Why You Can't Focus and How to Fix It
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
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In this video, I explain why you cannot focus, especially if you are someone with ADHD or higher up on the ADHD spectrum. I discuss ADHD and productivity from a hardware-software perspective.
0:00 How I realized I had ADHD
2:22 How ADHD brains work
3:55 Why ADHD brains struggle with focus
8:37 How to make ADHD brains focus
16:00 How to run the best software for your brain
Disclaimer: This video is produced for the purpose of education and entertainment. The opinions of this video are my own and produced in my own free time, and by no shape or form represent NASA or NASA JPL.
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I've recently found this channel and it's the biggest motivation ever
That makes me very happy -- thank you for sharing!
I've already watched the other videos, but I'll watch this one later. I really enjoy your videos. As a teenager with ADHD, it's sometimes hard not to get frustrated. I want to become a software engineer, but I struggle to grasp mathematics. If I find a topic "fun," I'll tackle it easily, but if I don't understand it from the get-go, I end up hating it. Sometimes, I feel like diving into studying and truly comprehending math, but there's something inside me that tells me I won't be able to succeed. It's like I have this desire to know everything, yet at the same time, I feel like I won't achieve it.
as a 23 yr old w hella adhd, some advice I have is try and to *apply* the things you're learning, I know its cringe and cliche to say but, S/O to Pythagoras, Ive used the Pythagorean theroem SOOO many times, and when I joined the workforce at 18, I had to learn basic to intermediate electronics to become ASE A6 certified, I failed twice, but when I was working and was faced with real world problems akin to the testing questions, it all made sense. Don't beat yourself up too. I know it's hard, but you're doing the right thing and you'll be alright.
@@EclipseCeLL Thanks for your comment. I think only those of us who have ADHD know that it is not easy, it is very frustrating. None of my teachers know that I have ADHD, and I think if I tell them they will take it as an excuse, but I would really like them to help me, because in the end I end up being self-taught in most things. Additionally, I firmly believe that I learn better when I can apply what I'm learning in practice, rather than just sticking to theory. For example, when I study function limits, I truly internalize the concept when I can relate it to real-life situations and understand how to apply it in everyday contexts. Unfortunately, I feel that in Uruguay, not enough attention is given to the needs of people with ADHD in the educational setting. Sorry if what I say sounds very cringey but I use a translator haha, I don't know how to explain it well in English
That's so cool you are from Uruguay -- I had a big Uruguay flag in my college dorm room, Diego Forlan was my favorite player haha. As for the ADHD, yes, it can be very frustrating, but now you have the knowledge and awareness, I would try to find ways to make the learning more fun and engaging. Maybe tell your teachers you just need real life examples to learn the topic
I was thinking about telling them that, if they could tell me the real life applications. Apart from all this, I wanted to tell you that I made a miniature for this video, I was a little inspired and had nothing to do with that inspiration so I used it for this hehe. but I don't know how to pass it to you since RUclips deletes the comment with the link very quickly and no matter how much I try in other ways, the comments section deletes it anyway. @@alialqaraghuli
You explain things pretty well and TO THE POINT. Which most people do not do. As someone with ADHD, this helps a lottttt
Thank you! Glad you find the delivery clear :)
For me, sleep... is a total loss of time!! 😂 I can get so much done, at night, when the world is quiet and the noise goes down. But eventually the lack of sleep catches up with me and that's not sustainable. Night time is the best because there's too many distractions and ideas in daylight.
Very interesting what you say about serotonin and surrounding ourselves with people! I'm a social bee but I realize that I'm very good at isolating myself, to hide and avoid questions or consequences. 😔
Probably the best channel on RUclips for ADHD and productivity. Wishing the best for you!
Thank you so much for the kind comment!
Found this channel half an hour ago and I've subscribed, you're speaking on alot of thoughts that I've had bouncing around in my brain. I'll be watching all your videos and taking notes this weekend, time to get into gear 🤓
Great! Stay tuned for more videos :)
I love this man. I subscribed recently, and since day one I have benefitted. He simplifies and clarifies. Tasks are prioritized.
