I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2021 and realized it's just a constant existential crisis. Thinking about too many things all the time, at once. It's not a short attention span. It's an overworked brain.
I feel the same. I overthink so much. It's caused me a lot of problems in life, I'm 36 now. I never fit in, I'm constantly iced out. Being myself is painful.
@@Boipelo_3 Yeah, it's funny because people are always like, 'it's not that deep.' I'm like bro... EVERYTHING is deep. Literally, everything is that deep and they don't get it 😭
@@wowwee0 Right. It's cool when you find like-minded people, but most people are on the surface. It's odd to people when you're so analytical. They don't be trying to hear it.
I feel like this is far more important than anything to do with losing keys, forgetfulness, being late, disorganised etc because on top of all those things (especially the external ones that we can be judged for) that existential crisis feeling, the overwhelming-ness of it is absolutely catastrophic for even trying to be able to regulate anything else thats going on. Thank you for putting it into words
I love this interview. I don't feel alone anymore. These things are not given much attention in Africa. Instead of support, it criticism and mockery. Sending you lots of love from Ghana.
I totally get you. I asked my mom if I can get a diagnosis and she told me not to wish illnesses and mental disorders on myself. It was shocking because I know her to be open-minded compared to other African parents
The importance of what Noah is saying here cannot be overstated! Wow .. abundance of emotional intelligence seeping through the screen. Gosh, this generation of Men learning about themselves in the most meaningful ways. Bravo 👏🏻 Much love to both of you 🙏🏻
6:47 The “thing” in the brain that does these repeating thoughts, mind wandering, and/or rumination, is called the default mode network (DMN). When we focus on something specific, then our brains turn down the DMN’s activity, so that it does not come in the way. But people with ADHD often have trouble shutting the DMN down completely. (Some may not, but they still get distracted by external events.) So, mind wandering can happen while a person with ADHD is trying to focus on something else. Also, when people with ADHD try to relax and think of “nothing”, then the DMN can be too active … and we cannot shut down unwanted thoughts. That is a factor that can lead to depression. The best way to deal with the DMN is to focus on something - anything, really. And to strengthen the ability of the brain to shut it down (ie. the “executive functions”): go for a walk, take a run, move in some way, do exercise. Also, get enough sleep. And talk to people, connect to them. And at least in some ADHD people, medication may help. The above is based on my experience from ADHD self-help groups and from reading about the condition, both in books from experts, published research, and from listening to expert presentations on youtube. I myself have no formal education in these fields.
I also found this incredibly helpful and it’s a good idea to find a way to place your focus on something and try to tune out all distractions. Like I will be watching a RUclips video and not even paying attention and scrolling comments and looking at my phone and by the end of it, I won’t have listened to anything at all. What’s helped me is telling myself no I’m not going to purposely do anything else. I’m gonna sit here and watch it and just listen. That’s always been really hard for me. Mindfulness meditation has helped quite a bit too as well as reading books.
I tried using music to focus. It made it worse and I was so confused. Then a few years later, I loved a song so much I started playing it on repeat. Listened to it for 2 months straight, every day. Then I started working with the music on and I realised, it actually helped me. The songs I had been listening to the first time, were new to me. So I couldn't help but focus on the song. This was such a stupid revelation for me, but an important one. Then I started listening to instrumental music, that too was a good background noise to have while I worked or studied. I realised my brain needed something else as well so the distracted part of my brain could engage with the music, and the other part could then focus on studying or work.
@ let me just recommend you check out the album Nuit by tony Anderson. Absolutely beautiful instrumentals that will make you feel all kinds of emotions
I read Born a Crime a month after my diagnosis and I thought I recognized a kindred spirit! Although we are all so different, there’s some weird thing in common too. It’s a joy to hear a great interview like this and some really good metaphors for these things that are hard to describe. I think of the shared ADHD curse as Restlessness, which can be physical, emotional, mental, social, but always sets us apart from people who don’t feel that constant, constant itching. It’s often made me very depressed.
My oldest daughter has ADHD and wasn't diagnosed until she was an adult. When she was a baby we asked the doctors for assistance for her projectile vomiting and I was laughed at. It turned out that she was lactose intolerant and has a valve issue. She threw many many tantrums, liked to run off, liked to pace and the doctors didn't do anything. She was highly intelligent but never did her homework. She started college but quit. She works at a garden center now and is content. She also loves textiles, spinning wool and crochet. All these things are helpful to her. I believe my other two daughters have social disorders. It wasn't our parenting. We were and still are very supportive. They all are creative and we support their arts. ADHD isn't easy for the person with it and finding things you love and have interests in help.
Really hard to have tried to get support and been turned away. I was diagnosed this yeah at 52!!! But I say better late than never. And the stimulant meds are great for me. I take a low dose and it lets me be much more purposeful and get things done, even if I still jump around tasks 😂 . I am also milk intolerant and when I was 9 I had such a sore stomach from milk that they actually operated on my appendix! I had a depression diagnosis with anxiety and that covered it all up
@@wordzmyth I am on antidepressants myself. My daughter tried stimulants but didn't get on with them. Her acid reflux is also an issue. It is tough isn't it?
@EarthHeartUK My son didn't do well on stimulants (dextroamphetamine) or non stimulants (Strattera), but has had good results at 26 with Buproprion & Trazadone at night. Made a world of difference for his ADHD.
