ADHD, Mental Health and Creative Burnout with Jarvis Johnson – YouTube Official Blog

What role has ADHD played in your life?

Jarvis: ADHD was a bit of an uncredited supporting cast member of my life because I wasn't diagnosed until I was 25 when I started taking my mental health seriously. I've now retroactively looked at my life's experiences through the lens of like, "Oh, I had undiagnosed ADHD and I had no idea!" I performed well on tests, but wasnt able to do my homework. I had trouble focusing while I was reading and I even experienced things like rejection sensitive dysphoria, which is this intense feeling of rejection that a lot of people with ADHD have. Post diagnosis I had to figure out what that meant moving forward.

I don't want to portray ADHD as a negative thing at all. It just is. We're all different, but I think that there are many things in this world that are built for neurotypical people and having a name for my ADHD helped me look into resources that could really benefit me.

Jarvis: Definitely. It's sometimes a challenge to stay on topic because there's so many thoughts that I'm having at once all the time.I used to sometimes spend a whole day editing a one minute segment of a video because I just got super fixated on that little piece. I knew that it wasn't strategic, it wasn't going to make the engagement of the video better, but what it did do was allow me to have a cool, creative outlet. Also that little detail can sometimes be people's favorite thing.

I love going above and beyond for no reason and I think that's fun. I like my brain! There's challenges, but I feel like without it, I wouldn't be myself and I think that the journey of gaining the skills to work with myself to achieve my goals is more cathartic and interesting than just snapping my fingers and fixing all of my problems.

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