Yes; more in-depth videos on dopamine, please.
I have been diagnosed with Adhd for at least 8 years. After hours of podcasts, interviews content consumption I never saw that much accuracy and got an insight into a video.
The general content about adhd is like a stranger telling something so far away, they show empathy and show their knowledge there is nothing wrong with this, however when someone like Ali made an accurate video about this stuff, oh man, it's like 10 hours of podcast content in the form of 20 min video.
Thank you man, now, I can believe you will change people's lives.
Btw Serotonin and human connection is sooooooooooo true and I've just figured out what is wrong with me.
Wow, this makes me very happy! Glad you are gaining value from the videos! Thank you for writing this :)
@@alialqaraghuli Absolutely!. Hey If you have an idea or a little touch about learning language and adhd please make it. English is also not my native language and I've just moved to Germany. I kind of feel there is a connection between ahdh and language networks. Can you share your experiences while learning a language, It would be great. Thankss!
I like your approach to finding solutions to ADHD, too many channels out there harping on the problems Neurodivergent people live with.
Thank you so much for these great insights! Helped me take another step towards understanding myself better and taking appropriate action.
Another great video Ali! I have watched a lot of ADHD content, and yours stands out. Keep going. Wishing you the best!
Will check this out later. I've watched a couple of your others videos, great work and best of luck!
Awesome, thank you!
Real and realistic dealines....good one!
5 min run to increase heart rate
Would like to hear more about how not to rely in medications.
Two years have passed since i figured out about my adhd, this was breeze of assurance after a very long time. Thank you
Absolutely!
Amazing video Ali! You are on fire brotha! straight heat and value
thank you GOAT
Wow great video. I saw an add for your paid systems programme while on Facebook and then also discovered your youtube. I'll definitely be watching the rest of your videos and have an interest in buying the system you created. Thanks!
Great! Let me know what you think!
Ali thank you for tackling the problem with belief about a disorder. Awareness can help but it also turns into avoidance of actions. Thank you for also reminding that adhd can be a blessing in disguise as people are always very surprised by how well thought out and creative my plans are. It also helps me come up with profound ideas in my writing by connecting dots between many knowledge domains. I also highly relate with struggles of entrepreneurship with adhd and not being able to work and letting your dreams on hold for years. Very comforting to find a guy like you who seems to be widely successful even with adhd. Very glad to have found this channel and wish you nothing but big success my guy. I can see your ambitions and happy to see you already living your dream life and success continually and ensuing.
Wow thank you so much for this very nice comment, it made my night! I really think ADHD, with the right systems, is the secret ingredient of hyperachievement. Glad you see that as well!
Great job! I will definitely continue to keep up with your videos.
Awesome, thank you!
Great content!
Thank you Ali! I was diagnosed in my 40's.... and it was such a relief to know WHY I was this way. I have only been successful in business or on a project when I had a partner who kept me accountable. In those times I have achieved very cool things; every other time - working on my own - I have failed, painfully. I used to give myself the cold shower treatment years ago: will go back to it today!
Blessings to you.
🙏🙏🙏
THis is it -- the relief of "ohhhh this is why I am doing this...." that alone is majority of progress!
I like how you're constantly pumping out invaluable content, glad I subscribed ❤
stay tuned for more ;)
Relateable explanations, and great advice !! I've been struggling with this myself for quite some time now, and have already been doing some of the things you've laid out here, but I'd never made the connection of getting enough social interaction !! As someone who's locked themselves in their room in isolation trying to brute force productivity and consistently ending up miserable this makes a lot of sense.. Loved your other videos on this channel too, you've made me hopeful again. Thank you Ali :)
Yes unfortunately I locked myself in for 3 years before I realized I was doing more harm than good for myself. Very happy to see you learned the lesson from this video
Greatful I found your channel Ali 💯💯🙏🏻
Glad you did!
Past Comp Sci major at heart here. Love what you’re doing. Super helpful.
