed if you relate to most of the symptoms. If you have it, you can be prescribed and i absolutely want to think like how neurotypicals think. And if you don't have it, then great, that's when you put in the effort
What I don't like about discovering it, is the fatalist idea of thinking that my brain chemistry will always dictate everything I do, and that there is no choice than accept it, and live without as much independence from brain.
Yes!! Thank you. I think that I might have ADHD and am hesitant to getting a diagnosis, because the thought of not having it is almost scarier. That would mean that I am just a lazy bag and need to get my shit together. Having ADHD doesn’t make it better tho lmao
"Miku obsession" into "ADHD/autism diagnoses" is the 2nd funniest consecutive videos since "dating simulator" into "coming out as ace"
LMFAOOOO
This the funniest shit I’ve seen all day and it’s 9 pm 💀
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@@bob23026 watch at exactly minute 7 😂😂😂
Jaiden has conquered the three A’s:
-Aromantic
-Asexual
-ADHD
(*in whispers* and autism)
Triple a battery
Next up is agender and aerodynamic.
the secret 4th one is 'tism, but shhh
Like me, I’m Aromantic, Asexual, and possibly Autistic! :))
Edit: ALMOST FORGOT THAT I’M AGENDER 💀
“There is another”
I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with ADHD. Spent my whole life fighting ADHD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
Yes sure of mycologist Pedroshrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, addiction. Mushrooms did a total reset for me.
I'm so very happy for you mate, Psilocybin is absolutely amazing, the way it shows you things, the way it teaches you things. I can not believe our world and our people shows less interest about it's helpfulness to humanity. It's love. The mushrooms heals people by showing the truth, it would be so beneficial for so many people, especially politicians and the rich who have lost their way and every other persons out there.
Where do I reach this dude? If possible can I find him on Google
The animation of this video is ABSOLUTELY INSANEEEE
woah verified person
Today is my birthday and I have no subscribers 😢😢😢😢
It is so insanely smooth and it do be scratchin mah braine rn
These bots
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One of the most relatable videos about adhd I’ve ever seen. The “it would be easier to backflip off a bridge than write that essay” and being proud of doing 2 tasks especially.
Yup, except when you think about getting to the bridge and how exactly those backflips need to be carried out to actually launch you over the railing I’ve never done backflips before I could start learning now…
@@_fnch_ but if learning is boring how re you going to do it without getting distracted
how is she trending and not the new airless basketball
Literally last month I had a deadline for 2 essays and I missed it and when I asked for extension for a couple days it took me two weeks and I literally handed it in right before my teacher submitted my grades into the system
The fact that u cleaned the birds room AFTER making the script and not WHILE making the script and leaving that task half done to return making the script, and jumping back on and on impressed the hell out of me
As someone with ADH,Thats a incredible amount of focus
@@Jpx0999 bruh same that is INSANE! I cant just do one thing!
it does make sense considering she was on Adderall 🤷🏼♀️
@@Jpx0999the hell is adh?
wait adhd people do that? oh no.
As someone with ADHD, mild depression, severe anxiety, severe OCD, and PTSD from I don’t know what, I’m very glad to know that people go through the same things as me, and this video just made me feel a lot less lonely❤
Jaiden: "I have ADHD."
Every neurodivergent UA-cam user: *Pretends to be surprised*
NAHHH RIGHT
Fr like, why is this the most unsurprising thing Jaiden has ever reveal about herself? 😭
I could have sworn I saw this video already, but here we are.
I’m a neurodivergent UA-cam user :)
Why is she supporting palestine
"i cleaned the birds' room after writing the script"
my adhd ass: THAT'S FCKING IMPRESSIVE
same
No I’m over here (procrastinating an assignment) and I’m like THAT’S POSSIBLE!!???
Im over here after forgetting for the 8 millionth time that i have homework like "BRO HOW THE HELL DID SHE DO THAT?!"
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Hell I'm impressed about the writing the script part alone, let alone doing something afterwards
"i just thought i was lazy or wasn't applying myself" is too real, that kind of thing can mess with you so bad and it's _not even your fault_
nah there's a Redit post about someone whos perants didnt tell them they had adhd becose they "didn't want to give them a crutch" so the person was living life on hard mode until they got a diagnoses and got help relised that it was not meant to be as hard as it was and there you go
@@PatrickSquirtle-dl8lgYes, of course it gets easier once you know that it's ADHD and not you. It not only makes it way easier on you mentally, but also you can get medication to help with it
I don't know how you think you're contradicting what this person said, you're just adding onto their point lol
Same
The shame is *REAL*
@@PatrickSquirtle-dl8lg something really similar happened to Illymation’s boyfriend (nicknamed Kermit for the video he appears in) where his parents didn’t tell him he was autistic until he was 19 so he “wouldn’t use as a crutch”, if you are insterested on his experience along with Illy since she’s autistic and has ADHD too, the video name is “Dating (when you’re autistic)”
I’ve dealt with Asperger’s Syndrome as well as ADHD since early childhood. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, there weren’t many programs or help for children with any form of autism. But there are many help programs today. Back then, the schools at first just REFUSED to help me (which had me jump from school to school), until my dad put his foot down and did everything he could to find teachers who would help me.
Even as an adult today, I still sometimes struggle. But I take and do things one at a time.
That part about being very organized as a kid and then it all falling apart as an adult is scarily relatable. Maybe I should stop putting off making that appointment to get diagnosed.
Go for it! Adhd and autism are spectrums. You can't hurt yourself with a negative or positive diagnosis. You can only learn. I got diagnosed at 25 and I don't regret it one bit. 👍
Sameeeeeee x'(
I strongly recommend it. Getting diagnosed comes with conversations with a therapist, which can help you shed light on your issues even if you don't have ADHD, it's liberating to be able to put words on your struggles, and empowering to be able to finally explain your experience to those around you
it's very common actually, specially if you had a good support network as a kid. my parents were not that for me cause they work a lot, but my aunt and grandparents were always there
Definitely consider getting a diagnosis. I had almost no symptoms of ADHD as a child and was a great student. But in highschool my grades started slipping, I was losing motivation, and sticking to one task became so difficult. I got diagnosed and since then I've learned to manage it better with a combination of medication and cognitive behavioural therapy and other coping strategies.
Hearing about ADHD from popular media: "This has nothing to do with me"
Hearing about ADHD from actual people with ADHD: "Wait, this is the most relatable thing I've ever heard"
That's probably because most of these neurodivergent characters were written by neurotypical people
i wanted to get diagnosed whether if i have adhd or not because of a slander vid about adhd. like my reactions was like relatable, lol funny but relatable, wait this is 3/4ths of the vid and why do i still relate, FUCK THAT'S THE ENTIRE VIDEO AND I RELATE TO EVERYTHING I NEED TO TELL MY MOM ABOUT THIS.
Same
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EXACTLY
bro when she took the pill and messaged James "the voices are quiet..." i actually teared up
i can only imagine how wonderful that feels
I legit happy cried the first time I took adderall because of that. It’s wonderful
It talk insane without it
it's sick as hell, ngl
I legit cried in that part as well. It has more to do with the many years of shame and believing that I was dumb or lazy. I legit split my life to pre adderall me and post adderall me.
Same. It's a powerful feeling.