Love how eloquently Trevor describes the existential crisis, when one gets time and comes face to face with ruminative negative thoughts. Our brain 🧠 has this negative bias. It takes energy for it to create mechanisms that pull one out of the funk. Trevor describes wonderfully how he has a negative thought, "this act is meaningless,"and then imagines what he would choose to do if it was his last day alive. All of a sudden, there's this appreciation for the activity he gets to do, extra motivation for him being able to go on stage and tell jokes. Such a treasure he is to us all, especially the ADHD community, and as a Neurologist, ADHD mom of kids with ADHD, his wise words warm my heart. ❤ Thank you for having this discussion with such a genuine, vulnerable and intelligent human being!
What a beautiful little boy and a treasure of a man. Noah you are inspirational. Wishing you every success on your way. Much love from an old lady in the UK xx
I tend to think the thoughtful and interesting comedians have a great intelligence. They’re able to communicate in a lot of ways. The way they think about all kinds of subjects and then to tie it to humor shows that intelligence They’re very in tune with what’s around them and with people and they don’t just know what will get a laugh but to explain, tell a story, create images for people and then bring them in to what’s funny. Very genuine and relatable.
Awesome interview! I have ADHD and hyper focus too, and get stuck on a topic, and have to know everything. Then I get bored and find a new hyper focus. I can't control what my attention shifts to.
I am a rare case, diagnosed as a child around 7. Unfortunately instead of getting help, it was treated as a joke almost "oh yeah, that's just her adhd lolol" I was in my mid 30s before I had the light bulb moment of "oooooh THAT'S what adhd is." Learning about it and myself has been life changing, literally. Sending encouragement to everyone struggling with this 💓
I so look forward to the full interview. Thank you. I work with sooo many teenagers that are self-diagnosing! Thank you for simply breaking those down.
Oh just when I thought I couldn't love Trevor Noah more.... ❤❤❤ My bestie got diagnosed first, and when I went to get checked, I felt exactly the same way. I, too, struggle with depression right now. I'm getting help and it's so worth it. If that's you, don't wait! ❤
I have ADHD, I diagnosed myself with it, then doctors did later, but I knew I was different from almost everyone else, because I was treated differently and didn't like it. I don't tell everyone my conditions or issues.
I was diagnosed with it when 30 years ago. I didn't even understand what it was. In fact, I was told never to let my private high school know of it or I wouldn't be able to attend or be labeled as "special needs". I grew up with that shame. It wasn't until college that I got my aha moment in psychology class! This is so great to hear Trevor's story. Sounds like me so many ways!
I’m 45 and have my first ADHD psych appointment in a month which is ages away but when you’re 45, well. It’s also costing me $600 per appointment compared to a $15 general practitioner appointment. I currently have $.45c in the bank so will need to hustle or something soon. All will be well I hope.
$600/appt?!?!?! That's CRAZY! That sounds like celebrity/rich ppl therapy rates. You only have $0.45. Sorry to tell you mama, but you're not rich. I wouldn't just hope for the best with that. Maybe you should check and see if your employer offers an EAP so you can get those visits for free. If not, find a different and effective psychiatrist/therapist you can afford. I'm guessing you don't have insurance, or you're still paying on your deductible?? Insurance is the obvious other option... 🤷🏽♀️
@@trumpius_maximus47 ADHD is a medical condition that requires proper diagnosis, in most cases medication that only a specialist can administer, and the support of loved ones and a healthy community. It is NOT a moral deficit and while having strong will and disciplined behaviours are useful, it WILL NOT fix ADHD to a therapeutic level. I’m afraid that your suggestion to JUST “take responsibility for yourself” is not only unintelligent and misguided…but dangerous. I appreciate your kindness however, and the fact that I know you speak from a courageous perspective. Thank you.
he's next level because that last bit about what he would do today if there was no tomorrow shows a really healthy relationship with death. i think about it these 'what ifs' often, but he's inspiring me to take it a little more seriously, bc it rlly does light a fire in me + puts things into perspective. & it's wild that engaging with death - an absolute in life for every living being - is considered taboo or "strange" like he said, but it's something we all should develop.
Trevor is the one person that explains this in a way that is incredibly relatable to me. I have been trying to explain this to my family. He actually used the same words verbatim. I have never heard anyone else explain this in the same terms that I do. 🖤
I'm a recently (2023) diagnosed 49 year old with AuDHD plus OCD. Trevor has explained most precisely how i think. The comorbid disorders have made reaching my full potential so difficult. Ive hated myself for so many years. I now understand the noise in my head.
Trevor, *emotionally heavy sigh* thank you for being able to explain and vocalize what adhd actually is and I’m so grateful for the grounding your advice brings bc you nailed it, every note, just nailed it ♥️
I have realized I had ADHA LATER in life . But I began practicing mindfulness and Buddhism early in life. And now feel that being able to control my mind with understanding , the tools I’ve gained from mindfulness meditation and neuroscience. That my ADHD IS A gift .
My respect for Trevor Noah has grown he is my big south african brother salute man you are doing wel you are becoming better love brother from south africa
His description of when someone is talking to him and he is focused on a car 😂 me. I just stopped talking to people as much as possible not great for forming relationships..