Ayy another systems person!
Great content Ali keep it up.
thank you!
loved your channel brother different and better from others
Thank you :)
Ali you are inspiring. Your content is unique. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much! This comment made my day
Thank you a lot for sharing your knowledge and experience with us 👍
My pleasure!
Such a great video, thank you so much for sharing 🙏🏻
Thank you! You're inside the program right? I believe we have a call scheduled :)
Yeah, I've just introduced myself there. See you tomorrow 🙏🏻
@@dalanxdI hope you two figure it out. - if can give one small piece of feedback from that, it would be that you need to put your own life jacket on first.
I understand that it can be Incredibly hard to make selfish decision and feel like you’re “leaving people behind” especially when they have health concerns, but at the end of the day, if you’re not taking care of yourself, you have no way to take care of anyone else.
Hope you two make some progress tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to the day when my kids value my sleep as much as all of the people who tell me I need it.
Great content, though! I've been focusing on diet lately because that's something I can't control and what I eat has been very impactful, as well as when I eat it (stopping at 7pm). The exercis is also super helpful.
I hear you -- so many parents tell me this. There's gotta be a solution to this problem!
@@alialqaraghuli There are some solid books, but for us neurodivergent parents, we often pass the fun to our kids and most training doesn't take into account different development types. In the end, you just have to get sleep when you can and do your best.
Great video, I would to connect. I’m getting in this course for sure
Great, can't wait to have you in our community!
Your videos on ADHD productivity are an absolute NUKE of value for me!
While you apply all these methodics, do you also take medication?
I went hardcore on my discipline for the past year. completely erased all social media, stopped watching movies and netflix, cut out a lot of people and focus on work and Mobile development.
Also: cold showers, optimised sleep, optimised diet, consuming: Chaga, lion's maine, genko, caffeine, b12, omega-3.
Even after all of that
I find only with medication I reach full potential though. (Of which there is shortage now... yikes)
So unfortunately ritalin gave me a serious dry mouth and headache, had to stop after 1 day only. I also was put on welbutrin first, which I had to stop after 3 days due to mood swings -- I tend to be very sensitive to medications, which means I cannot rely on them. This was actually one of my incentives to build systems like this so I can function.
I am guessing you are on adderall short-release? If so, do you experience crashes?
@@alialqaraghuli I tried wellbutrin and also had weird mood swings. Then I tried concerta for 3 days and it was life-changing... Felt 10x smarter and 4x more productive. currently there is a shortage in my country, so I am unable to get it at this point
@@alialqaraghuli I was on concerta slow release which lasts about 8-12h. It is like Aderall, but more light and slow version. Used in European countries.
@@alialqaraghuli Do not take those pharma drugs like that, in the long run side effects are much worse than "fixing your ADHD". Do your homework and research more about Niacin (Nicotinic Acid), NOT useless niacinamide form but Nicotinic Acid flush and only proper form of Vitamin B3.
I think you have good ideas. For me though, it is clear you are 10x more connected to people than I am, no exaggeration. In order to meet your advice of using personal relations to balance your dopamine and provide better motivational deadlines, I first have to figure out how to develop relations for these purposes. I’m motivated but feeling stuck.
What are your interests? Are there activities where you can find other people who are interested in such things? For example I like chess, so on meetup.com I can find chess meetings and meet people in person. THat's a good place to start. ANother example is soccer for me for example
Love your videos, they seem different from everything else that's being pushed in your face on these topics.
Thank you! Do you know what specifically makes them different? So I use it in my next videos
@@alialqaraghuli The way you explain everything along with mind maps help a lot. You also take a different approach and explain how the brain would work and give us examples that would actually help instead of just being like other RUclipsrs and telling us “form systems, wake up 5 am” and all the other stuff that has already been heard.
Thank u Sir Ali!
You are very welcome!
Hi Ali. Do you have something like that to overcome stuttering? Your Channel is amazing. Cheers from Brazil
THank you so much! Unfortunately I am not an expert on speech impediments :/ I can read more about it and see if I find anything interesting, but I am a bit bottlenecked on time
Overall great content. I would argue a couple points though.
