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@@Gossih thank you! 🥹💚

@@Narjis-lb9zp yay! 🤩 commenting just in case ;)

@@AshleyAwe thank you 🥹💚

@@persephoneunderground845 stop I am DEADDDDDDDDD. And literally...yes. Wow. Thank you for sharing this perspective.

@@christinefernandez379 10000%. YEP! And omg about your mom...it's so interesting the way things work out. I'm so glad you've got awareness and acceptance for yourself. Sending hugs 🤗💚

@@samya5626 welcome to the Trying Fam :')

Thank you. Welcome to the Trying Fam :')

@@nuriagonzalez-candia2104 🥺 1000%. You're an amazing mom for being there for your daughter in this way. Truly. To have a parent looking out for you is truly a privilege and a blessing...you're doing so much for her. Thanks for watching and sharing. 🥺💚

Omg, it's possible! Though I will say...there are some discrepancies in my family tree LOL

@@totabo6aa if we all had our own reality show, the opening sequence would be the beginning of every episode 😭

@@bayanhanini1665 absolutely. 💯 to this.

@@cristianpurcaru welcome to the Trying Fam :')

@@tobiaskern1972 honestly. Welcome to the Trying Fam 😭

@@laquenoescribe 🥺 def a combo of Meg and Sam emotions...thanks hon. 🫶

@@JustinThorntonArt all of the artists we hired to create low-budget commissions for the film have ADHD and/or OCD, and we're very grateful we were able to find them for what we needed. Thanks for watching and for the compliments <3

@@Simonious_Monk 😭🧑‍🍳

@@Heuheuheu7 literally...the tears were real lmao. Thanks for watching :')

@@rosemarymetallic9741 dang, this means a lot to me. Thanks for watching :')

@ thank you for simply existing and chose to make such a beautiful piece of art which is this youtube video during you existence haha! i'm glad so many other people are also enjoying and relating to this video. And lastlyy, thank you for having so many people take adhd tests after watching this because it's so important to know exactly what you have to find the solutions to it🫶🫶🫶✨

@@rosemarymetallic9741 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭 I don't really have words. Just...thank you. 🥺💚

@@oluchinwagboso7996 🥹 thanks for this and being part of the Trying Fam 💚

@@Tonisuperfly WOW. What a JOURNEY! Stressful trip, but exactly...we realize we can push bounds and we get that sweet, sweet dopamine relief when we accomplish them. I've self-produced two professional projects now, and EVERYTHING was down to the wire...I'm really trying to find ways to remedy them, so I can actually operate at my FULL capscity throughout all aspects of the process, not just at the home stretch! Fingers crossed 😜

@ ikr. I couldn’t believe it when the station had been struck by lightning 😆 I’ve been trying for so many years to take action BEFORE something is urgent but it’s nigh impossible. If I pressure myself to start early, all that usually happen is that I stress out about it for longer, but I still end up doing it at the last minute anyway. So I’ve all but given up trying to change my ways. I’m trying to focus on accepting that urgency is a necessary evil for my motivation. Yes I don’t perform at my optimum but I’m trying to be ok with “good enough”. I must warn you that as a woman, there is a certain age where this “urgency superpower” (ability to perform at the last minute) might not work as it once did… I believe it’s why so many women are diagnosed later in life. We are masters at masking and putting on a front, looking like we have things under control, even when it might be complete chaos behind the scenes. Hormonal changes can tip the scales just enough that we are unable to hide it and keep in the charade. It can be a time of reckoning. It’s also an opportunity to learn to accept and love our self behind the facade. I wish someone had warned me so I didn’t wait so long to do my graduate degree. Or that I just didn’t start it at all.

@@Tonisuperfly wow. Thank you for sharing all of this. I'm so with you with the radical acceptance… It's been life-changing for me. I'm so interesting about age and getting older and capacity for things... on one hand, reading your comment and not being able to mask anymore sounds liberating to me, but I'm 29 years old and I'm not going through the same things that you are. Thank you for sharing this with me, you've now helped me gain some awareness as I get older. So glad you're doing the things now that you are. Sending all the hugs.

@@sluhbrek just to add a bit more detail: It’s not only the ability to mask that can fade dramatically at a certain age, but the ability to function to the same level at all. Acting at the last minute and using that urgency to bust out the task to completion used to be a superpower. That superpower has ceased to exist!

@@Tonisuperfly okay yes THANK YOU for the clarification. I was using talk to text and didn't respond to the nuances you mentioned...thank you. Maybe I'll get up right now and do the thing I've been procrastinating on 🤔 xx

@@ShellBAtoms this made ME cry. Wow. Thank you so much for sharing and for all you've done as a teacher, and for supporting all of your students how you have. I love hearing that what worked for your adhd students worked for everyone...I think this needs to be in a teaching course somewhere. My heart is swelling. Thank you for watching, sharing, and being you 💚

@@sunny.lie.melody 🥹 thank you. welcome to the Trying Fam <3

@@TheDeathOfPassion 100000%. Sorry and also thank you 😭 you can sign up for our mailing list for what's coming next!! :)

