ADHD While Black: Braving Your Own Brain
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Claims that Black and Latino children are 48–50% less likely to receive an ADHD diagnosis and that delayed diagnosis is common lead into concrete tactics: diagnosed at 35 after 12 years working in games, the presenter credits therapy, CBT, and medication (described as “glasses for the brain”) plus specific routines that work—object-permanence fridge hack, working at night, body doubling, chunking tasks, asking for deadline extensions, touching grass, and rotating creative outlets to recover from burnout.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:03Welcome
- 1:55About Me
- 3:07What is ADHD
- 4:49Inattentive
- 6:36Power of ADHD
- 8:24Burnout
- 9:18Pandemic
- 12:39What do we do
- 12:56How does your brain work
- 17:08Go outside
- 18:42Find another outlet
- 20:54Fighting guilt
- 23:09Moving on
- 28:09Unrealistic expectations
- 32:47Outro
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