I have ADHD and boy its annoying. I live with my bf and he has to remind me like every 10 minutes to get the laundry because i would just... leave it for days or weeks until we run out of clothes. I was a horrible student and now I am 1 month away from my final exam (I have no idea how to say it, it`s like my second college exam, I have my occupational therapist done, now this is my final exam of becoming an specialist in my field) and GEEZ I suck at learning. I am like 6 months behind of learning and I hate it. My dad and my grandpa both have ADHD so it wasnt a surprise but being a 26 year old sneaking through grown up life while struggling to find 2 matching socks is insane
Gifted kid to burnout is such a mood tbh, I meet all the diagnostic criteria for ADHD but my mom insists that because she's a teacher she would have known lmfao.
Edit: She now admits I probably have it after my friend gave me Adderall XR and I packed and cleaned my entire room in 30 minutes and my mental exhaustion went away for 10 glorious hours (ritalin gave me a manic episode tho so I'm never doing that again)
As an auDHDer and a homeschooled student, no. My mom had no idea I had either diagnosis and moreover didn't realize that SHE had adhd until both of her daughters diagnosis'
I’m also a gifted kid with straight A’s but I’m practically waiting for the burnout to happen
samee except she's not a teacher.
every time I watch these types of videos I feel like they are talking about me, but my mother insists "You never had ADHD when you were little! we tested you! How come you're getting a chilhood disease in your late teens!"
@@GeeklingNo1 my mom wouldn’t even care if I did get diagnosed she’d just call me disrespectful of her time and immature
The line "A light switched off in my brain and suddenly I'm not capable of the things I used to be and it feels pathetic." Was heartbreaking and relatable. It reminded me of my struggles before I was properly diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and put on medication.
Also I love the Joltik plush at 5:38
@UTTP-Clockworker "because I sudden"
I rewatched that part ten times because that’s EXACTLY how I feel!
I’m that line… I’m the LINE… I always thought of this… I can’t focus on solving the problem… I always focused on the problem itself… I have ocd and adhd mixed…
I haven't been diagnosed yet, but the relatability of that one line hit hard.
Thats how i feel about art and anything. I swear i used to be able to do so much. Then i hit uni and i couldnt do anything. School work, art, reading, anything i actually enjoyed. And i still cant. Not really. Not how i used to.
If neuro divergent people don't stop being so relateable I'm going to have to schedule an appointment... In like two years
What the f*ck is happening here
I just wanted to see the replies tf is happening here
@Alphrom🤡 Bot
These bots are getting out of hand wtf.
I sense rage baiting in the replies
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Oh man the “scary if you might not have it” is so real. Before I went for my asd diagnosis all I kept thinking was “if it’s not that then WHATS WRONG WITH ME”. Feeling like you’re an alien and being worried about ‘what if it’s just all in your head?’ And not in the ‘there’s actually something up with your brain’ and more the ‘nope you’re just like everyone but you’re just failing more than others’. It was the biggest relief to be told that I’m not crazy and life is harder for me.
I feel this. It took years for me to get my diagnosis, and not because it actually took all that long--it was just so overwhelmingly stressful that it took months to make any given appointment. I was kinda hitting a point where if it didn't have it I was going to end up begging for a brain scan to see if I had brain tumors or something, because nothing scared me more than the idea that I was more or less normal and simply couldn't cope with life.
im lucky my mom was like oh your a weird peice of crap and kidnaped a docter to look at me
The feeling pathetic part really hit hard. About 5 days ago I confessed to my mother how pathetic I felt and like a bit of a burden because I just couldn’t remember things or I was so forgetful unlike my siblings or friends. I’ve lost countless of items in near minutes, I forget reminders I set for myself, it’s been awful. I feel like an 80 yr old with amnesia. I don’t know if I have anything, it just felt nice to hear from someone else their similar experiences, it helps make you feel less alone, thank you!
Ever since I started work I have been screwing up big and expensive way to many times. I started to hate myself. I went into a mental hospital for 10 weeks.
The feeling of the world not being compatible with ones self. The feeling of YOU beeing WRONG, just wrong. It drives actual tears in my eyes just typing this.
The thing I've come to realize is that even though everyone's story is a little different, there's always someone who feels/has felt the way you're feeling at any given moment. And brains are very complicated mechanisms with so much being processed all at once that it's only natural that some will operate differently or even go off track at times. But that doesn't mean that you're inferior to anyone else, it just means that some people won't be able to relate, but there's definitely others that will.
honestly i totally relate to this and i always just chalked it up to me being lazy, but like even normal people can motivate themselves to do things like laundry or assignments. i dont have problems doing those things once i start so im like?? am i just lazy? but lately ive been thinking about the possibility of having ADD more and more.
Ok@UTTP-Clockworker
I spent almost thirty years feeling like that, I absolutely understand what you're going through. I was lucky, my Dad noticed when I was in a very bad place with my depression and knew I couldn't afford the appointments myself at the time and paid for a good therapist. Within two appointments she was able to tell me I'm on the spectrum and the feeling of relief was incredible, as was being given some websites and books to read about other people's experiences and seeing my own brain mirrored. And now, just over ten years on, I'm ready to tackle the question of whether I have ADHD as well.
As someone with adhd and autism sometimes even doing normal day to day Chores is hard, and it makes me feel like a loser cuz I can't even do shit on my own- and when I do them i always get everything so messed up-
"I know all my ADHD brethren are out of their chairs"
Yes, you understand, and it is absolutely amazing that you got the help that you needed!
Big props Jaiden, stay awesome! From one of your ADHD brethren.
I just felt hopeless about getting shit done since me on my Vyvanse is her off her adderal.
Same here
@@MrGamelover23 Heyo, fellow Vyvanse taker!
@@MrGamelover23 There's like five other ADHD meds you can either add or switch to (depending on your preference), one of my friends actually takes Wellbutrin off label and another did better with Focalin
@@orngjce223 I know, I know. It's worth noting that when I took an adhd test recently, I accidentally took the pill before the test and the results were like I didn't have adhd, but then I took it again without the pills and yeah, adhd.
The "gifted kid burnout" is so strong with me. I crashed and burned in college, barely managed to graduate, and I've been going downhill ever since. To make it worse, my brother and my sister both have ADHD (and he's autistic), but I also did so well in school that I just chalked up my recent inattentiveness to laziness (instead of, like, a real problem, which you'd THINK a psychology major would know about), and now I work from home and can't focus for shit. The fact that I'm watching this on my 2nd monitor instead of doing my job really speaks for itself.
Might be time to buckle down and get this mess sorted out. I'd actually be unstoppable if I could work for more than 6.5 minutes at a time.
Definitely try to get an appt to get diagnosed. I’m in a similar situation I barely squeaked out of college and now WFH I procrastinate all my work until the literal last minute and feel awful about it the whole time. When I tried adderall for the first time I felt like myself and it was a lot easier. Best of luck
im currently going through the gifted kid burnout right in the middle of my A level exams which kinda determine the rest of my entire life fml
I'm incredibly fortunate that my neurochemistry didn't pull the e-break until I had a kid (though grad school was tough), but at the same time, that made it *so much harder* to grok how I could have been so "successful" for so long with an attention disorder. Looking back, I realized how things like doing my homework early, finding creative ways to link schoolwork to my personal interests and eschewing much of a social life were *coping mechanisms* that allowed me to Feed the Hyperfixation Beast while still having time and mental energy left to do all the needfuls.
It also meant that developing healthier habits meant unlearning a lot of unhealthy ones, and if I could go back in time and get my teenage self the diagnosis so that he could build his life-skills back when our brain was more plastic, I'd do it with zero regrets.
the thing with gifted kid burnout is once the burnout ends, you're a gifted adult :)
I should be currently practicing my violin or doing my grandpas gift instead of writing this answer...
