0:00 That would be funny if that principal was like, you know, because I had ADD, too. And you're like, you had ADD? And he goes, I had what? He go, where are we? [Music] >> Were any of you guys diagnosed with ADHD? >> I don't know that you were diagnosed like by officially by a doctor when you were a kid. >> Uh, junior high. Yeah. >> Wow. >> By our the the district psychologist. How do they test you for that? >> So, um, at that time our test, I forgot what it was cuz I was really young, but I had a whole like, um, array of tests cuz I did like really good in school and I paid attention and then the other parts I would just do extremely crazy ████ So, I think my assistant principal, shout outs to Mr. Tarpley, I don't even know if he's alive. Um,
0:50 >> yo yo, shout out >> Mr. Tarp. >> Mr. sharply, >> but he really believed in me. >> And so they um him and my mom arranged some sort of like assessment to see I think it had to do with like whether or not this school should keep me or like send me to like a continuation school or something. >> Swear that happened to me, man. >> Cuz I was like I was like um like if I really focused and I took tests, I did really well, but then like on the flip side, I'd be like break dancing in the corner of the room. And then it's like so it's like the kind of stuff where like the teacher would look up and it's not even a predictable behavior. It's not even like you look up like Stephen Andrew stop talking. >> Yeah. >> You know it's like you look up and then there's likeing Jenga made out of the tables or something. It's like it's just like like what the is going on? So I
1:40 think instead of like kicking me out um they they ran a bunch of things and they found out I had like OCD and ADHD. >> Wow. Wow. >> How did you How did you >> Oh, I took a IQ test, too, which was cool. That was really fun cuz there's no words. It'd be like um like a bunch of like shapes, like you know, like some is it called tan grams or something? But it'll be like a bunch of shapes and Okay, make this out of these shapes. So, that's like one of the parts. >> So, they see how they they watch you do it and they also see how fast you did it. >> Wait, I thought they gave you that test cuz they thought you were like some special or something like that. Oh, like a genius. No, no, no. Not not special in that way. I'm talking about special in the R word. You know what I mean? >> Yes, that one. >> I I got that one too. >> The radius one. >> The freaking like are you dumb or not? Like are you something? Are you ill or like like you got to put star on the star?
2:30 >> Did you pass this one or >> Oh, yeah. >> You failed it. >> He's on hold. >> Did you get lapped? >> Yeah. >> No, I think it's the same one, bro. They just But they asked me, >> "Why aren't you doing your work?" And I just told them I don't want them. >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it was like voluntary. >> Yeah. And I just told them I don't want to do it. And they're like, "Okay, we'll send you off." >> Oh, and this was also during the onset of like all those medications. >> Yeah. >> So, they also rolin. >> Yeah. Yeah. They also did uh ask my mom. They like, "If you want to, this is another route." And my mom's like, "F███ that s███." Yeah. >> She probably gave him ████ eye of N and Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Grinded some ginger. >> That's okay. >> We have seahorse at home. >> Yeah. >> Seahorse and ginger make it all go away. So then uh because like right now I think there's like a it's not that
3:20 polarizing but there are these two strong opinions about ADHD and like for people that had it um I think like around the time that you did I think it was like kind of a thing that people sought to overcome like what can I do to like overcome ADHD? How could I like adapt to you know this behavioral feature that I have and still be like a functional human? But then there's also another side of it where people use it as an excuse for bad behavior >> and they'll do whatever the ████ and then just go, I have ADHD. That's just that's just sorry. >> No, that's ████ >> No, you're lying. >> Yeah, I think there's definitely I don't know if it's overcome, >> but I feel like the modern way or at least the way that I ended up coping is um figuring out how to channel it. >> Okay. >> You know, it's like I feel like it's like like Cyclops, right? He always has ████ red ████ shooting out of his eyes. And yeah, if you don't have
4:10 ████ glasses on, you're going to burn the whole building down. >> But if you know how, then you can choose when you want to use it. And I actually think it becomes a superpower. >> Um, but if you use in the wrong place, like there's literally times where I have like the most ████ urgent ████ I have to do and I run into my room and I go grab something, I ████ get distracted for like 2 hours and then J's like, "Weren't you supposed to?" And I was like, "Oh, ████ I ████ forgot." But I saw maybe one thing like hanging off the side of my bedstand and that made me think of this. It made me think of that and I'm just ████ lost. Lost in the sauce. But then if you can channel and be in the creatives, I think you can build worlds. >> Yeah. >> If you do use it the right way. Um but I think in terms of still being a functioning member of society, I don't think there's any excuse cuz Tao for sure has ADHD. >> He got diagnosed as well. >> No, I can just tell by the way he acts.
