30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD, 1B Inhibition, Impulsivity, and Emotion

That moment you realize this amazing speech is broken down into 10ish minute videos so it's easier for ADHD people to watch! They know their audience!! Thank you!

Dr Russell: adhd makes you bad at emotional regulation Adhd peeps: burst into tears

"Friends forgive you your distractibility, your forgetfulness, your working memory problems and even your restlessness. They will not forgive your anger, your hostility, the quickness with which you emote to other people, because it is offensive" fuck, never has anyone put into words something I have struggled with for so long. I have portrayed myself as a clutz, at times childish or stupid just so I could hide my frustration, my anger. thank you for this

The worst part about adult ADHD is the shame. Everyone thinks you are actively deciding to not be "here". It takes an effort that leaves me exhausted to be present and mediate a 3.5 hour meeting. At the end of it, I feel like a truck hit me. The next day when I still haven't recovered, the problems start. Marshalling my abilities becomes challenging at best. Then procrastination rears its ugly head. Then avoiding certain tasks and responsibilities starts to snowball. I'm blessed to say I have the faculties to right the ship and correct my direction before dire consequences occur. But, many with ADHD do not have this ability, and they suffer greatly. Greatly.

why does he speak that way that it becomes hard to listen without crying! His every word sounds genuine, spoken with intensity/

"It is a feeling inwardly of a need to be busy and doing multiple things." Wow.

This was such a fantastic speech, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I was diagnosed with ADD and my brother with ADHD and ODD. Everything you said hit home. I was more restless than hyperactive as a kid but emotionally I've always been all over the map, unable to build and sustain friendships, always feeling like an outsider, jumping from romantic relationship to romantic relationship. I hope the trouble with emotional inhibition makes it into the DSM V. I wish I'd had this information when I was diagnosed, and I hope others will.

I don't know what to say. I'm crying because finally someone puts into words how I have been feeling for most of my adult life, and especially now that I am over 30. Thank you, sir. I need to show this video to my psychiatrist so she can finally believe me.

I burst into tears when he said about friendship. That was me.. and I always wondered..

I had to rewind the video twice because I kept missing things while I was trying to pay attention. No exaggeration

I'm at my desk at work and literally tearing up because of how accurately this describes so much of my life. Sometimes I can't believe I made it through childhood.

Damn. My emotional dysregulation is so bad I'm glad he acknowledges it.

I have lived my life never understanding what was wrong with me, I am so grateful to hear someone say aloud all the things I’ve lived with are explainable, It give me a sense of being ok

I'm so glad I discovered this channel. I'm 72, and am for the first time seeking medication. My life has been a wild ride. I've had brilliant successes, miserable failures.... and now, retired, I've little motivation, focus, drive, yet I want to get everything started and done. I've been told multiple times that I'm a brilliant musician. I've all the tools to get out there, put on a great performance, work regularly. Yet, I've zero executive functions to get things going, make it happen... It's like I'm watching my life waste away. It's a Herculean effort, just to hook up with the right professionals, to simply get the meds, fear is my pervasive emotion, freezing me in place.

I love how he refers to children as “individuals” like they’re little adults

Ive become a hermit. I just cancelled Christmas with my family. And I’ve decided that I’m okay with that.

I wish this video existed years ago for me. But I am dearly glad it exists now for others.

Maybe if I stayed medicated throughout my young adult life I wouldn't have ruined so many perfectly good relationships for myself. I struggled for several years trying to keep a steady job and it burned just about every bridge in my life. Completely ruined my entire reputation because of things I cannot control about myself. And being told that I was such an asshole, a loser, and I wouldn't ever amount to anything. after a while I just began to believe all those things about myself and just gave up trying for a very long time.

An excellent speech, and what he said about friendship actually made me cry. I felt so understood. I wasn't diagnosed with ADD until I was 28, probably because I always did well academically and I am a female without the "typical" hyperactivity. But what this fantastic speech really brings home is what has always been the heartbreaking problem I've faced all my life: the problems with emotional regulation, and (more so) other people's negative reactions to it.

I am here crying as this is me. I am so glad that I have been diagnosed 🙏🏿