He proves that you can detect an underdeveloped brain even without an MRI scan.

I was diagnosed at 42. Now I understand why I do. what I do. I went home and cried because I finally had answers

@lf3541

11 күн бұрын

My best friend is currently in the formal diagnosis portion of her ADHD journey, she is a year younger than you. The relief she feels at simply being acknowledged is palpable, and finally being in the position to DO SOMETHING about it is clearly improving her overall mental health. She's been crying too. Wishing you much success and hope you receive your long overdue answers and the treatment and relief you (and she) deserve!

@Phil-tc6px

11 күн бұрын

Adhd is a gift. Never forget that!

@user-pb4ci1hf4g

11 күн бұрын

​@@Phil-tc6pxHow??

@fireaza

5 күн бұрын

Does this somehow lead to treatment? Because it seems to me like all that's been accomplished is you now know how to address your demons.

I've just been diagnosed with ADD at 48 thanks to my kids' school requesting them to be tested. It felt validating to know my limitations was not because of laziness.

This is possibly the weirdest produced video I've seen from the BBC in a while. It feels likeba mockumentary

this is a documentary bro 😭 stop trying to flirt(flirt???) with the doctor

@h347h

11 күн бұрын

He can't he has ADHD.

@StopWhining491

11 күн бұрын

Speaking of poor impulse control...

@nevreiha

11 күн бұрын

@@h347h so do I, it just seems absurd in a documentary as well

@nevreiha

11 күн бұрын

@@StopWhining491 I say swap out regular programming for full adhd cast and crew then film the catastrophe that ensues, now that's prime telly

@thinkabout602

11 күн бұрын

good one 👍@@nevreiha

A surprisingly bad video by the BBC. From the weird presenter to the lack of scientific backing to the odd choices in words (although that might in part be a language barrier thing) this was just hard to watch.

It doesn't excuse his behaviour in the video, but the host in the video is Rory Bremner, a famous UK comedian and impersonator/impressionist.

He didn't understand anything she said.

More like an intro of an 70,s adult movie

Why is this researcher acting like ADHD is one size fits all? ADHD manifests in a variety of ways

@opliko

11 күн бұрын

no excuse, but it's from 7 years ago

@harmo2502

9 күн бұрын

@@opliko that’s important context, thanks!

@J.DaviesArt

6 күн бұрын

I agree and everyone can learn and improve traits in their own way.

He fully mocked her accent to her face 😂

"This is the typical task we do in an MRI scanner, with children with ADHD and normal children" Ouch

They're making a distinction between typical and atypical because ADHD is a medical diagnosis not a personality trait. You have to be impaired to get a medical diagnosis. There's nothing wrong with stating that fact. I have Asperger's syndrome myself and i have impairments. Doesn't mean I'm not competent or good at anything though. There's also people with much higher support requirements than i and it would be a travesty to keep the narrative of it's just a difference when it isn't and they require support.

Lost me when she compared ADHD children to "normal" children. Precision of language is important. Variation in a human population is normal.

well at 6mins that was just comedy, is that what the BBC and Horizon has come to, not surprised at all.

This was far too short of a video. Where can I see the whole episode? I genuinely have ADHD and I'm trying to mitigate the stupid actions and crap that falls from my lips and the more information and understanding I have the more Adult like I can be, even though I am by all accounts an Adult. Just imagine being 45 and everyone looking at you like you're no more than 18 or 19.

@tonyatthebeach

11 күн бұрын

It's in the title dude, BBC Horizon. It's an old episode from 2017, prob not worth watching

@moonhajung6742

10 күн бұрын

the Dr. Russell Barkley playlist is far better than this to understand more and there's even advice & tricks to manage our ADHD. How To ADHD is also a great, super helpful channel. please go check them out!

@eternalbordome

10 күн бұрын

@@moonhajung6742 I will. Thank you. I was diagnosed only recently so I'm still learning what is actually going on. Not the lies told to me in school just to sell Ritalin. I don't think drugs are the answer and the brain scans seem to support that. I figured since the path is either under developed or just not there then what is a drug going to do, exactly what they have been, nothing. Because I really imbue the H part I and everyone else I know thought that it was an overdeveloped gland or something like that. Bit of a shock to be honest. But thank you for the advice, I will get right on that. Sincerely Steve Staley.

"underdeveloped" lol

Anyone knows the name of the background music?

@pibyte

11 күн бұрын

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@Y2Kvids

11 күн бұрын

Darude by Sandstorm

So what does one do to inhibit poor impulse control of you have ADHD? Is it a matter of metacognition and restructuring though processes?

This piece literally did not answer the question it proposed. I actually now have more questions. Did it fail?

“Compare to healthy brains”????

@Electrowave

12 күн бұрын

That's what I was wondering. I've always thought of ADHD as different, not faulty.

@grahampcharles

12 күн бұрын

You're right, of course. "Neurotypical" would be a better word. She's a scientist more concerned with her research than with inclusive language. But she does have a lot to say that's helpful. I hope you won't throw out the baby with the bathwater.

@C3ByAx

12 күн бұрын

No need to feel bad. I did quite a lot of study myself as my 7yo diagnosed with ADHD and taking daily pills for over a year now. Is fact that ADHD brain has part that underdeveloped than peers but also part that developed too soon than normal child. That's the reason why they're impulsive, naughty, refuse to follow order in nature as they get distracted easily

@Sylvestriss_

11 күн бұрын

Yes I heard this and very much disliked it

@MihanTheNoob

11 күн бұрын

Same as being gay or anything else. There is a biological norm and then there is an abnormality. It doesn't make abnormal something bad necessarily, its just a statement of a fact from a biological stand point.

