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That... that channel is amazing. Wow. Thanks!

by ohazi 6y ago

aidenn0 6y ago
The first thing I noticed about that channel is it's one of the few that are mostly talking but I don't have to turn the speed up. I think that's called "knowing your audience"
- WalterSear 6y ago
  By contrast, I couldn't sit through any of the episodes I've tried. IMHO, the series feels targeted at people who are only slightly on the spectrum.
  - aidenn0 6y ago
    I think there are lots of other issues that are comorbid with ADHD that would make those episodes inaccessible (e.g. APD), but I'm certainly not only slightly ADHD.
systemvoltage 6y ago
I feel like the opposite - they're popularizing ADHD and I just watched "What is ADHD?" episode and pretty much every human on this planet can relate to it. Who doesn't make careless mistakes? Who isn't ever late to anything? Who hasn't had a hard time to focus on something? It is doing a disservice because people who actually have severe ADHD are perhaps shunned and the weight of the word "ADHD" becomes less meaningful. It is similar to the urban popularization of "OCD". It is even used in regular conversation without people realizing that it is a serious condition that can't be lightly taken.
- nullsense 6y ago
  It's not popularizing it. It's a channel by ADHDers for ADHDers. Everyone has _most_ of the same experiences, yes, but frequency, intensity, and duration are markedly different for those of us with ADHD. When it's such that all major facets of your life are negatively impacted by it you have a problem. I remember watching the ADHD Tax video and it was like lightbulbs going off in my head. That channel helped a lot when I was first figuring it out.
- lima 6y ago
  > Who doesn't make careless mistakes? Who isn't ever late to anything? Who hasn't had a hard time to focus on something? Severe ADHD means having a hard time focusing on everything, making careless mistakes constantly and being late all of the time.
- andrewjl 6y ago
  Why? Especially when it makes it easier to relate or empathize to those same severe symptoms. And why does the intensity of ADHD correspond to its meaningfulness as a condition or a concept?

That... that channel is amazing. Wow. Thanks!

by ohazi 6y ago

That... that channel is amazing. Wow. Thanks!

The first thing I noticed about that channel is it's one of the few that are mostly talking but I don't have to turn the speed up. I think that's called "knowing your audience"

WalterSear 6y ago
By contrast, I couldn't sit through any of the episodes I've tried. IMHO, the series feels targeted at people who are only slightly on the spectrum.
- aidenn0 6y ago
  I think there are lots of other issues that are comorbid with ADHD that would make those episodes inaccessible (e.g. APD), but I'm certainly not only slightly ADHD.

systemvoltage 6y ago

I feel like the opposite - they're popularizing ADHD and I just watched "What is ADHD?" episode and pretty much every human on this planet can relate to it. Who doesn't make careless mistakes? Who isn't ever late to anything? Who hasn't had a hard time to focus on something? It is doing a disservice because people who actually have severe ADHD are perhaps shunned and the weight of the word "ADHD" becomes less meaningful. It is similar to the urban popularization of "OCD". It is even used in regular conversation without people realizing that it is a serious condition that can't be lightly taken.

nullsense 6y ago
It's not popularizing it. It's a channel by ADHDers for ADHDers. Everyone has _most_ of the same experiences, yes, but frequency, intensity, and duration are markedly different for those of us with ADHD. When it's such that all major facets of your life are negatively impacted by it you have a problem. I remember watching the ADHD Tax video and it was like lightbulbs going off in my head. That channel helped a lot when I was first figuring it out.
lima 6y ago
> Who doesn't make careless mistakes? Who isn't ever late to anything? Who hasn't had a hard time to focus on something? Severe ADHD means having a hard time focusing on everything, making careless mistakes constantly and being late all of the time.
andrewjl 6y ago
Why? Especially when it makes it easier to relate or empathize to those same severe symptoms. And why does the intensity of ADHD correspond to its meaningfulness as a condition or a concept?