This is so relatable. From the good and organized childhood to "what went wrong" adulthood. And I'm legit concern for myself since it affect me emotionally. Gotta seek help soon.
Yeah im the exact same way, seriously considering to go get checked out
@@CookieDumCat
Hello
Same boat. I'll try to get help for myself. Lmk you got it for yourself too.
Like I am genuinely worried that won't be able to do my job because my brain doesn't work like it used to. Afraid I'll get fired any day now because I may really mess up unintentionally.
6 months ago, i watched this video and it gave me the insight and the push to seek out a psychiatrist to see if my suspicions were true. Soon after, I did get a diagnosis for combined-type ADHD.
Thank you Jaden for talking about your experiences. It really helped me to realize what I might be struggling with, and then get the help I needed.
This was such a relatable watch especially going from "I don't need medication" to "damn I've been held captive in the dungeon of my mind this entire time. I just thought I was lazy" There's so much people don't know about adhd and it's so freeing to understand that you're not lazy you've actually been fighting to do the thing 10× harder than everyone else. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS
How tf is this so relatable
HELP?????
Oh god no
Why I feel so relieved after watching the video and reading your comment But I don't have the symptoms (1or 2) too wth is going on...
DO YOU MEAN NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE THIS??? I’m 29 ain’t no way I’m figuring this put now….???
YESS!! literally i tried adderal for the first time and felt like crying the other day😢
i’ve been diagnosed for a few years now and i’m still mourning the life i could have had, i think i will forever. it was bittersweet being diagnosed, i thought everyone struggled as much as me but were just better at hiding it. it was extremely validating to finally understand why i felt so different and found a community in the process. welcome to the club ❤
@@dollitamusic i have a question. Does the diagnosis change something in your life, The fact of knowing that you have an adhd.
@@pelagelunaire7114 yes it does. Knowing the answer before someone asks you the question allows you to be prepared for the question. Same goes for living your life with ADHD. Your life is filled with questions and decisions and knowing how you’ll act will help you better predict how you will deal with the situation and plan ahead.
It’s like knowing that it’s winter and just knowing unconsciously to put on your coat and your toque before going outside. it’s just not even a thought. you just know you have to do that. It’s winter and it’s cold. it’s obvious.
Without knowing you have ADHD it’s like every morning waking up and you step outside and you never know what the weather will be or what it’s gonna be like and you were unprepared for just the simplest thing. And you can never understand why you can never remember or be prepared.
It’s like the classic saying: The real problem is not knowing about the things you don’t know. Cause there’s the things you know you know. The things you know you don’t know about. But what about the things you don’t know that you have no clue about. You don’t even know what question to ask because you don’t even know to even ask a question. You’re just completely oblivious. Now if that kind of sounds scary, it is. And that’s what every day is like not know why you act and think they way you do. If you don’t know you have a problem why would you ever try to fix it or at least try to do something about it?
The soul crushing knowledge that you were the cause of all your problem. The shame that you didn’t even know it, AND it was out of your control makes you feel very scared but angry at yourself for not being able to understand who you are as a person and for hating yourself for not knowing or catching on earlier. But also pitying yourself because you now know the situation was out of your control. It doesn’t make you feel any better knowing about it, but now you can try to make better choices.
The one thing I think people really don’t understand about ADHD is you can really just ruin your life. Forgot to pay your bills then your credit score gets destroyed and now you’re in debt. Forget to brush your teeth and you lose teeth and have to pay expensive dental bills. You forget to respond to your friends text messages and you lose friendships.
I also think about the life I could had, if I had just acted different or done that simple easy task. You never really get over it, but you can move on and make the best of THIS life you have now.
I entirely empathize with the morning and loss of the potential future you could of had.
❤ it gets better trust me. It’s not any easier though. It’s like being in a wheelchair and being upset that you can no longer play basketball. But you just need to reframe your goals and realize you can play wheelchair basketball and that’s your life now. The limitation’s ADHD has put on your life can’t be removed but you can live within those limitation’s and have just as much fun and fulfillment. ❤
@@MachineBone Thank you very much for the really big awnser. It's clearer now. I've alteady heard about adhd wich is call TDA or TDAH if you have an hyperactivity in France, but not at this point. So thanks to take your time to awnser me.
Im also diagnosed so I think it’s good I got diagnosed early
Jaiden having ADHD is the most expected thing ever
literally😭 i saw the title and thought 'no shit'
I can't say I'm even the slightest bit surprised no neurotypical Jaidens this hard.😂
Exactly, 99% of her viewers expected this, she's probably making this video because she has nothing to make
Yeah
@@arietheapparition i think a lot of youtubers are neurodivergent, it seems to be more common in this space, probably because the school system fails neurodivergent kids quite frequently
This pushed me to get an official diagnosis. As a teenager, most adults just assume I had ADHD so when I finally got diagnosed with combined ADHD all I was thinking of how I wanted to go home and play Fortnite with my friend
the "making a deal with yourself" is how i make myself do laundry. i trick myself into doing it by saying "oh ill at least take it downstairs" which turns into "well i have to put it in now that im already here" and eventually "ugh its already sorted i might as well fold it" to it being complete.
congrats on getting your diagnosis! much love as you continue forwards!
I wish I could trick my brain like that. Unfortunately it knows when I'm trying to.
Yeah...I've needed to wash my car for like 3 months. But I only have time on the weekends, and I just don't want to spent my free time on the weekends washing my car. I'm finally going to do it today, when it gets cooler outside. There's just certain things. 2 weekends ago I spent half a day reorganizing my closet. I planned to earlier that week, and once saturday rolled around, that was my goal, and I enjoyed it. Cleaning and reorganizing my closet, which included building a shelf? Perfectly fine. Washing my car for 20 minutes? Too much lol.
I have to do the same thing, I quite literally have to tell myself "You can not have (insert meal or snack or treat or anything I am interested in) until you get up and get this done!"
Still takes me anywhere from 20mins-1hr just to do said thing, but it does help me atleast get it done-
I can’t forget the day this video showed up on my yt feed out of the blue and I don’t even know why but I clicked it. It was such a lightbulb moment to make sense of my entire life. Everything just clicked. Then I went on to watch another adhd video and I just burst into tears. I couldn’t stop crying for a while.
I just wanted to say thank you for making this video and sharing your story.
I also started to see this in the recommendations, only in the form of a reaction. I denied it for a very long time, but at some point I decided to see what it is. My reaction was, " Well, I didn't regret watching this." However, when it sank deeper, it knocked me off two legs
@@juneh0304 heyyy, bruv there are some symptoms which I want to discuss plzzz can I discuss it with you?
im a person diagnosed with ADHD and i also found out by watching videos about people talking about their experience with it
as someone with the combined type of ADHD AND autism I somehow feel more informed by silly animations and your voice about my condition than a PROFFESIONAL and that just shows how not only do us people find it easier to learn of stupid shit but also how ADHD people... understand ADHD people more than regular people its crazy and I'm proud how you managed to overcome this and its just crazy how one diagnosis seems to change everything
I do aswell,
Just add anxiety into that
AAA battery
I feel like this fits with almost all mental health issues. I have bipolar disorder, adhd, generalized anxiety disorder, and high functioning autism.