The first issue, is probably more semantics than anything, but the second is more of a fundamental disagreement.
You said that there is nothing inherently wrong with you. - I would disagree with this. Though there are some benefits of ADHD and no one should be ashamed of it, that doesn’t mean that having an under-developed prefrontal cortex isn’t a concerning issue.
It essentially plays the role of the breaks in a car. As someone with ADHD, we basically have a souped up engine on a car with terrible breaks. - I understand you’re probably trying to prevent people from getting down on themselves about it, but if it wasn’t wasn’t a problem, we wouldn’t suggest things that can/do make an impact it.
Besides that, I do agree with you on every suggestion you gave as a way to help. - I would personally suggest looking into/adding meditation as well, but overall yours were on point.
The other concern I’d have would be regarding the description of ADHD as a memory problem, I believe this is a misunderstanding.
ADHD is primarily an attention issue, not a memory one. People might perceive it as a memory problem because if you aren't paying attention when information is presented, you won’t retain it. It’s not that the information is forgotten; it was never fully registered in the first place.
That said, someone who has ADHD can also have a bad memory, but they don’t necessarily have a bad memory because they have ADHD.
Good points -- I see your reasoning in both.
For #1, yes, obviously some things are wrong, but you also have advantages, like the influx of ideas. As a RUclipsr, I never run out of ideas, I have infinite ones. Meanwhile, non-ADHDer youtubers struggle with ideas more than anything else.
For #2, I will have to disagree -- the research shows that the memory itself is also impaired, take this meta-analysis for example journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1087054713510561
If you cant be arsed to run I've found speed/power walking up a few hills to be just as good as jogging. I'll walk for around twenty minutes up and down a couple of different hills. Walking down hill gives me break in between. Personally for me the benefits last a good couple of hours. The cold shower hack is great but I do think it's misunderstood. Like Ali says it's fine to have a normal warm shower and toward the last few minutes gradually turn it down and it can be just at the point of discomfort, obviously the colder you go the better but no need to stress the body.
Absolutely Alex! Seems like you know a lot! You should consider joining our community :)
NICE!
HEY ALI GREAT VIDEO BROTHER !!
can you please make a video about how you manage/plan your tasks and projects .
it would be great if you could cover following topics : -
1) which productivity apps do you use if any (example notion , asana etc )
2 ) how do you build systems and processes
3) time management and routine as a person with adhd
4 ) managing different aspects of life as a person with adhd
like whats your workflow to manage multiple ventures , personal relation , Full time job
once again thanks for sharing your experience and making these videos . GREAT WORK ! :D
those are very good topics! My next few videos shall incorporate some of them :)
Please make video on Dopamine
We are waiting a video on Dopamine.
Great!
Youre a blessing from the almighty❤❤❤
Glad you found this helpful!!
omg how can i like this more times
Haha what did you specifically like about it? So I can replicate in future videos
i appreciate your willing to improve, so
the diagrams helps to not loose focus, and if I loose I can get it back pretty quickly.
you make long descritive vídeos and this shows that you care about being clear and not some yt algorithm.
you explain with your real life examples wich is really helpful to visualize and understand.
you seem to do a lot of research before making your scripts.
i would love to see more specific videos. dive deep into systems for adhd Day to Day life like study or "how to deal with low attention and memory in relationships"
@@entp55 Thank you for the detailed feedback! the adhd and relationships has caused me so much pain, definitely worth a video haha .stay tuned!
Brilliant
Thank you!
Can you do a visual presentation on framework and model thinking. I see that you already use this method, but was wondering if you can give an overview of how to apply it to things like studying. I find as a person with ADHD it's helpful to take a subject and learn its broad concept then learn the details. It also helps me to remember information better. if I think okay broad/umbrella topic then sub topics then information I am able to retrieve it better.
are you talking about using these block diagrams for example to describe things?