I sometimes have that too, but usually I tell the other person. Cos usually something like this distracts me with worry or extrem joy. Like:"Sorry to interrupt you, but look at that kid out there with this father. Aren't they adorable? Happy kid." I don't know if I have some diagnosis. My brain is definitely not normal, that's all I know 😅
Thank You So Much!!!👏🏽👏🏽. ADHD is hereditary, but most parents see their own thoughts, feelings, and actions as "normal" until their kids get diagnosed. Just like 45% of women with ADHD also have PMDD. I'm a mom with ADHD and PMDD. All 3 of my kids have ADHD and both of my daughters have ADHD and PMDD as well. My grandfather was diagnosed at 61, when he started working at IBM.
@@judymurray191 Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome. It’s horrible!!!i have both. I get depressed to the point of wanting to vomit suicide sometimes. Only on that first week before my period. I get super upset, emotionally empty, fog brain and just really physically drained.
There is truly a spectrum when it comes to ADD. I was diagnosed in my early 20’s but mine wasn’t that bad. I chose to try medication but it 💯 % affected my creativity in a negative way. Since I was on the lowest dose I chose to not take it anymore. I’ve made great strides in my life being aware and being able to make mental adjustments when old habits start creeping in. Glad to see Trevor bringing awareness to this condition. Great interview
I hate meds, so I stopped taking them a long time ago, and they put me back on them again, and I stopped taking them again, I take natural supplements and it helps me better.
Omg I totally related to that can’t get a thought out of your head, after my brain would hyper focus on that something - and get stuck - and lead to depression or an obsession. I love that I finally at 42 years of age I got received proper diagnosis and treatment with a specialist and feel a world of a difference and can look back at all that and know how it helped but also reflect on how it negatively impacted my life and am grateful for my treatment
10:26 NOAH!!!!!!! Talking about how fatigue and hunger plays such a HUGE factor in your outlook with ADHD . Omg I’ve never heard anyone talk about that part. I just realized that about myself a few months ago. “This is all meaningless “ no wait… “take a nap steph” 🤣
I love hearing him describe his experiences with adhd. I've had it my whole life but was didn't diagnosed till late teens. Still always learning new thinhs about it, how it affects myself and others and how to deal with it. Some of what he's saying is SO useful! My friend calls that recurrent depressive thought loop as my "doom loop".
Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤ This is an interview I needed to see today 🙏 Thank you for making us feel less alone, and thank you for reminding us to be mindful and present. The fatigue is real. And it is overwhelming. Discussions like this help so much.
Can we please talk about the laugh when Trev said "My mom said no, we'll pray for him"🤣🤣 Hawemah I'm dead. Thank you Yoh hai.. yasis, brown moms are something else
Wow, I was watching the Austrialian TV interview with Trevor, and I noticed something different. At first I thought he had become more matured, but it was this. An awakening. Trevor you are on a spiritual journey. ADHD and labels are a way of society boxing us into categories. We don't conform or understand why we should follow these slave rules. This is what causes the depression. Imagine if we were all the same? Boring. All creative people are different. Don't read too much into the diagnosis, just live authentically
Conversations with God is by far the most meaningful thing you’ll ever experience. It’s like the hug you’ve never had. The love you’ve never felt. Tell the Holy Father all your worries, sadness and fears. Put all your faith in him seeing you through. Get in the word (bible). It will absolutely change your life for the better. HalleluYAH
My struggle with anxiety comes from ADHD. I was always told growing up I was too much or not enough of something. Now I’m hyper aware of it and constantly question if I’m too much or not enough in business, relationships, self-care, even in writing this comment. It’s always in the back of my mind. 😅
Had my first assesment when I was 8. The result said I had low intelligence (not true at all), bad memory (very true) and was insecure (also true). Had many assesments and misdiagnosis after that. Got severe depression and anxiety for 15 years, because of all the masking and fail experiences. I have veeeery obvious quite severe combined ADHD, but I'm a millenial woman, so I tried to get the right diagnosis for years, but got the diagnosis last week at age 29. Gosh.... I'm really happy, but at the same time grieving, for the life I never had and wished I had. Don't have a job, didn't finish a study etc. I tried so hard. But I'm glad I still have a while to figure out what I want to do in life. And I know I'm privileged to get the help I need. Some people aren't that lucky.
The link between them is crystal clear. We are depressed because if we aren’t in our purpose, someone is keeping us out of joy, our mind was trained to believe we are disabled, and it’s torture to live like how “normal” people expect us to function. If they leave us alone. We empower without adoration. We know better. We are here to make a new divot in the road. To usher in the new children to a more prosperous and peaceful life. They have the lessons for us.
So that's what you get, when you mix ADHD with a good heart. Getting ADHD depression. Wow... It's so complex and sad and somehow relatable. He is such a good guy and so nice.
I think most people with ADHD are good at heart. To do something bad, you have to plan it and execute it. People with ADHD don’t have plans or they never execute their plans 😂.
I’m 4 years in to my diagnosis and approaching 40. At first, I experienced a lot of shame. I work in a field of linear quick technical thinkers. I’m good at pattern recognition so mask the hell out of myself but have always felt I was more of a creative person. Now, I realize all of my heroes have ADHD, and it’s not so bad
Trevor's explanation of ADHD on the Brennan podcast was the last straw for me to finally get tested. And I did, and I do have it, and now I see this and feel validated again. When I first got diagnosed, I thought I had finally found my tribe. But in the last two months I learned that, while there is a common understanding of the "struggle" like there is with any affliction, ADHD is 1: not a personality trait, and 2: as disparate from one to the other as shelter dogs at the end of the corridor. Not just different in degrees or symptomatology, but in character.