@@mamabubu6505 thank you for this and for watching 🥺 welcome to the Trying Fam 💚

@@Evanescence092 🥹💚 thank you for this and for watching. I have a feeling something is gonna come up ;)

@@sluhbrek Amazing!! 😍

@@GdpJapan wow, hi from Los Angeles!!! Thanks so much for watching and sharing. And thank god for the text LOL

@ Thank you for your reply. No two people with ADHD are the same. In urban Japan, society is not car-centric, houses are different, and commuting is primarily by train. Watching your movie, I could relate to so many things, but at the same time, I found myself reflecting on how ADHD affects me here in Japan. My biggest struggle is living in a society that is largely unaware of ADHD. Since you're a creator, I wanted to ask: does your stimulant ADHD medication impact your creativity? I do music for a living and Concerta makes the creative side of it go away, but drives me to write my invoices. lol

@ 10000%. I sympathize with you. One thing I'm grateful for here is that there is more awareness around ADHD, and I'm glad we have the internet to connect across the planet, because you're not alone. It's funny you ask about medication. I didn't start trying medication until this year (around 1.5 years after I got diagnosed). I've tried both Adderall and Concerta, and they both worked great on my very first day of trying each of them, but otherwise, Adderall just made me anxious, and Concerta made me completely numb. I didn't attempt to do much creative work while on it because I didn't feel motivated to even try, or really want to do anything. The best way I can describe how I felt on it Was that mentally and physically I felt as I do when I'm depressed, but emotionally, I just felt totally neutral. Not good, not bad, just nothing. I'm an incredibly passionate person, so this was really surprising and alarming to me, so I decided to stop using the medication. I'm currently unmedicated, and trying to find ways to incorporate more active things in my life like I had before the pandemic. I've heard people will take meds just on the days They have to do hard or boring tasks, and then stay unmedicated for the other times. I'm really glad you've been able to get a diagnosis and medication, that's great. I just lifted out of a pretty long depression, so I'm curious to see how I am, unmedicated, trying to force myself to do more in my everyday routine to help. We'll see. 🥲

@@jasonfeatmusic welcome to the Trying Fam :')

Hey Kelly. First off, thank you for watching and thank you for sharing :') as you mentioned, your fellow youtubers aren't doctors, but it wasn't until a friend of mine (who was diagnosed with ADHD) told me that she thought that I had ADHD too...a year after I shot this film...that I was gobsmacked, and went in and got diagnosed myself. SO, just want to share my experiences. This past weekend, I presented "Trying" at the Annual International Conference on ADHD. I've been waiting for THREE WHOLE YEARS to finally present "Trying" at the conference, and finally could do it because it was local to LA (where I live). Meaning I've been waiting for this for years, and years, and years...and I was still 45 minutes for my call time, walking in just 5 minutes before the screening was supposed to begin. Thankfully, I was surrounded by fellow ADHD'ers who understood, but I was still full of so much guilt and shame - clearly, as I'm still sharing about it now, days later! I resonate to a lot of what you shared - I scraped by in school doing things last minute and just-good-enough, my dad says I run on "Samantha Time", and I've done impressive things in my career that from the outside, look like I've got it all together. But I don't. ADHD runs in my family too, and it is genetic, which is why I felt it was important to showcase both Meg and her mom in the film. If you're curious, it doesn't hurt to get a diagnosis (though many people operate as being self-diagnosed). It was incredibly helpful for me to learn I had ADHD and get a diagnosis - I no longer feel "stupid", "lazy", or "crazy", I just understand that I have executive dysfunction and my brain works in xyz ways. It's helped me take some of the pressure off and offering myself more self compassion. Thanks again for sharing and good luck. xx

10000%. It's a big, nuanced experience. You have community here. You will succeed. Just need some fine-tuning with our brains. xx

Welcome to the Trying Fam :')

Thanks so much for watching and sharing. I experienced extreme burnout after making this film, and then I got diagnosed a year a later. It's a wild ride. Sending hugs, rest, and thanks again. xx

@@sluhbreka wild ride indeed Hugs back to you ❤

Wow! Almost a year later!! Thanks Kenn! :D

@@sluhbrek I promise to make sure I comment every time I watch from now on!

@ 😂 I love it! Please do!!!

Part 2 might be coming...be sure to subscribe :)

Thank you so much for watching and congrats on the diagnosis. My diagnosis was truly life-changing for me. To many beautiful years of understanding your brain and living a beautiful life!!!!

welcome to the Trying Fam :')

Happy to hear, thanks Logan :')

Everyone experiences ADHD differently <3

Sorry for crying but also welcome to the Trying Fam :') <3

🥲 sorry and also <3 welcome to the Trying Fam.

Thanks Priscila :')

Literally...I have to refresh my post-its cuz they become invisible to my eye after a while lmao

UGH!!! better safe than sorry D:

I really appreciate this. Thank you for watching, and sharing. Welcome to the Trying Fam <3

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Also nice acting Fleabag!

@@tbpp6553 I so get it. I'm on the entrepreneur route too. Having to fit into neurotypical standards is exhausting. Sending you all the good vibes on your biz. And thank you! :')

Literally...I use a towel to cover now D:

Thank you :') <3