Thank you so much for shedding light on how this affects your life daily, people just don’t get it sometimes
I got diagnosed with ADHD at 20 and taking Adderall was literally like that scene in Snapcube Sonic riders where Jet yells "I'M TURNING UP THE GRAPHIC SETTINGS ONCE AND FOR ALL!" and then I was visually aware of my surroundings for the first time in my life.
dude what that genuinely seems super helpful hdhsissb
that line was so fucking funny tbh. one of my favorite lines in the sonic dub series
It's amazing what natural sunlight, in a filtered brain will do, right?
@@jadedfire4351 The first day on ADHD meds, I was having lunch with a friend, and I was just staring at my bowl (I got some beef noodle soup or something) and I just turned to her and was like "is soup always this shiny?" And she said yes lol
I don’t have ADHD but I do have depression. The idea of taking prescribed medication and suddenly feeling like “THIS IS WHAT NORMAL IS?!?” Is SO relatable. I went from wallowing in bed and not knowing happiness to sitting on the swings and giggling to myself. It’s like night and day in your mind
I'm so happy for you!
Thats so cool im happy it helped you feel better :D
yea
Haha, I have BOTH
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Seeing Jaiden text "THE VOICES ARE QUIET" to everyone made me want to cry in relief for her because I remember the very first time I took my own meds and the realisation that my mind was quiet, with one singular train of thought, made me physically stop in my track because of how hard it hit me
That moment is fucking magical and I'm so glad Jaiden got to experience it too!
Isn't it just f-cking magical?
@@238Hero238 the way I had to physically stop what I was doing because it hit me like a truck, I still remember the relief of everything going quiet like it was yesterday
The voices
WISH THAT WERE ME. Instant release adhd meds never worked for me so now i gotta try the slow one however. THE ADHD MEDS IN BRAZIL ARE ON A FUCKING NATIONAL LACK OF MEDS APPARENTLY?????? I dont even have adhd diagnosed im going for autism but i went "yeah no i cant focus on school" and they just threw me ritalin anyways
@@lary_uwu6027 omg we had the same thing in France last year😂 and yeah it was nice at first but I ended up developping a resistance to the meds so now they only work if I don't take them for like...months
Which I now do naturally because I barely need my meds these days since I'm in a field I love! (Animation actually, Jaiden is a huge inspiration for me)
I have had diagnosed ADHD my entire life, and all through my school years (graduating this year lol) so I GET IT when someone says that normal tasks feel like fighting an ACTUAL dragon. But seeing someone else who also has ADHD find something that works for them is SO COOL!! (The magic of prescribed drugs do be crazy **WHEN TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY**)
Yeah that makes sense
Hey! Yeah that’s true
Fr
no yeah i saw this notification and was immediately like “oh i’m not surprised”😭
edit: thanks for all the likes😭
Literally said this while clicking on the notification lol
LOL FR
Honestly thank you so much for showing the negative sides of ADHD and not sugarcoating it as some "quirky" and "cool" thing.
I have severe ADHD and it's genuinely ruined many parts of my life, made a lot of things that were supposed to be easy much more difficult, and made my childhood kinda sucky, so it's a huge pet peeve when people portray a literal MENTAL DISABILITY as something that's "quirky" or "cool" to have.
Thank you for sharing your struggles with it and I'm so glad you're able to put a name to the monster that's been making life harder for you for years :}
I agree with you, she didn’t sugar coat that shit, and I have it too, I do take meds for it but it’s so hard to focus
I agree! One time I saw some girl run up to a boy, hugged him, said something random and then said, "Sorry, I'm SOO Adhd!" 🥲
Wow, I guess 367 self-hating ADHDers liked your comment.
@@GhostIntoTheFog You’re the one with the problem especially with the hatred attitude you’re spewing out.
its so refreshing to hear that other people w adhd struggle to do the things they love. my entire life is music and being a music major but sometimes it feels like pulling teeth to get myself to sit down at the piano.
I eat mercury
@@Plumination same 😭😭
Better than snuggling up into a warm electric blanket on a cold christmas night or 3AM water tbh-
fr you go to do something like take out the trash but it feels like fighting goku
THIS IS SO ME
Thank you for this video. I having ADHD too with almost the same symptoms you have. It's make me so happy to see someone understand the pain of having a brass band concert, a chess game, a falling bread, some clowns, squirrels and memories who don't have any reason to be there in the moment while you want to be focuse for 5 seconds on the really boring English task. But when you go on a walk to buy a berliner your brain is better organized as the best organized stuff in the entire world. Fun fact here in Germany whe call ADHD ADHS, because ADHS stands for Aufmerksamkeitsdefiziethyperaktivitätssyndrom (by the way that word is the longest German word).
Watched this 4 months ago now, related so so hard its not even funny, saved enough money in that time. I was diagnosed today and tomorrow will be my first day on meds. THANK U SO MUCH JAIDEN! Wish me luck. Hopefully I can actually get my work done for Uni.
@@farisalmutairi2837 how did it go! ?
I dont think is goona respond because 4 years but I wish you luck
Congrats mate!!!
@@thistleheartandsnowfallsoul11 Thank u ☺️, I’m on vyvanse rn, huuuge game changer
@@farisalmutairi2837 hey good luck! same for me and taking rx meds now, life changing!
I was diagnosed with ADHD and Autism back in 2022, and oh my GOD it makes so much sense.
Like genuinely, my psychologist looked at my results, looked at me and said “Well no wonder you’re depressed! You’ve been living life unsure of how life even works! You were given the wrong tools to navigate life, because those tools don’t work for you.”
Why did I read the quote in Jaiden’s voice?
I DON'T LIKE HOW THIS DESCRIBES ME, MINUS THE DIAGNOSIS
your psychologists words made me tear up. was diagnosed too with ADHD (although I suspect autism too but i'll have to bring that up to whoever new psych i go to) mid pandemic and I didnt really hear much kind words lol. i just got angrier about life. thank you for sharing this!!
where do you find a good psychologist? i'm genuinely curious :0
Sure they did. And everyone at the tard center clapped and cheered. You recorded that or memorized it?
ADHD is like scrolling through UA-cam to find a video then you find a video that’s the third of a three part trilogy so you just have to watch the first two videos but you end up watching some random video on your feed until something comes to interrupt or your lucky enough to stumble upon the video you we’re looking for
I had to read this twice to understand but truee
this is so real
i swear i only opened my phone to check an email - just one email! related to important stuff! - but now its been 4 hours and why am i halfway through an animated series i found on youtube and why is my ipad on at 34% with a new sketch on procreate based on that book i read last night, oh and talking about last night, i swear i meant to sleep before 12 am but listen the next chapter was just toooo tempting and the next one and the one after that too and then oh wait frick its 5:30 am maybe i should go to sleep??? but im sure its fine bc i did the exact same thing yesterday.. but oh a new instagram post from my friend!
@@strangirdanger3350 I got bored halfway through your comment
hella accurate
@@strangirdanger3350 i read through the whole thing
AND I RELATED
Love how u used the love rap song from rhythm heaven at 5:52. Really cool!
it sucks people dont understand what makes something a mental health issue is when you experience something 'normal', like distractedness, but to the degree it interferes with your day to day life. we all get distracted but normal people arent distracted all day every day for weeks while still getting things done on time
That sounds like hell!
