ADHD and Creativity: A Superpower with Kryptonite | James Fell | TEDxTirguMures

[Sebastian-qctx]

ADHD is the reason they always want to fire me from my job. But ADHD is also the reason I never get fired. I work in an advertising agency

[BadKittyNoMilk]

I love the realness in this speaker. I can’t keep up because it’s too much to get to one single simple point.
I lost internet

[sarahkimberlyrosen]

"I don't take Ritalin to write... I take it to stop writing.." That hit me pretty hard. I don't think I understood ADHD until you said that...

[crissycobain]

I enjoyed your speech. As someone diagnosed late in life at 42. This is recent..Well let me just say I could follow your speech precisely.. thank you for the insights ❤

[SeamusOR]

My adhd is so bad I’ve watched this video 4 times already and daydreamed through it every time

[sagefunhog]

James, this is awesome! It's so on-brand for you! I, too was diagnosed with ADHD just last summer. I feel it's a huge reason for my creativity and drive, but damn, it sure does explain why I have a gazillion great ideas and have such a hard time focusing on getting them completed!

[Gingle]

Im so impressed and touched as a mum of a very impulsive adhder. U changed my view of impulsivity. Thank u god bless u

[Jamesguu]

yes, ADHD is a curse to me, but it's at the same time a blessing, it gave me a total different path from getting a degree and climbing the ladder, and it doesn't stop me from persuading what I love doing.

Thank you so much for speaking at our event TEDxTirguMures, keep being awesome James!

[MrChalmers]

Im getting tested for ADHD currently (My doctor, whole family, university lecturers all are positive i have it) i got hooked on Music from a very young age, and then when i was in my music classes in school, i got hooked on what the teacher was doing with the students and the lessons, Im now going into my 4th year of university studying to be a music teacher myself. I've done a 3 year course on Music production, have 15 years of guitar and 7 other instruments under my belt.
When doing composition, all of my classmates did relatively the same thing, mostly classical and taking inspiration from older songs, where as just went with the flow to create my own thing with no reference to anyone else's music, full electronic, my own sound effects, the whole shebang 😂

[daniellereese]

I LOVE your writing And presenting here. The chuckles keep coming and keeps me engaged - soooo much of what youre describing resonates with me on All the levels.

[melanieshields]

Nicely done, James! This helps me understand my creative ADHD sister, and all her distractions, a bit more. Don’t fret about the audio on this- the presentation is funny, and we are laughing with you!

[MagicFilm-dgxk]

This talk deserve millions view.
I like his honesty. And he seems very depressed too 😢

[catherinenangle]

I'd love to hear more from this speaker!

[peterflynn]

I am a graphic designer of 35 yrs. I have done high risk sports all my life. I've always been addicted to caffeine. I love inventing and making things. I'm impulsive, intolerant, and get anxiety. But I have come to enjoy the inventive problem solving out of the box thinking my seemingly unwired brain comes up with. My wife says I have ADHD. I don't need a doctors opinion now as a second opinion

[thelucybloom]

Good job James! Love ya books and thanks for sharing your take on the connection between ADHD and creativity.

[AbelHibstu]

ADHD is nice guys. Don't hate it. just look for your interests then you are gonna love your ADHD😊

[baudinaslikker]

Was looking forward to this talk. You didn’t disappoint lol. Thank you :-)

[caseymiller]

My ADHD only lets me get five minutes into

[dbencic]

I started off with graphic design and ADHDeed my way through a bunch of other disciplines that only a person with ability to hyper-focus could ever comprehend and achieve in extremely little time — there used to be a different name used to describe this ability — a “polymath” or a “generalist”
Do to the industrial revolutions / modern era’s need for patenting, specialization and standardization — suddenly we become “unfitting” … so they labeled us “disordered” — and they continue to make money by patenting and mass producing potential solutions a.k.a. medications …
Therefore the problem is not us !
If you catch my drift