Dr. Edward (Ned) Hallowell on ADHD: a Ferrari in Your Brain

Child Mind Institute Presents:
The Adam Jeffrey Katz Memorial Lecture- An expert panel featuring Dr. Gail Saltz, Dr. F. Xavier Castellanos, Dr. Rachel Klein, and Dr. Edward Hallowell

[robertk]

This man has a fantastic perspective on what is classified as a "disability." His positive attitude and success is no coincidence.

[mishkaf]

I wonder how this is not the no.1 video on youtube concerning ADD

[differentlydriven]

Man you just hit the nail on the head. I've always said that ADHD is like slowing the bus down in order to let the passengers off. They think way faster than they can process it.

[samijamesmusic]

its a war everyday and its great to see someone shining a light on this

[alanwoller]

Literaly in tears. Thank you Dr. Hallowell!

[elizabethosborne]

A positive attitude does change the way you cope with ADHD... BUT a dose of reality keeps you from beating yourself up when you have setbacks. If you have ADHD there will be setbacks! It's how you deal with those that matters.

[MathewsNunes]

I bookmarked this video, so I can see it everytime i feel sad, and then I'm just happy again

[Sanchara]

as someone who is into cars and has ADHD I think the Ferrari analogy is awesome. Ferraris are fast but have a history of bursting into flames unexpectedly. :p

What I want to know is how to turn my Ferrari brain into a Nissan GT-R brain. ;)

[royalfarros]

I LOVE this! I've always thought ADHD was a term invented by people who were jealous they couldn't multitask. But I'm no doctor... but Dr. Hallowell is... and to hear the way he articulates this is amazing and inspiring and completely and utterly removes whatever stigma is attached to the dis... to this advantage in life! Thank you, Dr. hallowell!

[djmgd]

Wow! don't have the words to describe how much Dr. Ned's words resonate. The big break kit...

[rabblerouser]

I want to thank you very much for this incredibly well thought out explanation of my life experiences with ADHD, and I am sure many others. I wrote a poem about this where I said "When the teachers wanted to dope me with drugs, my mother said no and showered me with hugs". I dropped out of high school with a .4 GPA, yet I have gone on to open several businesses, I am making a movie and just finished writing my first book. In the book I made sure to tell other like me that the system was wrong about them. It is not them who was broken, it was the system.

[evb]

Wow. For years, decades (I am a 69 year young woman) I have said that I have a Ferrari in my brain that is very high maintenance and when it is in the shop, we are down for a good long time! I just did not realize that it had bicycle brakes! What a great analogy! Thank you soooo much! I am creative, entrepreneurial because I do not work well with others, can easily hyper focus, talk to much, interrupt and over think and more. I love me though! I see the bright side. Oh, and I must move. I feel like I am dying if I have to sit still for a long time, particularly if there is nothing of interest to occupy my mind.

[abyelrivera]

Sometimes it’s not even us not believing in ourselves. Sometimes is people around us, treating us like shit because they can’t stand us. That’s what makes us feel miserable, the people around us (the ones who don’t believe in our potential, the ones who don’t have any patience for our behaviour, etc).

[brittanycarey]

love it and i am actually using this on my report and presention of ADHD

[NancyMartinez-ihpt]

wonderful explanation and encouragement to parents and children.  The creative mind has spoken.

[JordanG-ik]

I've always thought I had the sprinters mind with a marathon body.

[mehmetcaliskan]

ADHD: Ferrari with a bicycle break. ADD (inattentive adhd): Handbrake engaged Ferrari. It's like to have 500 ps engine but going 10 km per hour.

[ziynetboz]

I came here with the suggestion from Mel Robbins podcast!

[candyyznuts]

As someone with ADHD I couldn’t finish this video

[benedixtify]

What about when you have all those “disabilities” of shame etc as a grownup