The Dark Side of ADHD: Understanding the Struggles and Finding Hope

this is the Dark Side of ADHD you consistently have days where you feel terrible and can't get motivated days

where you just won't function when your mind simply won't cooperate Everything feels 10 times harder and you wish you

could just break out of your brain you look around and see people living these productive stable lives and you can't

help but ask yourself why can't I be like that why does my life have to be so difficult ADHD can feel like living like

on hard mode it's the reason why 25 to 50% of us are afraid of social interactions or life in general and why

around 30% of us feel like we're not worth anything and lose hope completely which may lead to living a way shorter

life so when someone tells you that ADHD is just about you not being able to sit still and focus and that you should get

over it lightly chuckle to yourself and then show them this ADHD is often the main root cause of many of these

struggles it's like an invisible web that connects everything in your life but what if understanding this web is

the key to turning everything around ADHD can feel like a curse like a Darkness you can't escape but what if

there's more to this story I know how hard it feels trapped in a cycle of bitterness and frustration it feels like

your brain is working against you on a daily basis I felt like this for years but then something shifted it wasn't a

magic fix it didn't make things easier overnight but it gave me New Perspective one that changed everything it's a

simple idea about life with ADHD that I want to share with you today but first let's go into why life with ADHD can be

a NeverEnding cycle of frustration which mainly comes down to how your brain handles dopamine you see while people

without ADHD are able to tell their brain what to do you have a dopamine disregulation which leads to the loss of

control over your brain functions activation Focus effort memory and action all these functions are now

impaired because you don't have enough fuel in your brain so while other people can use willpower or discipline to force

themselves through difficult situations or days you often can't it's like trying to squeeze a sponge that's empty your

brain just won't cooperate you therefore lead a life enslaved at the mercy of your brain constantly on the chase for

something stimulating in a world where 95% of people don't have ADHD and dopamine is always Within Reach it's

easy to feel like you're spiraling out of control worse it can leave you feeling isolated as if you're letting

everyone down including yourself and so it's no wonder we feel lost right like we have to fend for ourselves while

there are strategies to mitigate problems with Focus which I'll share at the end of this video you can't turn

back the genetic decision that ADHD will be with you for the rest of your life so how can we learn to live with it can we

even do that and is it possible to maybe even Thrive this was the question that I I set out to answer and spoiler alert

what I found shocked me I started my quest looking for Hope for successful people who have ADHD maybe there were

some and when I came across confused me I saw my screen light up with some of the brightest minds of the 20th century

Albert Einstein Thomas Edison Nicola Tesla Leonardo da Vinci the list went on and on although they were never

officially diagnosed since the term ADHD didn't even exist at the time experts today believe that many traits outlined

in the modern ADHD diagnostic manual were evident in the behavior of these renowned scientists Einstein was known

for being highly imaginative and had a Wandering mind as a child he struggled in Traditional School settings often

described as inattentive and rebellious he also displayed hyperfocus working intensely on physics problems for long

periods as known in ADHD he ended up discovering the theory of relativity Tesla was a brilliant

inventor who was known for his intense focus on his ideas to the point of neglecting his health he had difficulty

adhering to structured environments and routines traits often associated with ADHD this man invented light bulbs

Thomas Edison's teachers reportedly described him as confused and unable to sit still or focus on traditional

education he thrived in a self-directed Hands-On learning environment inventing technologies that changed the world he

invented the phonograph in 1877 which was the first device capable of recording and playing back sound

revolutionizing the way audio was preserved and shared Da Vinci's prolific creativity and vast array of Unfinished

projects also suggest a mind that leapt from one idea to the next his journals reveal that he often struggled with

follow-through Hallmark of ADHD he made some of the most beautiful paintings ever created one of which sold for over

$450 million these stories really took me AB back and made me think what if there's a bright side to ADHD what if it

actually helped all of these inventors and artists create their work but then I thought no that can't be these

scientists are no longer alive and who's really to say if they would have gotten diagnosed with ADHD it's all speculation

but then I stumbled upon something that left me even more confused Einstein Edison Tesla and D Vinci weren't the

only ones in fact there were dozens and dozens of more successful people with ADHD Michael Phelps Jesse J Simone biles