Sometimes I can't tell whether I could have ADHD or I'm just lazy, my pops always tells me to tough it out, sometimes it works but I dont know if thats notmal, I'm pretty sure we both are kinda autistic or something since we both have some symptoms from what my dad tells me about how he gets work done and how I (kinda) do too, I have thought about trying to get a diagnosis for me but I don't really trust the Healthcare in my country and I really doubt my dad will actually want to get his brain checked in like, any way, which well I can understand, he was raised in a diferent environment than me
@@lautarofarnos835 This is what I kinda struggle with too. It seems like everyone is getting diagnosed with ADHD and Autism left and right. (I theorize it's due the insane amount of dopamine we experience through entertainment and food. We've progressively got more ADHD through the decades.) And like you, I don't trust my healthcare, the pharmaceutical are blatantly trying to push more and more drug prescriptions for that $$$ return. I'm pretty sure I have ADHD at this point.... but it seems like... so does EVERYONE else.
@@lautarofarnos835 feel you sometimes I go up to get something from my room then I'm like wonder what chapter I'm on in my manga.......... my MOM calls and then the realization hits that we have to leave and that I need to get my shit and run out the door. Other days I end up talking so much (interesting stuff like history and science facts) but omg does it go on and the reason is because I imagine the scenario so much that I start to get a dopamine rush from the imagination stuff. My parents tell me not to talk loud unsure if this is just a me thing but it happens and I don't notice it when it does. I write loads but my writing isn't gramatically correct and sometimes my teachers will point out the stuff that I thought wasn't wrong sometimes its for simple things like this is a run on sentence but other times it goes on to be more things to the point I'm rewriting 5 sentences to do. Naturally with all this monitoring constantly I get told that I need help in some areas more than I want to sometimes its for things that I know are a one time occurrence other times I sit there and look at the other person and think wtf who are you. I often spend time on my phone I don't socialize often this comes to my second diagnosis Autism or in other words the fucken pepper to the salt. I often understand things but my mom will explain the most tineist of things I already know if I ask for them to explain it it isn't a simple explanation it's a 5 sentence one you get the point. The other day sometime in the recent past someone just told me they were an adhd person I sat there and listened to them but to me it made me feel a bit uncomfortable to be told that at the dinner table while everyone else awaited the perspective of the oracle of adhd (just saying this to give a bit of emphasis in truth I'm no oracle). I get very creative though I write loads of songs and I have never shared it with anyone but close friends and family they all seem to love it when I listen to music you got to understand that that imagination high I talked about earlier happens and I even know what the song is before they say the name, and know things like all songs say there own name, all songs have an up and down part (beat wise), and finally all songs loop the words with tiny breaks and same thing for the beat it repeats as well with tiny breaks. It;s hard to manage my anger sometimes however this is one thing were I can say I've managed to cap that very well trust me. I realize I haven't talked about the social stuff well for most they look at someone and start talking then they become friends me I look at someone and wonder is it that simple. other times I wait till its too late and other times I wonder if I go up there will that be a socially awkward thing to do hello stranger blah blah blah blahhhhh now 5 days past am I boring them am I going up there and do they want to see me constantly. Other times I wait too long and this same scenario plays out there's more though I wonder if its easy to join a group of people I mean I think you can't just go there and etc right. often I overcomplicate this for way more sometimes I make friends but with a ragtag team or a group were I feel a little conflicted if I'm in the right group other times I act a certain way with people it feels like Im putting on a mask its weird. I wonder how to not overcomplicate friendships but its hard for me to do. Recently I joined a group at uni there nice people who all cherish me no matter how I act we've met through various members but each one found us and asked us to hang honestly I'm happy I met this kid named Peter he introduced me to loads of people and he's like me adhd as well so I felt like this was a god sent. I'm happy and I feel like though I may not have all the pieces I'm learning however there is a lot of programs for adhd and asd and trust me they all say the same thing picture listening to a lecture but it never changes the subject and the stuff is always the same just phrased differently that's what this recent program is like and so many before them they say the same stuff I've heard since childhood and the best part is that none of these staff have adhd or asd also so they are assuming how to help granted with the best research out there but they are giving us the feeling of I care about you I guess the best analogy is its like caring for a cold virus patient. It seems like I'm venting its just I thought I needed it at 3:20 AM after watching anime and other stuff not being able to sleep and though some may want my perspective it's clear my family cares about me and the people surrounding me feel the same they are trying and I guess that's all I ask for love and happiness I know I'm making it seem like its me against the world but truly its me with the best minds out there my loving family and friends who are wonderful people in my book.
just understood what this comment was about if your unsure you have adhd or asd or both I'd still get it checked out feel free to ask me if you want honestly if given the chance to confirm if I had adhd or asd or not I'd still have wanted to get it confirmed trust me your family will support you no matter what if there like mine I guess to answer thins that last sentence best summarizes this god I hope this doesn't sound egotistical I hope everything works out for you in the end I just want you too know that adhd and asd isn't the worst thing in the world it can be rad too like saying Enstien had it and 500 other famous people this just goes to show that our success in life is always possible as long as we work hard enough.
ive been sitting on an adhd suspicion for like 6 years now and it just keeps getting elevated everytime a new youtuber discovers they have it
MaybeHD
@a1exneedsahamdleplease that's really funny, good job.
Same (w. 3 years maybe)... Only thing I can't relate to is the "almost physical pain" part, I don't really feel anything when I procrastinate.
Make yourself a google docs with a symptom every time you go 'oh that could be adhd' and just schedule that appt. a diagnosis makes all the difference!
@@metawarp7446 that doesn't really matter since you being upset or not about your procrastinating is more of a personal factor.
I think all ADHD people are magnets to other ADHD people. Something I've noticed as someone with ADHD (I got the combination jackpot) is a ton of my favourite creators I've spent years watching either have ADHD or exhibit symptoms or behaviors of ADHD and it's actually crazy to think about. I also have never wanted to take ADHD medication because I was terrified it would change my personality but this video has implemented a little seed in my brain about maybe looking into getting a prescription for some kind of medication. Thank you Jaden, and hello all the other ADHD people alike and I wish you luck with existing.
neuro divergent people vibing together is pretty common it turns out. Lots of friends turn out to be ND in some way. It makes sense, I don't have to play people's videos at twice the speed, I follow every tangent, actually enjoy the tangents, the people I follow tend to make videos about things I already like, so when they ramble about their hyperfocus/special interest I can follow along and feel the same things.
Diagnosis Cascade is suprisingly common. One person in a group gets a diagnosis, or self-diagnosis, and then other people start going "what, that's an auDHD symptom? But that's just normal, I do that!" and then six months later they're like "I may have a tiny bit of ADHD"
Same! I go into fandom culture, especially tumblr, and think wow these people are just like me and then so many of them end up having ADHD/autism- even characters I like and relate to, many people going "ah yes, those characters, adhd"- but at the same time, it almost seems like anyone who has any grain of personality is labelled as adhd/autistic and ehhhh
But then I get healthier screen times and more depression/anxiety/addiction withdrawal?? and suddenly I'm no one? So idk maybe I'm just a normal boring person after all- (not that not having a disorder makes you boring automatically but I mean the sub-culture-wise us vs them("normies") thing too)
ADHD medications are things you can easily stop taking at any time with no real consequences. So if you don't like who it turns you into, you can just stuff the pills in a drawer forever and go "Welp, never doing meth again!" and leave it at that.
