Hi, I am BogusRed from PaperDemon.com. Today, I am going to share with you, my
ADHD story. Why am I sharing my ADHD story? I'm doing it in hopes of inspiring
other people who struggle with mental health issues. I know that for me, when I
was younger, reading stories about other people who have ADHD or have other
mental health challenges and seeing that they have been become successful despite
those challenges, was really inspiring to me. Because there's a lot of dark and
grim statistics that are associated with ADHD. And that's what I why I am doing
this video. I'm hoping that this video will give you hope. Also, it's ADHD
Awareness Month, so now is the perfect time to be talking about it! Additionally,
I want to destigmatize ADHD. ADHD and many other mental health conditions
carry a lot of stigma. And because of that, people don't talk about it.
I for a long time I have not talked about my ADHD in my profession, you know
with my co-workers, with other people, because I know that it carries a lot of
stigma. And even in past attempts that I've tried to tell people about it, I've
had a negative reaction from people. That's why it's so important for
those of us who are successful with ADHD to share our story and be open and honest
about our ADHD. So it will help everyone that comes after us. A little bit about my
struggles, and I'm not going to tell you my whole life story. I'm gonna try and
keep it brief. But as a kid, I struggled a lot with my ADHD. I still struggle with
my ADHD. It still impacts me to this day. As a kid, I struggled academically. Of
course, that's like really common for an ADHDer or to struggle. Especially, I have a
learning disability with reading. I, as a kid, I was not able to finish novels. That
was a common assignment especially in high school, to be assigned
reading a novel. And then there would be quizzes based on the content etc. I could
not, despite all of my effort to try and read, I was not able to. It was so
demotivating to put so much effort into trying to do the right thing, to do my
homework, to study, and not getting the results that I should have. And even
having a teacher to call me a liar, saying that I didn't read it,
even though I knew I did, was heartbreaking, and really impacted my
self-confidence. I also struggled with organization. I lost a lot of my papers
and my homework. My backpack was always a mess. Emotionally, I also struggled. I had
a really hard time controlling my emotions. I was, I was a crybaby as a kid,
and got made fun of for it, of course. I was bullied incessantly all throughout
elementary school and in middle school. I was bullied a lot. I wasn't just bullied in
school, I was bullied at daycare by... Like even when I was like little, there
were teenagers that were, you know, like ten years older than me, picking on me. It
was a very difficult time for me. It was hard, and I know that
there are other people out there who have struggled too. The social impact that
ADHD has on us, it makes it very difficult for us to make friends and to
understand other people. Okay, but what was good? There were some good
things that happened. At age seven, I was diagnosed, first diagnosed with ADHD.
I think diagnosis is really important. At the time that I was diagnosed, the
treatment really was just medication. There wasn't really any skills training,
or any sort of cognitive therapy, or anything like that. And unfortunately, my
doctor believed at the time that kids who have ADHD outgrow it in adolescence.
So I was only on medication for a limited
amount of time, and then I wasn't able to... I really started to struggle again
academically once I was in middle school because I no longer had the medication.
And, it wasn't really until college that I started to understand. Because I had a
hard time in college again, and college has way more demands upon you. You have
to be organized. You have to do your homework on your own! There's no one
there to like make you do it. In fact, some classes they don't even
collect it. It's just like "Here, you should probably do this so you can study."
The level of self-management required in college, I just really struggled. I did
not have those skills. I was failing some of my classes. So I decided to get some
help. And I remembered like "Hey wasn't I
diagnosed with this thing as a kid? let me find out more about this!", and I
started to research it and figure out that Hey! it's not just about not being
able to pay attention, which is the only information that I had as a kid. I
learned that it impacted all these other aspects of my life. My social skills, my
organization skills, my self-management skills... Every aspect of my life was
impacted by this. So, I finally got more treatment, some real treatment for it, and
I think that really helped lead into my success. So, I've been really fortunate
to have had a lot of success professionally, and I completed a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation Illustration, which I am very proud of!
Because for ADHDers, only 3% of those who attempt college actually complete it.
And I knew about this statistic when I was in college and I thought "Okay,
the odds are against me that I'm going to finish this thing." And I actually did
almost drop out at one point. While I was studying that I actually ended up
getting an internship at Google. And I've been at Google now for 12 years. So after
completing that internship, they converted me to a
permanent employee, and I've been there ever since and it's a great company. I've
been very fortunate to be there. One of the first things that I did at Google
is I was a doodler. I was on a part of a team of illustrators that creates the
homepage logos, and I created over 100 doodles that have appeared on Google's
homepage. So my artwork has been seen by millions of people, and that's pretty
cool! That's something to really be proud of and now I am actually a senior
engineer at Google. I lead a team of other engineers, and we hack around and
create stuff. Which is also something to be proud of. I hope that this story has
been inspiring to you. To hear that someone else who struggled a lot with
ADHD has been successful, and has been able to manage it. And despite all of the
challenges be successful with it. So one more thing I want to share, is that the
reason that this YouTube channel exists, and why this community exists, is to help
people that were like me as a kid. Like I don't want other people to struggle the
way that I did. A lot of people didn't understand me. I had a hard time finding
other people that were like me, that understood me, that accepted me. And
that's really powerful. I want to share what I learned in hopes that it will
help. Even if it just helps one person, then it's worth it. Let me know in the
comments below: Did any of this resonate with you? Do you struggle with mental
illness? And what ways does it impact you? I'd love to hear from you in the
comments below. And let me know if there's anything I can do to help
support you. Also, if you'd like more information, please subscribe to my
newsletter where I share mental health tips and creative tips. We're all here to
help one another become more awesome. Thanks for watching! Bye!
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