Trevor is so clearly describing and explaining. I got focus and interested in learning more foreign languages. I spend 20 years to learn five other languages! I loved reading to the point of obsession. Went to college and three degrees. Then I was too old to get a job teaching. I wish someone had told us about these symptoms.
I was watching a podcast in which Trevor Noah was talking about his ADHD. After that video, the algorithms sent me more, of course. I was excited to see Trevor on “The Diary of a CEO” because Steven always reminded me of Trevor. My dream of having them share a podcast together had come life.
Holy. Shit. I was diagnosed professionally with AuDHD, and this whole chat on meaningless is so helpful. Because g sus I feel like a cog in someone else’s money making machine and I am being robbed of a life that only the owner of the machine gets to have. Thank you
For those unfamiliar with complex PTSD (C-PTSD) but interested in ADHD and the link to depression, I'd recommend looking into Complex PTSD. Knowing what Trevor's childhood was like, I expect it's a case of ADHD presenting as a symptom of C-PTSD from childhood trauma. I'm not a psychiatrist, just a student of neuroscience at the moment, but this is something I'm pretty intimately familiar with. And understanding how C-PTSD works was an extremely illuminating change in my perspective on this kind of thing.
What many people don't know is that AD(H)D often goes with depression. It's not just being a (happy) scatterbrain (which of course also causes issues like forgetting to do things, which in turn causes unhappiness).
Thanks Trevor. I know that feeling of zooming out too far all too well. I have found the meaning of my existence to be my existence itself and in everything I do with it. I will continue to be everything that I am until that which I am is no more.
Trevor talking about his thoughts about the pointlessness of our modern existence is exactly what my thoughts focus on when I get depressed. I see life as Groundhog Day. The routine is easy to fixate on and then that's all you can see. And then what he said about people with ADHD are good at pattern recognition. Omg. That's a big one. It's precisely that which drives me crazy and depressed. Seeing how everything has a pattern makes me also think that everything is a simulation. Like sometimes I feel like life isn't real, that it's algorithmic.
My 10yr old was diagnosed last year. This is very interesting to hear. He hyper focuses on things. I have lots to learn about it. I never thought about the fact he can hyper focus on things that can lead to depression.
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I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2021 and realized it's just a constant existential crisis. Thinking about too many things all the time, at once. It's not a short attention span. It's an overworked brain.
Babe, u r onto something here 🤔 I'm constantly questioning my existence and I feel like I'm in the wrong planet
I feel the same. I overthink so much. It's caused me a lot of problems in life, I'm 36 now. I never fit in, I'm constantly iced out. Being myself is painful.
@@Boipelo_3 Yeah, it's funny because people are always like, 'it's not that deep.' I'm like bro... EVERYTHING is deep. Literally, everything is that deep and they don't get it 😭
@@wowwee0 Right. It's cool when you find like-minded people, but most people are on the surface. It's odd to people when you're so analytical. They don't be trying to hear it.
I feel like this is far more important than anything to do with losing keys, forgetfulness, being late, disorganised etc because on top of all those things (especially the external ones that we can be judged for) that existential crisis feeling, the overwhelming-ness of it is absolutely catastrophic for even trying to be able to regulate anything else thats going on.
Thank you for putting it into words
I love this interview. I don't feel alone anymore. These things are not given much attention in Africa. Instead of support, it criticism and mockery. Sending you lots of love from Ghana.
I totally get you. I asked my mom if I can get a diagnosis and she told me not to wish illnesses and mental disorders on myself. It was shocking because I know her to be open-minded compared to other African parents
Sending you lots of love from the US! ❤
sending you love from nigeria, i can sooooooooooooooooooooooo relate
Trevor has very cool ways of explaining his thoughts and feelings.
♓️ peeps thats how we roll
The importance of what Noah is saying here cannot be overstated! Wow .. abundance of emotional intelligence seeping through the screen. Gosh, this generation of Men learning about themselves in the most meaningful ways. Bravo 👏🏻
Much love to both of you 🙏🏻
"some" men are learning...others are still out there terrorizing everyone they come into contact with.
6:47 The “thing” in the brain that does these repeating thoughts, mind wandering, and/or rumination, is called the default mode network (DMN). When we focus on something specific, then our brains turn down the DMN’s activity, so that it does not come in the way. But people with ADHD often have trouble shutting the DMN down completely. (Some may not, but they still get distracted by external events.) So, mind wandering can happen while a person with ADHD is trying to focus on something else. Also, when people with ADHD try to relax and think of “nothing”, then the DMN can be too active … and we cannot shut down unwanted thoughts. That is a factor that can lead to depression.
The best way to deal with the DMN is to focus on something - anything, really. And to strengthen the ability of the brain to shut it down (ie. the “executive functions”): go for a walk, take a run, move in some way, do exercise. Also, get enough sleep. And talk to people, connect to them. And at least in some ADHD people, medication may help.
