1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Welcome into Unbreakable and Mental Health Podcast with Jay Glazer. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: I'm Jay Glaser, and if you're like many people, you 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: may be surprised to learn that one in five adults 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: in this country experience mental illness. Last year get far 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: too many failed to receive the support they need. Carolyn 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 1: Behavioral Health is doing something about it. They understand that 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: behavioral health is a key part of whole health, delivering 8 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 1: compassionate care that treats physical, mental, emotional, and social needs 9 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: and tendem Carlyn Behavioral Health raising the quality of life 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: through empathy and action. Welcome into Unbreakable Mental Health Podcast 11 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: with Jay Glazer. I am Jay Glazer, and this is 12 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: weekend motivation. And for these weekend motivations. In the past, 13 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: I've liked to use my words to describe different mental 14 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: health issues so we can communicate it to our loved 15 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: ones and our coworkers and our friends and our family. Today, 16 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: I want to talk about ADHD, and I want people 17 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: to understand what it's like and for those out there 18 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: with it who don't had to describe it to their 19 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: partners again their coworkers, and we can use some of 20 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: these words to help you out what people don't know 21 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: is I was one of the first adults diagnosed with 22 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: adult ADHD on the East coast of America, I believe 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty nine. Think about this, nineteen eighty nine, 24 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: I would have to go and explain it to my 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: professors and teachers that I have to walk out of 26 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: their class after I was diagnosed. My psychiatrist at time said, hey, 27 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna give you something. Plus you walk out, take 28 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: a breath, get some water for a little co water 29 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: on your face. But I'd actually have to describe it 30 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: to college professors, and most of my college professors kind 31 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: of looked at me like I was, you know, Ferris 32 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: Bueller's day off, and I was trying to get out 33 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: of something. So when I started describing it, even back then, 34 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: when I describe it to people now, when you have ADHD, 35 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: it feels like you're drowning, when you are in something 36 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: that you're not able to keep your attention on. So again, 37 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: for me, a three hour college lecture felt like I 38 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: was drowning, and my way to the top of that 39 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: water was to fidget, was to talk to somebody else, 40 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: was to disrupt the class. My entire life, every single 41 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: parent teacher conference I ever had was the same thing. 42 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: They would tell my parents, Hey, you know, Jay is 43 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: a good kid, but he can't focus. He's always disrupting 44 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: the class, and I always got grounded. And you look 45 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: back at it out like, you think I wanted to 46 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: get grounded. You think I wanted to disrupt the class. 47 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: I wasn't able to. That's what happens you have when 48 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: you have certain issues. I just wasn't able to, and 49 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: my way of getting to the top of that water 50 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: was to disrupt the class. So that's really what it 51 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: feels like. So if you have a childhood is adhd 52 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: understand how painful it really is. It really gets you 53 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: from the inside out. And the more you can understand that, 54 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: and the more you can understand the pain of when 55 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 1: something isn't resonating with us, that compassion goes a long way. 56 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: Now here's the other thing I would tell teachers. Because 57 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: I was put in remedial English, I was told I 58 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: had a learning disability, and I said no, and I'm 59 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 1: a learning disability. I just don't learn the way you teach. 60 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: Think about that. I've coached a ton of athletes in 61 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: mixed martial arts and some cats resonate with my style. 62 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: Some cats don't. Doesn't mean they can't fight, doesn't mean 63 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: they can't play. It's just who you resonate with. So 64 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: always try and tell people please do not say I 65 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: have a learning disability. Don't call it learning disability. I 66 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: just can't learn the way you teach. So even with that, 67 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,839 Speaker 1: if you're a teacher, if you're somebody, think about, Hey, 68 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: if I have a student, or I have a child, 69 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: or I have a sibling, or a husband or wife 70 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: with tension deficit disorder, Hey, how can I maybe change 71 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: something up so it resonates with them a little bit better? Again, folks, 72 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 1: nothing to be ashamed of. For me, my ADHD has 73 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: been a superpower because it's got me to be able 74 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: to do six things at the same time. And again, no, 75 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: like I said, I can't sit there in a three 76 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: hour lecture, but man I could multitask with the best 77 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,239 Speaker 1: of them. Let's keep walking this walk together.