5:00 But I would never be like, >> "Oh, this my the reason my son is ████ throwing rocks out the windows because, you know, it's like, don't ████ do that." >> Yeah. >> Like, you know those videos of like kids crashing out at Best Buy and they're just knocking over every TV and they're smashing like and the mom's just like waiting for them? >> That's crazy. >> I don't know what you call that, but like >> that's called That's call you didn't get your ass beat home. >> That's called gentle parenting. >> That ████ is stupid. That is >> scream at that kid. Why? What the ████ Yeah, you ████ cry, ████ Stop. >> Do you like that glimpse? I don't wait to have kids. >> I'mma ████ grab him like >> get the ████ over here, you stupid little ████ >> You ████
5:51 >> One more. One more. But I feel like I don't even need to get there because the reason why the kid is so like free >> is because they don't even get the first stage of stop. >> That's true. >> Like I I can't believe parents don't even ████ go tell their kid stop. That's all you got to say. They don't even say that. They go there he goes again. >> I think that's moms though. >> What the hell? >> They're so ████ ass dads, dude. >> ████ ass dad. No, I'm the first one to tell him not to do something. >> Well, I mean, if you think about it, all those videos where those kids are doing that, do you even see a dad? >> Wow. Suben, how you like that? >> Cuz the dad's working. >> Okay. >> To pay for the TVs, >> right? >> The third TV broke. How many of you guys have ADD?
6:41 I don't know what the like if there was actually a difference or it changed like it might have been the same thing but then like it's changed over the years of like oh it was ADD and then it turned into ADHD. >> What's the difference? >> One's attention def deficit disorder and then the other one is uh attention deficit hyperactive disorder. >> I think it's interchangeable. >> But I think one came before the other. That's I if I remember correctly >> I remember ADD coming first. Yeah, I remember that coming from >> and now it's like ADHD and everyone was like that's what I have. >> I never hear ADD anymore though. >> Me neither. I don't hear it anymore either >> because I think it's one of the >> I don't know. It was like maybe old school and then now it's ADHD. >> I think I think ADHD is the clearer version. The high high definition >> high definition. >> Attention deficit high definition. >> I have ADT.
7:34 >> And my house is secure. I even I even got a house. You know what I'm saying? I got ADT. >> Do you just have the sign or do you have the actual system? >> I have the sign. >> I have this book called the um >> ADHD advantage and there's a survey in there where um they you know they want you to go get a real diagnosis, but there's like a questionnaire and I think it was like 15 questions or some ████ like that. And then after the survey, they're like, "If you answered maybe six yes out of this 15, you pretty much have ADHD." And I answered 15 out of 15. >> Damn. >> So, >> A+, >> right? And then my uh one of my high school friends, she went off to becoming a psychiatrist. She's like, you know, she she she works in the California school district and then she'll have
8:25 like certain programs that are specifically for ADHD students and stuff. And I'm like, how do you deal with a whole class of ADHD kids? And then she's like, yeah, it's pretty rough, but then a lot of things have changed like from back then. And then like the way we teach is better now. We can hold attention. We know how to like communicate. She goes, would you like to come talk one day? And I'm like, why? And she goes like, oh, I thought you were you had ADHD. And I'm like, did does it seem like I did back then? And she goes, >> yeah, we had a class together. we had a Japanese class together and then so she's like already talking to me as if I know I got ADHD and I'm like the leader of it and I should go talk to these students like you could live with ADHD too and then during this time I'm all like I didn't well I kind people make fun of me like I do got it but it's like I don't know
9:16 >> could you come speak at the school for pride week >> right yeah I know I'm like I'm gay >> like what >> oh I'm sorry >> yeah so then I was like I was like real talk okay you Oh, you you can you we haven't seen each other in a minute, but what do you think? And she goes, "No, clearly you got it. I remember you since high school. You clearly got it." >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Because in the middle of class, you know, I'd be doing stupid ████ So, it's like, and it's not just playing around. I'm really distracted. And our teacher actually called my house and he he recommended my parents to put me in like special ed and ████ >> Yeah. Damn. So my thing is so people are just trying to have like let go and just be okay with ADHD and just go with the flow and make progress for it or people trying to ████ fix it. Like what the ████ is going on? >> That's what it is. I don't know if it's like I don't know if if they're sincere