The above is based on my experience from ADHD self-help groups and from reading about the condition, both in books from experts, published research, and from listening to expert presentations on youtube. I myself have no formal education in these fields.
Dude this is incredibly helpful knowledge.
I also found this incredibly helpful and it’s a good idea to find a way to place your focus on something and try to tune out all distractions. Like I will be watching a RUclips video and not even paying attention and scrolling comments and looking at my phone and by the end of it, I won’t have listened to anything at all. What’s helped me is telling myself no I’m not going to purposely do anything else. I’m gonna sit here and watch it and just listen. That’s always been really hard for me. Mindfulness meditation has helped quite a bit too as well as reading books.
I tried using music to focus. It made it worse and I was so confused. Then a few years later, I loved a song so much I started playing it on repeat. Listened to it for 2 months straight, every day. Then I started working with the music on and I realised, it actually helped me. The songs I had been listening to the first time, were new to me. So I couldn't help but focus on the song. This was such a stupid revelation for me, but an important one. Then I started listening to instrumental music, that too was a good background noise to have while I worked or studied. I realised my brain needed something else as well so the distracted part of my brain could engage with the music, and the other part could then focus on studying or work.
@ let me just recommend you check out the album Nuit by tony Anderson. Absolutely beautiful instrumentals that will make you feel all kinds of emotions
@@MarcusWarcus40 thanks for the recommendation. It's beautiful 💖
I really missed Trevor Noah, I'm so glad he's getting back in the game. Also, he's so relatable in this interview 🤗❤
I read Born a Crime a month after my diagnosis and I thought I recognized a kindred spirit! Although we are all so different, there’s some weird thing in common too. It’s a joy to hear a great interview like this and some really good metaphors for these things that are hard to describe. I think of the shared ADHD curse as Restlessness, which can be physical, emotional, mental, social, but always sets us apart from people who don’t feel that constant, constant itching. It’s often made me very depressed.
My oldest daughter has ADHD and wasn't diagnosed until she was an adult. When she was a baby we asked the doctors for assistance for her projectile vomiting and I was laughed at. It turned out that she was lactose intolerant and has a valve issue. She threw many many tantrums, liked to run off, liked to pace and the doctors didn't do anything. She was highly intelligent but never did her homework. She started college but quit. She works at a garden center now and is content. She also loves textiles, spinning wool and crochet. All these things are helpful to her. I believe my other two daughters have social disorders. It wasn't our parenting. We were and still are very supportive. They all are creative and we support their arts. ADHD isn't easy for the person with it and finding things you love and have interests in help.
Really hard to have tried to get support and been turned away. I was diagnosed this yeah at 52!!! But I say better late than never. And the stimulant meds are great for me. I take a low dose and it lets me be much more purposeful and get things done, even if I still jump around tasks 😂 . I am also milk intolerant and when I was 9 I had such a sore stomach from milk that they actually operated on my appendix!
I had a depression diagnosis with anxiety and that covered it all up
@@wordzmyth I am on antidepressants myself. My daughter tried stimulants but didn't get on with them. Her acid reflux is also an issue. It is tough isn't it?
Diagnosed at 49 because of my grandson. Turns out he has neurodivergent super powers!!! ❤ just like me.
Same- diagnosed at 50... figured it out the same time I was seeing similar in my infant/toddler 10 years previous... We are both Autistic with ADHD ♡
@EarthHeartUK My son didn't do well on stimulants (dextroamphetamine) or non stimulants (Strattera), but has had good results at 26 with Buproprion & Trazadone at night. Made a world of difference for his ADHD.
Someone young and struggling with diagonsed ADHD damn hits, thanks for sharing your thoughts. It makes a difference.
Love how eloquently Trevor describes the existential crisis, when one gets time and comes face to face with ruminative negative thoughts. Our brain 🧠 has this negative bias. It takes energy for it to create mechanisms that pull one out of the funk. Trevor describes wonderfully how he has a negative thought, "this act is meaningless,"and then imagines what he would choose to do if it was his last day alive. All of a sudden, there's this appreciation for the activity he gets to do, extra motivation for him being able to go on stage and tell jokes. Such a treasure he is to us all, especially the ADHD community, and as a Neurologist, ADHD mom of kids with ADHD, his wise words warm my heart. ❤ Thank you for having this discussion with such a genuine, vulnerable and intelligent human being!
Trevor has the ability to bring tears to my eyes through his heartfelt honesty and sincerity when he speaks
Ahhhhhh screaming!!!!!! I have been wanting these 2 together FOREVER!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉MY ABSOLUTE FAVE CROSSOVER!!
Have you seen the whole interview? Listened to it yesterday and it was so good. He’s a very good story teller.
@frankmaxwell2052 I watched it at like 1am when it was posted and stayed up like I didn't have work a few hours later 🤣🤣
What a beautiful little boy and a treasure of a man. Noah you are inspirational. Wishing you every success on your way. Much love from an old lady in the UK xx
Yes! I was just diagnosed at 42. I hate that it’s like a catch phrase. I’m inattentive and mask very well. The depression is big for me as well.
Trevor is really intelligent and has a way of telling stories
Yes
I tend to think the thoughtful and interesting comedians have a great intelligence. They’re able to communicate in a lot of ways. The way they think about all kinds of subjects and then to tie it to humor shows that intelligence They’re very in tune with what’s around them and with people and they don’t just know what will get a laugh but to explain, tell a story, create images for people and then bring them in to what’s funny. Very genuine and relatable.