I was diagnosed with adhd years ago, yet taken it off yet suspected autism, yet symptoms are similar. I could go but it's a joke 2 half years for autism test, big pharma don't profit. Buddhist practice helps but still homeless half my life failings ov a broken system. Co lab exeter never got 717 after care, blood money.

"attractive": also my first thought... (she knew that damn well) Interesting would be taking the arrow test for left-handers vs. right.

This woman needs to learn to replace the words 'normal' and 'healthy' especially with neurotypical (and neurodiverse as the opposite)

is that simply some harmless flirting by a married man... if it's on camera??🤔 his scans be all lit up!

This is the first time I've said it. Boomers😮😢 plus the lack of info period. Science is having information.

Amazing video thanks. But the narrator should be sacked.

So when I was young and was not paying attention or focused, a quick slap to the back of the head got me right back on track, no further issues

@TheHDreality

7 күн бұрын

I'm sorry that happened to you. Though honestly that sounds like the dream, I have ADHD and no amount of child abuse ever worked on me for more than 20 seconds. Curing it with a few slaps would've been amazing. Honestly give me a time machine and I'd go back and pull out every one of my fingernails if it would've cured my ADHD.

@fortisfortunaadiuvat9262

7 күн бұрын

@@TheHDreality sorry for you but I don’t buy it

I know someone that instinctively felt the need to protect himself from further events that could challenge him too much emotionally, he did his best and he managed to succeed and he was reborn on may 1997, but he died again in October 1999.

ADHD is a fictional condition 😮

@asahdo

11 күн бұрын

I used to think that until I tried one of my brothers meds. He takes them and then is able to sit and focus for hours which he can’t usually do. I can usually focus just fine. I took one of his meds and I was pinging off the walls, couldn’t sit still, couldn’t focus, couldn’t stop talking. Exactly like being on speed. If it was a made up condition then the meds wouldn’t affect people differently depending on if they have adhd or not.

@SimonBrisbane

11 күн бұрын

@@asahdoabsolutely. Many people have baseless opinions. That's fine except when they cling to them when confronted with science to the contrary.

I used to interrupt all the time just like him. Its an Adhd impulsive trait.

I HAVE ADHD AND LOVE BBC BUT NOT THE CHANNEL 😏

@MobileFilmmaking

12 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏾

@initial_kd

11 күн бұрын

Oh great race bait fetish garbage

The problem with phrases like "underdeveloped" or "disabled" is that it implies there is only one way to exist in our cookie-cutter society. Not saying that some neurodiverse folks can't have underdeveloped brains, or struggle with basic tasks, but that plenty of neurodiverse folks are capable of incredible things, and grouping everyone as underdeveloped is doing more harm than good. When we create a society that treats everyone with respect, and empowers them, we create a better society.

@Sylvestriss_

11 күн бұрын

(My opinion!) I would personally argue that the word disabled fits as otherwise the word has no use whatsoever. For example those who use wheelchairs would not be disabled if the world was without stairs (I have ADHD and am a wheelchair user). It's just a useful term to have to let others know you may need some extra support to function as easily in day-to-day life.

@initial_kd

11 күн бұрын

​@@Sylvestriss_disability is not a dirty word, autism is a medical diagnosis as is adhd and it's an important distinction

@Sylvestriss_

11 күн бұрын

@@initial_kd I never said disability is a dirty word, I personally am mentally and physically disabled. You misread or I wasn't clear. The person in the post above says they don't like the word disabled. Also most (if not all) disabilities are medical diagnoses,so the second part of your comment doesn't make a huge amount of sense. To clarify, you don't have to see yourself as disabled if you are neurodivergent, I just see it as a good word. In fact I would argue the reason why a lot of people who are neurodivergent don't call themselves disabled is likely because of some internalised ableism.

@Phil-tc6px

11 күн бұрын

Those without adhd are so obviously the ones who are disabled.

Just got to be careful of shitty parents saying they think their child has ADHD. “No Chardonnay, your child is like that because they see Mummy set a bad example” worked in a special school for years with children with behaviour difficulties and 99.9 percent it was always the parent fault.

@SimonBrisbane

11 күн бұрын

99.9% is almost never scientific. But do please cite your research..

I don't know about those tests because I bet most of the population, myself included would diagnose with ADHD.

Some of yall are so soft these are medical terms and not to stroke your constant need to be outraged

boo hoo! she's not using friendly language 😭, this triggers my ptsd so much and i'll never live this down. ill never be a normal healthy brained individual now, life is over

@Sylvestriss_

11 күн бұрын

Username says it all

@theunbearables

11 күн бұрын

@@Sylvestriss_ 😉

@Sylvestriss_

11 күн бұрын

@@theunbearables to clarify I was talking about you, but I'll accept being winked at gladly

"underdeveloped" ok immediately lost my respect

@HRISTOHH

12 күн бұрын

Wow! So if something makes you feel bad, it is automatically unworthy of respect, regardless of it being true or not. All that matters is comfort here and now, truth is irrelevant, or worse there is no truth, just feelings and subjectivity.

@VuNguyen-ze8jo

12 күн бұрын

Not like this women spent her career researching this or anything...lol

@fawkyou2001

12 күн бұрын

@@VuNguyen-ze8jo not like I've lived my whole life with this and the idea that as a whole we are "underdeveloped" is ableist infantilization and bullshit or anything

@Sirblissfull

12 күн бұрын

@@fawkyou2001 you said " infantilization and bullshit" Do you grasp the irony of having a tantrum when someone used a word you do not like? How about immature, small, undersized, embryonic, nascent undeveloped? They all mean the same thing, using a different word does not change the FACT of the images.

@adrielsebastian5216

12 күн бұрын

I immediately lost respect to you by virtue of you losing respect because she misspoke and I also have ADHD