Yes totally, when I find someone else that talks in run on sentences and is happy jumping around topics and interrupting each other evenly I call it “ADHD talking”, it’s one of my fave things
Ok so I’m not trying to be the “I totallyyyy have adhd” person but lowkey everything in the video aligns with how I feel like the non stop voices,getting distracted really easily, etc
You don't even realise just how serious of a debuff adhd is until you experience being normal for the first time.
imagine the idea of thinking 3 hours is a very short time to do things with people with the mental thought of this thing you dont want to do feeling like it will take hours when it would all be like 20 minutes
I don't get meds for it and idk what your talking about so maybe your right
@@thegiantjj man do it. life changing
It used to take me an entire day to clean my whole room. Yesterday on ADHD meds, I deep cleaned it in about an hour. It's insane
@floofiekun1875 hey here to update you aspergers and similar disorders have now been grouped into autism spectrum disorder. partly because asperger was a n*z* scientist, and if you were diagnosed with it, you were sent to a camp. also, i wasn't aware there was ANY medication for it, as someone with autism too
W Jaiden, congrats to winning 1,000,000!!!!!!!
she actually won 600k
@@twilightgutz no? She won a million
Yeah a mill
@@icee-5 She gave 400k to the other winners
@@Brielarsonstan :) b
as someone who was diagnosed with autism, jaiden always felt so relatable (strong hyperfixations, struggling with social situations), but i just said to myself “not everyone has autism/adhd who is a little bit relatable” and this video was so refreshing
ohh yeah her videos were close to home
as someone who also has adhd/autism I always forget to do work and the things due to my brain wanting to chill
As someone with mixed ADHD, I can say this is VERY relatable. It's like, "I CANT DO A SINGLE FACKING THING" and then when you finally focus, BOOM... You just go crazy and barely breath. It's just so crazy that when I was struggling, my favourite animator come and says "I struggle too!" Like how crazy is that? (Also my ADHD took the better of me and this took 30 minutes to write so thanks)
The solidarity and relief you feel when talking to someone else with adhd that shares the same struggles is so real
the replies i cant lmao
What is happening with these comments?
HAHA reporting all of you
wtf is going on here
Report them all and don't reply to any bots.
But anyways, yes! There's so much relief when you can share those struggles with someone who GETS IT, like man...
please stop giving me existential crisis and being so relatable about things i didnt even knew about myself
So real
Exactly! I was thinking "Do I have ADHD?"
haha same
gave me an existential crisis at its worst, I really should go and check myself out
real
CONGRATULATIONS JAIDEN!!! I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU THE ENTIRE TIME!!! WE LOVE YOU🥹🫶🏼💞
@@sandyhernandez6674 SAMEEEEE I WAS SO SAD WHEN SHE HAD 3 VOTES THEN BOOM IT WAS ACTUALLY HER 😭😭😭😭 IM SO HAPPYYYY
OH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Un se ve que se ha quedado con el de 😅mi 😂😅❤😮❤
YESSSS, SAMEEEE ❤❤❤❤
Bro wants that million
As someone with combined type ADHD (diagnosed at age 5 and have psychologists going "yep, you've still got it" every few years) being medicated sounds incredible. I'm still under my parents medical care for another year, and they refuse to get me medicated, then wonder why I can't get shit done lmao.
ADHD is executive in nature, so as you grow and are expected to juggle more and more of life's pile of responsibilities on your own, the harder it is for a lot of us former "good students" (especially the "gifted kids") to cope with... like, existence.
...I was a gifted child and my family don't believe in ADHD but all of these comments and her video literally makes me realize that...I may have this...and idk why it makes me SAD
@@anathemadvc Perhaps because you feel like you've _wasted_ a substantial chunk of your life on fighting your own brain to do things that other people don't even think about. It's a type of grief that precious, precious time has been stolen and you didn't even realise.
Yes yes and yes! I was a “gifted” student with undiagnosed (and not even suspected) ADHD and Autism. Then suddenly it turns out autistic people have extreme reactions to burnout, and adhd in women sometimes randomly starts manifesting in adulthood. Both happened! I couldn’t to anything. Where did my functioning go all of a sudden????? Why won’t it come back even after leaving school???? Why is my brain simply NOT braining….? Then… therapy. Three sessions in to what I thought was just therapy for depression and gifted-kid burnout, my therapist was like “hey, did you know you have autism and adhd?” And EVERYTHING. MAKES. SENSE.
I’m looking into adderall for the first time right now, turns out all I needed was to hyper-focus on UA-cam for two hours (while I should have been working) until I found a silly little animation about it and now I feel safe to try drugs. What a life. Anyways.
@@AJB_twoleftwings First off, glad you're figuring things out and getting help!
That "while I should have been working" is a real kicker, though... While that state can be helpful, I strongly advise you be wary of treating it like a superpower as so many others do. What people call "hyperfocus" is really just an _executive inability to stop;_ I've taken to calling it *Executive Tarpit,* which I think more accurately reflects the effects it has.
The tarpit will try to seduce you-- those days you can get stuck in on the thing you want will feel like the best ever! But don't forget how it probably got you into that situation in the first place...
this makes so much sense... my grades were PERFECT until 7th school year then it all went downstairs
I felt the "i JUST had it in my hand and didnt leave the room, where the HELL did it go??"
It happens way too often
Edit: I'm glad I'm not the only one lol
I know right?
Uh-huh. Misplacing something is fucking annoying. WHERE DID IT GO?!
THe most frustrating version of this is when I didn't even get out of my chair, so it IS at arm's length and easily spottable I KNOw this, so WHY did I spend 10 MINUTES searching for it, giving up and getting up only to come back and see it somewhere obvious that was INDEED near the chair ! HHHH. :]
Omg SAME!! All the time!!
its even more frustrating when i LEAVE TO ANOTHER ROOM TO FIND IT, like WTF WAS I THINKING
When I first got diagnosed with adhd and asd, I remember watching Jayden’s videos and thinking, “huh, she presents quite a few adhd symptoms, I wonder if she has adhd,” but I’m no phycologist so I just shrugged it off. Over a year later I stumble across this video and scream “I KNEW IT!”
Lol but same though
First thing I thought when I got the notif for this video was "Did you honestly think we *didn't* know already?"
VINDICATION!!!!
I saw this a just went “oh, she didn’t know?”
why
I've been medicated for pretty much 13 years now, I have just got off them because the meds block the brain chemicals for emotions, making me an emotionless monster.
"Child me had more held together than current me." Damn. That is by far, the most relatable thing I have ever heard on UA-cam, lol.
I am literally sitting here watching this video, when I should be doing something I was supposed to do 4 hours ago, which was something I was supposed to do yesterday, which was something I was supposed to do 2 weeks ago...
summarization of this comment: procrastination
same here my dude, i’m supposed to be doing smth but got distracted and what im supposed to be doing is so boring..ugh
This is so true
69 likes! Nice.
I literally found this comment right as she said it
Congrats
I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD at the age of 62(I'm now 69). For decades, I wondered why I had problems focusing, keeping relationships, and making myself understood to other people. Now I know. It's always better to know these things than to not know. Good luck with your journey with ADHD and remember that you have a lot of companions traveling with you on that road.👍
(sees ur age) nice
@UTTP-Clockworker shut the hell up no one cares about your channel with one puny subscriber
I think it’s untenable that the only replies on this comment are a very vulgar spambot. This is a very nice comment and as an autistic ADHDer, I’m very glad you now have that knowledge and I wish you good luck on your own journey :)
glad you feel better now :3 (Ignore the bots)
@UTTP-Clockworker ngl it would be funny if she pulled the uno reverse card
Im so happy for you getting Diagnosed. It really is a big deal... Life changing for me and the two people i've politely suggested should consider seeking a diagnosis (2 for 2 on that). So if you even have suspicions you might have ADHD, just do it... I know it can be difficult and sometimes expensive but it is well worth just having the knowledge.