@Hyper_Driven you could be Trevor's publicist. That was so well articulated
Love the piece on analyzing if you have 1) slept; 2) eaten; 3) moved your body; and spent time breathing.
10:12 " ask yourself a few simple questions "
Awesome interview! I have ADHD and hyper focus too, and get stuck on a topic, and have to know everything. Then I get bored and find a new hyper focus. I can't control what my attention shifts to.
I am a rare case, diagnosed as a child around 7. Unfortunately instead of getting help, it was treated as a joke almost "oh yeah, that's just her adhd lolol" I was in my mid 30s before I had the light bulb moment of "oooooh THAT'S what adhd is." Learning about it and myself has been life changing, literally. Sending encouragement to everyone struggling with this 💓
I so look forward to the full interview. Thank you. I work with sooo many teenagers that are self-diagnosing! Thank you for simply breaking those down.
Oh just when I thought I couldn't love Trevor Noah more.... ❤❤❤ My bestie got diagnosed first, and when I went to get checked, I felt exactly the same way. I, too, struggle with depression right now. I'm getting help and it's so worth it. If that's you, don't wait! ❤
Damn this is a good interview. I'm not ADHD but I really relate to what Trevor is saying about being stuck in loops of negative thoughts.
I have ADHD, I diagnosed myself with it, then doctors did later, but I knew I was different from almost everyone else, because I was treated differently and didn't like it. I don't tell everyone my conditions or issues.
No one has ever explained it so well! I finally understand myself! Thanks 😊
I relate deeply to your depression example....your an inspiration!
Great subject to discuss!
From his analysis and perspective of the disease and the analogy he draws , i noticed that he’s so smart
Wow what a really helpful interview. Thanks!
Holy sh!t that was a perspective I needed to hear. I need to sear that into my brain.
I was diagnosed with it when 30 years ago. I didn't even understand what it was. In fact, I was told never to let my private high school know of it or I wouldn't be able to attend or be labeled as "special needs". I grew up with that shame. It wasn't until college that I got my aha moment in psychology class! This is so great to hear Trevor's story. Sounds like me so many ways!
I’m 45 and have my first ADHD psych appointment in a month which is ages away but when you’re 45, well. It’s also costing me $600 per appointment compared to a $15 general practitioner appointment. I currently have $.45c in the bank so will need to hustle or something soon. All will be well I hope.
$600/appt?!?!?! That's CRAZY! That sounds like celebrity/rich ppl therapy rates. You only have $0.45. Sorry to tell you mama, but you're not rich. I wouldn't just hope for the best with that. Maybe you should check and see if your employer offers an EAP so you can get those visits for free. If not, find a different and effective psychiatrist/therapist you can afford. I'm guessing you don't have insurance, or you're still paying on your deductible?? Insurance is the obvious other option... 🤷🏽♀️
@@akherashepsutera2013I’m ok Sister I have a few income streams that will yield enough cash by that time. Thank you
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@@trumpius_maximus47 ADHD is a medical condition that requires proper diagnosis, in most cases medication that only a specialist can administer, and the support of loved ones and a healthy community. It is NOT a moral deficit and while having strong will and disciplined behaviours are useful, it WILL NOT fix ADHD to a therapeutic level. I’m afraid that your suggestion to JUST “take responsibility for yourself” is not only unintelligent and misguided…but dangerous. I appreciate your kindness however, and the fact that I know you speak from a courageous perspective. Thank you.
@@teenafrench7236 It just seems everyone has a disability nowadays. 😂 These folks should try cerebral palsy.
he's next level because that last bit about what he would do today if there was no tomorrow shows a really healthy relationship with death. i think about it these 'what ifs' often, but he's inspiring me to take it a little more seriously, bc it rlly does light a fire in me + puts things into perspective. & it's wild that engaging with death - an absolute in life for every living being - is considered taboo or "strange" like he said, but it's something we all should develop.
Trevor is the one person that explains this in a way that is incredibly relatable to me. I have been trying to explain this to my family. He actually used the same words verbatim. I have never heard anyone else explain this in the same terms that I do. 🖤
I'm a recently (2023) diagnosed 49 year old with AuDHD plus OCD. Trevor has explained most precisely how i think. The comorbid disorders have made reaching my full potential so difficult. Ive hated myself for so many years. I now understand the noise in my head.
Trevor, *emotionally heavy sigh* thank you for being able to explain and vocalize what adhd actually is and I’m so grateful for the grounding your advice brings bc you nailed it, every note, just nailed it ♥️
I have realized I had ADHA LATER in life . But I began practicing mindfulness and Buddhism early in life. And now feel that being able to control my mind with understanding , the tools I’ve gained from mindfulness meditation and neuroscience. That my ADHD IS A gift .
Thank you Trevor, I’m going to get my diagnosis. Because the hyper fixation he describes hits the nail damn square on the head for me
My respect for Trevor Noah has grown he is my big south african brother salute man you are doing wel you are becoming better love brother from south africa
Bro literally described me🥺🥺
His description of when someone is talking to him and he is focused on a car 😂 me. I just stopped talking to people as much as possible not great for forming relationships..
