Hello brains.
This is my first official little Youtube collaboration
Hey, this is Laurel of koolysmiley. A link to her channel in the description below.
This girl can sing
[singing]
Oh gosh. And she is so funny.
I love that guy!
So the reason why we're here with Laurel right now besides that she's my roommate
And I can't film and not have her in the shot
truth we were having a discussion about
ADHD and Dyslexia and she has dyslexia and she thinks that she might have adhd as well
But she never got checked out for interesting reasons. So we're going to talk to her about it
So when did you realize that you had dyslexia when I was in second grade?
Everybody knew how to read, but I didn't when I came home
I walked up to my mom and I was like you guys forgot to teach me how to read
Everybody Else can read and I can't
awww so it's your parents fault? no I
just thought that everybody was really smart
and I was normal. is it hard for you to memorize stuff. no. no? no because when dyslexia sets in I can always catch myself when I
Do it like when I read out loud. That's when my delexia,
My dySlexia sets in like I'll see the numbers on the page, and I'll flip them when I'm saying them out loud
I'll read them correctly but my brain won't let me say them correctly. when did you think that you might have
ADHD at what point were you like maybe there's something. I didn't really realize it existed until sophomore year
So like my teachers would give lectures I would take notes
I remember I would start to write down what they said
And then I would be listening to what they would be saying now
And then be like I can't remember what I was about to write down and so like sophomore year. I was like
Maybe I have this so I went to my dad about it, and I was like listen. I tried constantly in school
I tried so hard, and I couldn't do it. I was working all the time, and I would barely pass my classes
So he started asking me questions that like a doctor would ask me because he wanted to see if I need to see a doctor
Good dad. Thank you
So when that set in the fact that there's a possibility that I might
Have a mental illness or that I was going to have to see a doctor
I got embarrassed because what if I went to see the doctor and the
Doctor said no you don't have it. You're just bad at school. That was scared
Scary to death. what would that mean? my dad would be disappointed in me
And I panicked I was so worried that that it could be me
I didn't want the possibility to get that answer
So I lied to my dad, and I said no like I don't know maybe I don't have it
Maybe I'm just maybe I just don't care like I think I do and maybe I don't know I don't really remember what I said
But I talked him out of taking me to the doctor because I didn't want the possibility that
I had it and I didn't want the possibility that I didn't have it. I hear this a lot from you guys
Where you say like
I just, I'm afraid to go and get that diagnosed because what if I'm wrong like what if I don't have adhd and it's
Just me. I'm just lazy. I'm just stupid. I'm just whatever for that
I just want to let you guys know if you don't get a
Diagnosis that does not mean you're not struggling and that there's not a reason for it
It's all on a spectrum. at some point, It becomes diagnosable. It's like tall you know at some point
You can be officially labeled as tall right?
but that doesn't mean if you're not like as tall is a
basketball player that you don't still sometimes have trouble finding pants. some people don't learn as easily, some people learn differently and just because you're
Not good at school
Doesn't mean you're not smart. A lot of people with ADHD tend to underperform
So you can be really, really smart, but still have trouble in school
Just because of little things like working memory problems or trouble with time management
Or planning or whatever, so it doesn't actually have anything to do with intelligence
You can have ADHD and be highly intelligent. Right! I just wanted to clear that up.
How do you feel about the fact that you didn't get diagnosed, do you feel like you wish you had?
I regret it now because I think that if I
did have it or do have it? I think I could have Gotten way better grades
Maybe if I needed some sort of magic medication or some sort of ADHD coach
Maybe I could have gotten through school better, and then maybe I would have gone to college
So knowing what you know now you feel like you go and seek out a diagnosis now or so
I think that I'm okay think that now that we've done stuff
I know how to manage my time better because I think that was my biggest issue with my youtube stuff was time management
But I think this has kicked my butt enough and kicked me in gear enough that I think I'll be okay
But ask me again in a month and I'll let you know.
I really think that once you have the right partner or you're in the right job, or you find the right passion
I think those of us with ADHD can do amazing things, and it sounds like you have found that
You know for yourself with your singing and your acting. Sometimes
I do get distracted because I have found the right partner
Because I live with my boyfriend and sometimes that can be distracting because I'm like I love him so much
I just wanna hang out with him of all the time, but don't do that
Everything else is just as important as your boyfriend or girlfriend
I would just say like do whatever you have to do to keep yourself on track whether or not you're getting treatment for your ADHD
Just make sure that you have some sort of accountability partner. Yeah for sure. Thank you for coming on and talking about it
Yeah, thanks for letting me be on your channel. This is really cool (this is really cool) jinx. Jinx?
We're almost the same person
Check out her channel. It's amazing and
Like and comment and subscribe, hit me up on Facebook or Twitter, and I will see you next week. You wanna say it? Yes.
Bye Brains!
Mwah
Alright when you were a kid. What was your biggest dream? when I was five years old, I wanted to be a fish. I
really liked it. I think I wanted to be a vet. A vet? yeah loved animals
But I don't like gross substances, and I am terrified of animals now
I like you know, you're terrified of animals? I just big ones