David gogin Jim Carrey it turns out there are hundreds of successful people nowadays officially diagnosed with ADHD

people that I knew and looked up to scrolling through the people that follow me I found many who were famous DJs

artists actors and even billionaires and this made me really question my approach to ADHD in general what if there's more

to ADHD than meets the eye yes it literally makes life insufferable at times living in a constant rush for

something always Out Of Reach yes I feel like less than and constantly misunderstood by others but it's almost

like all of this makes me want to achieve and prove them wrong that much more for some reason I rarely give up

anymore it's almost like all of my struggles have helped me become incredibly resilient to what life throws

at me which coincidentally I found was also one of the main ADHD strengths often cited and this is when I came

across something that changed everything for me I learned that most successful people become successful because they

think they're not good enough they succeeded because they were relentlessly driven to prove themselves turning their

struggles into fuel it's almost like they traded a balanced life for an unrelenting Obsession so they can give

the world something extraordinary how does this relate to ADHD well it turns out that most entrepreneurs have it

having ADHD literally doubles your chances of starting your own business and so maybe there's a link maybe there

is meaning in the suffering that comes with my ADHD maybe it's the price I have to pay for something greater what could

the meaning behind ADHD suffering be well the answer to that is deeply personal and ultimately yours to Define

for me it comes down to this our brains are wired to Crave sensation because we have less dopamine we are constantly

seeking that next spark that next rush and while it can feel overwhelming it seems that it's also the source of our

Ingenuity creativity and fearless risk-taking that drive for simulation is what makes us uniquely equipped to think

outside the box and Chase the extraordinary think about it maybe there's a flip side to ADHD that we've

ignored all along yes you have a constant craving for dopamine but did you know that this actually gives you

the ability to become very calm and focused in high pressure situations because these circumstances provide your

brain with the dopamine that it needs yes you have a constant need for stimulation but this can actually make

you very funny and enthusiastic because you're always looking for laugh just like Jim Carrey yes you're always

distracted but this also makes you very creative because you need to pay attention to a lot more things at once

to stay engaged which is when you're able to recognize seemingly unrelated patterns just like Einstein did with his

theory of relativity and yes you have trouble focusing on things you aren't interested in but you're able to

hyperfocus on things that you are interested in giving you the power and dopamine to put in a day's work in just

a few hours just like Tes so yes ADHD has a dark side but I learned that after careful consideration there is also a

bright side a bright side with a light so bright under the right conditions it can outshine many others the impact that

this light can have can be huge and immense which is also why it takes a lot of energy to power and therefore only

shines about 50% of the time or less but when it does it surprises everyone we adhders have what's called a spiky

profile while neurotypical people can force themselves to be kind of all right at everything we are either really bad

at things or the best in our fields in others there is no middle ground we are naturally occurring Specialists and so I

invite you to think about this what if you with your ADHD brain were put on this Earth for a reason what if the

challenges you're facing right now are the very fuel you need to transform into an Unstoppable force of innovation what

if you're really here for something great for something bigger than just you to create innovate Inspire help change

heck leave an impact maybe just maybe you have ADHD for a reason and if so maybe that could change everything at

least that's what it did for me it gave me hope I've have not come to accept that I won't always be able to optimize

my ADHD suffering that I'll have lows but that these are simply the price I pay for being able to do and experience

things that others can't it transformed my victim mindset into one of growth and possibility however I also realize the

importance of not letting inferiority and darkness drive you because real Success is Not defined by your

achievements or money it's about how you feel after having accomplished what you have you see while Einstein achieved

great things it was also known that he wasn't necessarily happy as a scientist with unconventional ideas Einstein often

felt isolated from his peers early in his career he went through divorce had an estranged daughter and was known to

be very isolated often pondering existential questions about Humanity in his pursuit of greatness and progress he

forgot to stay balanced don't we know what that feels like and so the real solution isn't about forcing yourself to

work harder or pretending to be someone you're not it's about learning how to harness the unique power of your ADHD

when you do this everything changes and a whole new world of possibilities opens up a world in which you can finally make

an impact leave a legacy and feel good while doing it this is the only way forward and even if it seems impossible

right now trust me that with the right approach it's not because not only am I living proof but actually thousands of

adhders were able to turn their life around using the right approach this right approach is a simple system I've

created that shows exactly how adhders like us can unlock feel-good productivity every day without relying

on Willpower or discipline it's not an old monkey banana type trick but a never seen before process designed by

successful adhders for people with ADHD backed by science and I actually recorded an in-depth video explaining

exactly how this new system works and why it's so lifechanging powerful it's the closest thing to a Magic Bullet

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