Felt that bit on tricking your brain. I've always called it Productive Procrastination. I jam out to music and start tidying up/cleaning, and basically as long as I finish that chore while the music is still going strong, I've got the momentum just tidal wave through the rest of my tasks.
Me and my wife own a business together and I've also found that there will be things I have zero motivation to do, but if my wife asks me to do it, suddenly it's the only thing on my mind and I gotta go try and get it done.
Also, I can totally see how asking your brain to write a script on itself and how it can't stay focused would lead your brain to refuse to focus
Someone asking you to do something is so much easier to obey then your own volition.
It's not even funny, it's sad.
I call it "making deals with my kid self" because most of my adhd not wanting to do things is "but it's not fun". It's basically self bribery lol
So if i have to go out i'll go "okay we have to go to the doctor..... and if you do that.... we can get a little snack or a fidget toy at the store nearby!" and usually i'll think of something that will be enough to counter the "i don't wanna" in my brain.
thats so funny because i have the thing called demand avoidance, which is the exact opposite thing. anyone can ask me to do something, and immediately i have zero desire to do that thing and have to push myself to do it. its horrible because it includes things like assignments in school and when family needs something.
Music also helps me a Lot
@@honeysana672 For me that person has to be present, cannot just be "out there" or just an "obligation".
just had to sit in silence after you said "my body and soul found it mentally easier to backflip off a bridge than write words on the computer." wow. that has entirely changed my perspective on my abysmal mental state while I was still in school. thank you
"The voices are quiet." is so relatable. I remember first taking my adhd meds, and I was just sitting next to my girl friend when suddenly, 20 years of non stop noise in my brain was just... gone. There was nothing there expect what I wanted to think. It was honestly kinda weird, but nice.
I've always exhibited ADHD symptoms, and I've found myself struggling to sleep cuz I'd have music running through my head for hours. Should start looking into this too
@@ambiarock590 while I’m currently undiagnosed, I definitely have adhd and the voices and nonstop thoughts and activities happening in my brain when I try to sleep is for sure a part of that.
As someone’s with literally THE EXACT SAME DIAGNOSIS, adhd (inattentive), and Level 1 Autism. I can’t tell you how much I related Lmao. Glad you got medicated.
The "after taking meds the voices stopped and it's so quiet and calm" part hit deeply. I was so confused when i felt that the first time. THIS is what it's supposed to be like? It felt so surreal.
I wish I could show people people how ADHD brain feels like for a day so they finally understand that I'm trying my absolute hardest and that not everyone has it as "easy" as them. Do they think it's easy to do anything when your own brain is actively working against you?
could you explain further? because I'm not sure what already qualifies as "the voices" and because I dont have anything to compare it to I have no idea if I am normal or not.
İ could never feel that cuz my adhd was diagnosed while i was 9 and i didnt skip a day without pills
This man speaks the truth
@@mi.mikyu69 I describe it as being like one of those tik tok videos where there's soap cutting, Family Guy, a TTS reading Reddit posts, and Subway Surfers all playing at once. You don't know what to focus on and they're all pulling at your attention equally. With medication you can cut it down to just having the Family Guy and maybe the soap cutting that distracts you on occasion but you can focus easily back on the Family Guy.
@@mi.mikyu69its like thinkin about 5 things at t'he same time and knowing that you shoud be foucusing on someting else that is more important but you simpi can't
Funfact for those who experience periods. ADHD symptoms worsen when you're on your luteal and actual bleeding phase. If you take medication, the normal dose will be less effective during that time. Do be gentle with yourself if you feel like your meds don't work sometimes.
i second this 💙💙💙 being prepared for cycle changes is so empowering and also helpful
OH MY GOD I DIDNT KNOW THIS😭 this explains so much🥲
@Honeydropp11 yeah doctors do not explain things very well or know, unfortunately. But I have heard of people talking to their doctors to get enough medication to account for having to take more during their periods. I hope this helps on your journey!
WHATTTT, IS THAT WHY IM THAT *WAY* EASILY-TRIGGERED THAN NORMAL 😭
oh and don't take progesterone only pills!! they can make it worse. i take estrogen based pills and skip my period most of the year (doc said i could) and it reslly helps
As another woman who got prescribed in her 20’s after a childhood of “performing well” this hits home so hard. Happy for you Jaiden, it’s hard to explain how it feels to finally KNOW and how that can help, but it really does and you got that across beautifully
Jaiden: “my struggles are justified wait what was that last part?” 7:15
thinking you have adhd and self-destructing and saying “maybe i don’t” is the worst feeling.
@@perfectpinterestgarden I’m more than halfway convinced that I might have ADHD at this point but I don’t want to ask my parents for me to go and get diagnosed, just for them to say I don’t have it and then look dumb 😭
@@ItsRxnnie why are we experiencing the same thing, that’s exactly what I’m thinking
WHAT IM GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW
@@ItsRxnnie lmao pls don't get diagnosed either way, or else your just gonna rely on whatever they give you. Overcome it yourself, meditation really helps me become more aware and I have more control over my mind and body
@@ItsRxnnie same for me here, ive been convinced but no one around me except for my neurodivergent friends believes im neurodivergent 😭
“The voices are quiet” absolutely killed me, and my mom laughed at me from across the room
ya but what about minecraft pls need a freind i cant be the only one a new fictation every week
From collecting all straight A's during school to collecting (not) straighr A's (Aro-ace, ADHD, Autism) is such an amazing journey tbh. Not because it's fun, but because you just look back and realise', why tf did it take so long to get diagnosed? ' For me the more i look back the more I see how freaking apparent and obvious it was ha!
Cheers brotha i was diagnosed with aspergers at 19 and looked back and was like “how did it take them this long” lmao
Hope you’re crushin it!
Is... is this a universal experience... the only thing I have not collected on that list is autism... yet... (I'm pretty sure the neurodivergence in my case is just ADHD, but who knows at this point, it took them 24 years to diagnose me with that so...)
I can't do the dam notes one word takes one hour and my teacher hates me
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This video really helped me realize that I really do want to see a specialist because, while I do not believe I have any sort of ADHD or autism, during this past year I have realized I might have a type of OCD called Hyper Obsessive Disorder. I’ve always been scared to tell people or anyone except for my mother who brushed it off, but I feel this way because I’ll obsess over little things until I feel like my whole worlds falling apart, it could be a simple as talking or blinking, simple sensations like feeling fabrics or something and it would make me feel insane. I’d isolate myself alway from everyone because I was scared of people thinking I was weird. I felt like some crazy person, like some ticking time bomb but I wouldn’t know what would happen once I exploded (this is all back in 2020) and while I’m a lot better now, and once quarantine ended i mostly went back to normal, when ever my mental health becomes funky I find myself feeling the way I did back in 2020. I forever miss that feeling of being a kid and feeling “normal” feeling like I had my whole life put together. I miss not having my Brian feel like there’s 100 things being thought at once, i miss the feeling of living my life without constant anxiety and panicking, I miss feeling like myself.
All I’m trying to say is thank you for really pushing me to try and get help, showing me that it’s okay to ask for help. Im gonna ask my mom to see a specialist again and hopefully I can begin to understand myself they way you can now.
Thank you Jaiden :)
Mentioning how the medicine made you nervous definitely struck a chord with me. I've known I've had ADHD for years, but for such a long time I was afraid to take medicine because of some underlying fear that it would change me somehow? Got a weird phobia/hangup on like... loss of self, "would I be the same person after". What really kicked me into gear to get it was learning that it's not something that's permanent. It's a crutch for a bad leg - take it away and it'd be like it was before. So far I think I'm still on too low a dose, the effects don't feel quite as night and day as a lotta folks seem to experience, but it still helps so much more than I imagined.
has i said in my comments, i feel exactly like that... knowing i have it, but not getting diagnosed... Because its scary, or just i can go and say : "Hey, can you ask me some boring stuff about me to make sure that i really have ADHD, please..." is just the only way i can get myself to think about the situation. maybe one day ill find the courrage to go do that... not soon tho...