I sometimes have that too, but usually I tell the other person. Cos usually something like this distracts me with worry or extrem joy. Like:"Sorry to interrupt you, but look at that kid out there with this father. Aren't they adorable? Happy kid."
I don't know if I have some diagnosis. My brain is definitely not normal, that's all I know 😅
Thank You So Much!!!👏🏽👏🏽.
ADHD is hereditary, but most parents see their own thoughts, feelings, and actions as "normal" until their kids get diagnosed.
Just like 45% of women with ADHD also have PMDD.
I'm a mom with ADHD and PMDD. All 3 of my kids have ADHD and both of my daughters have ADHD and PMDD as well.
My grandfather was diagnosed at 61, when he started working at IBM.
I have both as well
@zandranichols9651 Please treat yourself with the love, kindness, and patience that you deserve.
What is PMDD?
@@judymurray191 Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
@@judymurray191 Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome. It’s horrible!!!i have both. I get depressed to the point of wanting to vomit suicide sometimes. Only on that first week before my period. I get super upset, emotionally empty, fog brain and just really physically drained.
I was diagnosed with ADHD in middle school, and then 20 years later diagnosed with depression.
There is truly a spectrum when it comes to ADD. I was diagnosed in my early 20’s but mine wasn’t that bad. I chose to try medication but it 💯 % affected my creativity in a negative way. Since I was on the lowest dose I chose to not take it anymore. I’ve made great strides in my life being aware and being able to make mental adjustments when old habits start creeping in. Glad to see Trevor bringing awareness to this condition. Great interview
I hate meds, so I stopped taking them a long time ago, and they put me back on them again, and I stopped taking them again, I take natural supplements and it helps me better.
@@NellieKAdabaCan you share what natural supplements you use? I stopped taking meds but I have been empty
This made me cry because it resonated so much ...
This is so helpful. I am going to show it to my husband. It is such a good explanation of what is going on in my head. Love Trevor!
Omg I totally related to that can’t get a thought out of your head, after my brain would hyper focus on that something - and get stuck - and lead to depression or an obsession.
I love that I finally at 42 years of age I got received proper diagnosis and treatment with a specialist and feel a world of a difference and can look back at all that and know how it helped but also reflect on how it negatively impacted my life and am grateful for my treatment
Loved that thanks both of you & the crew
10:26 NOAH!!!!!!! Talking about how fatigue and hunger plays such a HUGE factor in your outlook with ADHD . Omg I’ve never heard anyone talk about that part. I just realized that about myself a few months ago. “This is all meaningless “ no wait… “take a nap steph” 🤣
Thank you. This felt so good to hear, someone i know has similar pattern but won't take this as exact. Now i know to get diagnose.
Super cool to see Trevor Noah interview Trevor Noah
Wow. The 'screw you' choice... from 11mins to the end... I needed to hear this. Thank you Trevor for your open-ness in this interview
I wasn’t diagnosed until I was in my 30s. Thank you for this video. I feel seen.
Thanks much for opening up on your experience Trevor. This surely helps so many, realizing one is not alone 😊 all the best for you
I love hearing him describe his experiences with adhd. I've had it my whole life but was didn't diagnosed till late teens. Still always learning new thinhs about it, how it affects myself and others and how to deal with it. Some of what he's saying is SO useful! My friend calls that recurrent depressive thought loop as my "doom loop".
Fantastic interview. 🌟
10:47 I would probably add “have you drank water”
Trevor is INCREDIBLY insightful.
Ich Liebe wie Travor alles erklärt er spricht mir aues der Seele. Vielen Dank für das Video❤
Ich fühle es auch
Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤ This is an interview I needed to see today 🙏 Thank you for making us feel less alone, and thank you for reminding us to be mindful and present. The fatigue is real. And it is overwhelming. Discussions like this help so much.
Can we please talk about the laugh when Trev said "My mom said no, we'll pray for him"🤣🤣 Hawemah I'm dead. Thank you Yoh hai.. yasis, brown moms are something else
Thank you for a great interview, and personal explanation.
Thank you Trevor. It’s helped. So much.
It’s been a minute and 42 seconds into the video and I have zoned out more than 20 times 😢
Yep, be present and aware of your thoughts. Then kick out the negative and focus on the now and positive things.
Just diagnosed a month ago at 56yrs old!
Wow, I was watching the Austrialian TV interview with Trevor, and I noticed something different. At first I thought he had become more matured, but it was this. An awakening. Trevor you are on a spiritual journey. ADHD and labels are a way of society boxing us into categories. We don't conform or understand why we should follow these slave rules. This is what causes the depression. Imagine if we were all the same? Boring. All creative people are different. Don't read too much into the diagnosis, just live authentically
Conversations with God is by far the most meaningful thing you’ll ever experience. It’s like the hug you’ve never had. The love you’ve never felt. Tell the Holy Father all your worries, sadness and fears. Put all your faith in him seeing you through. Get in the word (bible). It will absolutely change your life for the better. HalleluYAH
Absolutely. I couldn’t get through the day with Baal.
Thank you Trevor for being so real and authentic. Love you even more ❤
Thank you so much DOC and Trevor ❤what a blessing to be alive and experiencing this wonderful opportunity ❤
My struggle with anxiety comes from ADHD. I was always told growing up I was too much or not enough of something. Now I’m hyper aware of it and constantly question if I’m too much or not enough in business, relationships, self-care, even in writing this comment. It’s always in the back of my mind. 😅
Trevor explains things so well
So eloquently spoken. Trevor Noah #Brilliant
Omg! He explained it so profound!