@@alialqaraghuli Yes. maybe you could use the diagram to visually explain your knowledge on framework thinking and how it can be applied to studying. Maybe on different subjects or one as an example. How to apply framework thinking to learn anything.
@@JasmineSimone2332 So basically a video on systems thinking?
@@alialqaraghuli Yes. its be nice to know how systems thinking works visually. I feel you be very concise and thorough with explaining it.
I agree. Your videos do an amazing job of explaining the subjects you cover and I also do better when I try to structure my learning by getting the big picture and then going into the details. It would be helpful to also get tips on self learning strategies since most of us with ADHD love learning new things and jumping from thing to thing.
i was wondering if you need thumbnail designer
too improve your click through rate
would love to work with you
thank you but I like my simple thumbnails!
Hi Ali, I don't know who to turn to to seek advice because the ones I asked didn't know how to address my issue. I would appreciate 10 minutes from your life and it can save my career maybe and life.
I graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2018. Unfortunately due to many family issues I couldn't pursue my career in EE related fields. I did many small gigs in non technical fields like IT and Marketing to pay my bills and take care of my mom and my sis. One is sick with diabetes and my sister is schezophrenic.
I'm currently working in a small job in marketing just to live through the day.I'm really bouncing from here and there man , I don't have a stable job and the Bachelors I have in EE it's basically not working in EE jobs as I don't have experience. It's been a while I graduated and the works I did is not relevant to the job.
Also I go through a lot of stress due to my family condition and the adverse situation with the relatives. And I believe I have ADHD as well but I never diagnosed. Unfortunately it's seen as taboo here, any type of mental diagnosis is seen with such negativity is so difficult.
Do you have any suggestions for me how can I get to EE track. What can I do to add something as a resume. Or what can I improve that may help me land a job.
I really needed to ask an Engineer and seek their advice as only they can get me.
I would appreciate any suggestions. I know you must be a busy person but I will be so grateful if you give me any suggestions.
Thanks in Advance 🙏 You are doing a great job Ali. Allah bless you.
Hello!
If you want to get into electrical engineering, first step is to identify few programs you want to get into. Perhaps universities nearby. They don't have to be the best universities, but something you can get into. You can contact their admissions office and ask what the requirements are to get in, and what kind of help they can provide. You can watch videos on my other channel "Ali the dazzling" for all the skills you need, resume, linkedin, classes etc you will need later.
As for the ADHD you can watch the videos here. Unfortunately the only answer is to just keep pushing and go one step at a time, and most importantly to have faith that as long as you make little progress everyday all will be well. Best of luck!
Hi Ali, I really appreciate your reply, actually I'm an Electrical Engineer. As I wrote I graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2018 but I drifted apart from the field due to my mentioned reasons and lack of industry experience. I'm seeking your suggestions regarding this. If you got a minute please reply me. It would mean a lot.
Could you have an explanation to nvld
I am not an expert on the topic :/
You did not talk about multi-passionate people who are not able to achieve their goals because of the overwhelming distraction.
Can you tell me more?
can you please make full video about dopamine))
Sure! I have been super busy but will allocate time for this soon :)
@@alialqaraghuli by the way maybe you can do few videos about dopamine, and use this word in the title, hope youtube algoritm will boost it)
Ok ok. I’m buying all your shit!!
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Fantastic video!
Thank you very much! What specifically did you like about it? So I keep in mind for future videos
Can u make video for people with ADD
its the same... ADD is the inattentive case of ADHD
Are you sure its not thanx to Adderall.
Haha yes I am sure
Are you kurdissh?
I am not! But I love Kurdish culture :)
@@alialqaraghuli oh bro you dont know how much you look like kurds, and not just that I thought your last name (qaraghuli) is kurdish because there is a street in my city have a similar name to that.
We love you too my friend continue these great video of yours im new to the channel!
@@tacticalaria very cool! Which city/region do you live in?
7:00 you really dont know what you are talking about when talking about neurotransmitters
can you point me to a specific thing I said? and the correction?