I have all the ADHD symptoms, and once tried a retalin from my brother (dosis for a child!) Worst trip of my life .... Talk to a doctor first!!!
That description of being a good student who never struggled with school until first year university, and eventually dropping out... yeah, that was me as well. I learned I had ADHD back in 2018 and it changed my life for the better. I'm glad you've finally been diagnosed!
Yep, I related hard to the feeling that things only spiralled *after* moving away from a parent that was very supportive and organized
Same here, though I got diagnosed in 2022. Kind of crazy how much Jaden's story mirrors mine. I even also had a brother who got diagnosed first!
I think it's expressed different based on gender cause I was that way too and I have autism
Me here as well. Watching lectures is like pulling teeth. Constant fidgeting, constant procrastination, hated study despite being smart. Being smart is probably what took me through school okay. Anxiety (diagnosed) + possible ADHD (undiagnosed as of yet) and agoraphobia made studying impossible and I was failing papers left right and center.
On a mental health gap year this year and pursuing a diagnosis...
Edit: Damn this video is relatable
The "waste of space normal person" diagnosis fear is... Legit. It's part of why I don't really put any time, energy, or thought towards getting a diagnosis, even though I'm about certain that I have ADHD/Autism/probably PTSD.
This was a good video. Thank you, very much, for sharing your experience, Jaiden.
@UTTPCLOCKWORKERyou like to rap with animals?
man i feel bad for you wtf are all these replies ToT
PTSD? What happened?
I relate so hard, especially after going to a medical professional (albeit one who doesn’t actually know enough about ADHD to diagnosis it properly) and being told “No, you don’t have ADHD!” The main thing that I’ve heard from my friends to make me feel more confident in the idea that I *do* have it is “Normal, lazy people don’t feel guilty about not doing anything. People with ADHD actively fight with themselves to get things done.” Whether or not you decide to get a diagnosis is up to you, but for me, knowing I had depression/PTSD was a huge step in clearing that up. Either way, I wish you luck.
Also, I’m so sorry your comment is *overrun* with bot replies.
@@reneepark7385 Great saying
I was diagnosed with ADHD 2-3 months ago and I am currently taking medication and mental support for anxiety and depression. It's all thanks to this video. Thanks, Jaiden.
as an ADHDer, im watching this instead of working of my assessment due in 3 days, worth 30% of my grade and I have done like only 20% of it.
Edit: I forgot to mention how I have 5 other Assessments/Exams happening over 3 weeks. I’m in week 1 of 3, I have finished 2/6 total exams and assignments, and I’m confident I’m gonna have a mental breakdown
I was watching with a 5 page assignment due in 3 hours and 0% done (went into hyperfocus and finished with 13 minutes left and proceeded to forget and submitted 10 minutes late)
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You guys think that's bad? All my schoolwork is due on this upcoming Thursday and I have about 60 assignments remaining in total. I need to do like 10 assignments per day. I'm so fucked.
@@wooper2654 I have ADHD, AND MY HOMEWORK IS DUE TOMORROWWWW- AND I HAVE SO MUCH HOMEWORK TOO DO ;-;
OH BOY DO I FIND MY PEOPLEEE!!! Count me in as well with currently 15 hours left before my exams that worth 40% of my grade and 0% studying....well 5% if you count sitting at the lectures with your mind wondering why the hell did we waste a pretty sounding word like 'malaria' into getting a bad rep. We could get a cute nickname 'Laria' for goodness sake. yeah anyway MUCH LOVE FOR ALL MY ADHDer OUT THERE!! I was feeling very down all day because I just couldn't bring myself to study, but somehow after watching this video and reading comments I feel sooo comforted! I hope u guys feel the same way. YOU GOT THIS CUTIE!! :D
THANK YOU!! I am an ADHD mom of two ADHD and ASD kids, and my son is so excited that one of his favorite youtubers is talking about something he has too! Your shared experience has helped him hear the things he tunes out from me because I'm his mom (and your experiences are super relatable to me too).
I got my autism diagnosis like 2 years ago at 25 years age. People always say: why do you want a label? Like I don't, but having that diagnosis made me understand so many things of how I behaved and felt. A diagnosis doesn't change things, but it explains so much.
Whoever asks that question seems to want the work of psychologists and such thrown into the flames, damn
“Because there’s comfort in knowing you’re a regular zebra not a messed up horse” can’t remember where I saw it (might be in the vid I’ve not seen it yet) but it really just hit the nail on the head
same just younger
Absolutely. Before being diagnosed with ADHD, I had this sense of frustration over not living to my potential, being "lazy", having trouble for concentrating and managing my time; I remember I said during my teens "I think I have something. It's not autism but I know I have something"
It couldn't have been ADHD because I've always known how to behave; a bit talkative, but I've never had trouble sitting still and any other ADHD stereotype.
Once I learned about the "inattentive" type something clicked. After sharing a bit of info about it with my wife, I got a diagnosis.
Having a diagnosis didn't "cure" me, but knowing what I have make it easier on me when I mess up, building good habits (like putting a timer when doing laundry or taking a picture/screenshot of any potential gift for my wife) and also dealing with any problem head on instead of feeling lost in life and unable to do any responsibility.
I know I can, I just need some accomodations and I learned to not feel ashamed about it.
@@Dairunt1omg, i say to my mum ALL the time “there’s something wrong with me i can feel it” nd i’ve been trying to get tested but because i’m under 18 and my parents don’t believe in neurodivergence, it’s hard to. any tips?
This video probably shifted my life onto a better path, genuinely, because it was what actually got me diagnosed.
It is insane that I've lived all the way to adulthood without any of my family and friends and medical professionals ever figuring out, and then Jaiden comes along and describes my exact mindspace since I was 14.
Thank you, Jaiden.
JAIDENNNN I WAS ROOTING FOR U THRU THE ENTIRE MRBEAST VID IM SO GLAD U WON ITTT
SAMEEEEEEE
i was not but gg
Yea good job came in clutch with the poker face
you were rooting for her to have adhd?
sasmeeeeee!!!!
Taking ADHD meds for the first time made me cry. Suddenly my head was so quiet. I could listen to a whole 1.5 hour lecture without once getting distracted and I didn’t even realise I wasn’t getting distracted until the lecture ended and I realised I had been focused the whole time.
I love when newly diagnosed ADHDers get to experience the focus. It’s a beautiful feeling.
Laughs in ADHD diagnosis since like 5, speaking of which med did/do you take? I'm curious cause I'm on vyvanse but I know there are others
Man I wish mine worked at all...
(I'm trying to get new ones but I might have to get another medication first so I'm waiting till after that)
I feel like concentrating for 1.5 hours straight isn’t something most neurotypical people can do, but that’s great that you were able to!
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@@Meraxes6 Appearently that is just what they can do. Currently in university and I can see how the other students have their shit together and do stuff perfectly fine on a day to day basis, with fully organized work, and then the results are clearly shown.
Very unfair how far ADHD sets someone back, but sadly one can only play the hand one was dealt
It's really cool that an animator won in the mr.beast video!
well deserved
OMG I'm a fan
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