Had my first assesment when I was 8. The result said I had low intelligence (not true at all), bad memory (very true) and was insecure (also true). Had many assesments and misdiagnosis after that. Got severe depression and anxiety for 15 years, because of all the masking and fail experiences. I have veeeery obvious quite severe combined ADHD, but I'm a millenial woman, so I tried to get the right diagnosis for years, but got the diagnosis last week at age 29. Gosh.... I'm really happy, but at the same time grieving, for the life I never had and wished I had. Don't have a job, didn't finish a study etc. I tried so hard. But I'm glad I still have a while to figure out what I want to do in life. And I know I'm privileged to get the help I need. Some people aren't that lucky.
Trevor’s description of his diagnosis is exactly how I feel everyday….
Me too.
The link between them is crystal clear. We are depressed because if we aren’t in our purpose, someone is keeping us out of joy, our mind was trained to believe we are disabled, and it’s torture to live like how “normal” people expect us to function. If they leave us alone. We empower without adoration. We know better. We are here to make a new divot in the road. To usher in the new children to a more prosperous and peaceful life. They have the lessons for us.
So that's what you get, when you mix ADHD with a good heart. Getting ADHD depression.
Wow... It's so complex and sad and somehow relatable.
He is such a good guy and so nice.
I think most people with ADHD are good at heart. To do something bad, you have to plan it and execute it. People with ADHD don’t have plans or they never execute their plans 😂.
Oh Trevor Noah is the best
I’m 4 years in to my diagnosis and approaching 40. At first, I experienced a lot of shame. I work in a field of linear quick technical thinkers. I’m good at pattern recognition so mask the hell out of myself but have always felt I was more of a creative person. Now, I realize all of my heroes have ADHD, and it’s not so bad
I really really enjoyed this conversation. Trevor Noah is an amazing person
Thanks for sharing ❤
This is the perfect summary to the counselling sessions I've been having.
Probably the best explanation I have ever heard that I can relate to.
So much respect, Trevor is the
Trevor's explanation of ADHD on the Brennan podcast was the last straw for me to finally get tested. And I did, and I do have it, and now I see this and feel validated again.
When I first got diagnosed, I thought I had finally found my tribe. But in the last two months I learned that, while there is a common understanding of the "struggle" like there is with any affliction, ADHD is 1: not a personality trait, and 2: as disparate from one to the other as shelter dogs at the end of the corridor. Not just different in degrees or symptomatology, but in character.
Trevor is so clearly describing and explaining. I got focus and interested in learning more foreign languages. I spend 20 years to learn five other languages! I loved reading to the point of obsession. Went to college and three degrees. Then I was too old to get a job teaching. I wish someone had told us about these symptoms.
When life starts to feel like a routine it can be frustrating that pattern that suddenly needs to break
I was watching a podcast in which Trevor Noah was talking about his ADHD. After that video, the algorithms sent me more, of course. I was excited to see Trevor on “The Diary of a CEO” because Steven always reminded me of Trevor. My dream of having them share a podcast together had come life.
Holy. Shit.
I was diagnosed professionally with AuDHD, and this whole chat on meaningless is so helpful. Because g sus I feel like a cog in someone else’s money making machine and I am being robbed of a life that only the owner of the machine gets to have. Thank you
For those unfamiliar with complex PTSD (C-PTSD) but interested in ADHD and the link to depression, I'd recommend looking into Complex PTSD. Knowing what Trevor's childhood was like, I expect it's a case of ADHD presenting as a symptom of C-PTSD from childhood trauma. I'm not a psychiatrist, just a student of neuroscience at the moment, but this is something I'm pretty intimately familiar with. And understanding how C-PTSD works was an extremely illuminating change in my perspective on this kind of thing.
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Am really glad he shared his diagnosis.
Such a good interview 😊
What many people don't know is that AD(H)D often goes with depression. It's not just being a (happy) scatterbrain (which of course also causes issues like forgetting to do things, which in turn causes unhappiness).
Thanks Trevor.
I know that feeling of zooming out too far all too well.
I have found the meaning of my existence to be my existence itself and in everything I do with it.
I will continue to be everything that I am until that which I am is no more.
Trevor, thou art dust and to dust you shall return. In the meantime, compassion for others helps with the depression.
🤔 interesting comment 🧐
Trevor talking about his thoughts about the pointlessness of our modern existence is exactly what my thoughts focus on when I get depressed. I see life as Groundhog Day. The routine is easy to fixate on and then that's all you can see. And then what he said about people with ADHD are good at pattern recognition. Omg. That's a big one. It's precisely that which drives me crazy and depressed. Seeing how everything has a pattern makes me also think that everything is a simulation. Like sometimes I feel like life isn't real, that it's algorithmic.
Thank you
My 10yr old was diagnosed last year. This is very interesting to hear. He hyper focuses on things. I have lots to learn about it. I never thought about the fact he can hyper focus on things that can lead to depression.
Wooow ❤sublime info
Love interview with Trevor Noah very insightful and given me reflection. Wonderful guy!
6:16 reminds me of Ecclesiastes 12:28 in the Bible, "all is vanity"