10:06 about that, but like the examples that were shown were just like people that like are obviously they're like on social media and filming themselves being weird and saying like, "Oh, it's my ADHD." But then there are people criticizing that and going you're supposed to be like working against it to like find a way to adapt and and weapon and like kind of weaponize it for good. >> You know what I mean? >> So one of Taika's relatives uh they go to a school in LA school district >> and one of the kids there is autistic and the violent kind. >> And the teachers have told the kids and the parents that this kid is just going to strike out at any time which he has. And it's presented in a way like you guys just have to take it. >> Yeah. >> Rather than excusing this kid, >> right? >> And going, "We need to put him in a
10:56 special class cuz he's a a danger." >> They're more like, "Oh, well, I don't know. This is clearly what he has." >> If my kid was in that class, I'll be like, "You ████ that up, bro." Like, if he hits you, you hit that ████ back. >> Kind of like to have kids. No. >> Well, that's that's exactly what happened with that kid that um that got his Switch taken away. >> Oh. Oh, the big ass kid. The big kid that >> like destroyed that teacher and like >> but that boy was like a six foot boy. Like a >> he was big. >> But then that's that's the same situation. They were like, "Oh, it's on you guys." Like you you shouldn't have taken his switch away. >> He was like a kid and he was just never like >> shown boundaries. >> No, cuz that's why they were like, "Oh, don't take it away cuz he's going to freak." >> Like, so okay, so he's just supposed to have a game in class. That's crazy. >> You to control animals like that, man. That's crazy. >> Honestly, yeah. If that food starts acting up, square up right off the rip.
11:47 Start a big suck. >> It's a big ass trend of people being like, I got I got autism. I'm on the spectrum. I got this. I got that. So, there's that attentionseeking one. >> There's also the excuse one where it's like, oh, I got all kinds of ████ so I can't work today. You know, like there's all kind Yeah. >> or I can't be arrested right now. >> Right. But like I think the most normal way to approach it is okay. like like we know that these things exist. How do you help that person like now become a functional member in society? Cuz for me, I'm like I wish >> back then they taught us how to learn like that can that can we can absorb better. >> That's the key >> instead of like trying to get us to um do all the same thing like a in a factory setting. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> But also it's also up to us to like be like okay this is how I am. Let me see
12:38 how I can exist in this program. It's like maybe I'm not an audio learner, maybe I'm a visual learner, but if everyone's learning, I better ████ try to catch up. Like it's just it's tough, you know? It's like it's competitive. That's the part that I think is cool is like whatever you've got like there's a chance that you might be better at someone who doesn't have that thing. And I think for like like when I think back like one of my friends who I'm still friends with now, he actually watches the show. I I grew up with him. Uh we were in the same uh class since age five until like 8th grade. And this fool was like the slowest. Like I think he was add where like this fool was just so slow at everything. He was the last to do his work. I would always have to like uh I would make fun of him all the time >> all throughout our lives. And ended up becoming a really great lawyer and he ████ he's like my lawyer friend that always helps me with everything.
13:28 >> But like he found his thing. Yeah. He just like found his thing. like he was so ████ meticulous and slow, but everyone thought he was just like lagging, but he just would like focus too long on stuff. >> It wasn't that he was just like like a slow ride or something. He just had a different way of like zoning. Yeah. Processing and zoning in. And then when he found like where that was like best applied like look at that. That's sick. But then if you kept judging him like you kept judging him as like oh look at his speed versus mine then yeah he's not going to succeed. But then he ends up better than me. parent conferences. Uh Taika's school principal, he's really cool. He had AD ADD or ADHD too. And then he was like um cuz we transferred schools, so like that school kind of gave this school a report. And he was like, "Oh, that's no." He's like, "That's not a problem." He goes, "I had ADD, too." And u and he was like, "I can clearly tell you also have ADHD." I was
14:18 like, "What the ████ How do you know?" And then he was just based off my handwriting. So most people with ADHD, they have really bad handwriting no matter how hard they try. >> Oh, so I have really bad handwriting. goes, "I can tell that you have it cuz he goes, "Yours looks exactly like mine." >> Wow. >> And he was showing me his notes and it looked like ████ too. And then but when he was brainstorming with Ta, um they had all kinds of tools to help keep them concentrated in class. So they have one it was just pedals. >> So like if if if he's pedaling in class, then once their brain's preoccupied, then they're they they can actually focus. >> That does help me. Oh, >> another one was a um kind of like a Swiss ball, but there's like a Swiss ball chair where when you're where you're sitting on it, you kind of have to constantly balance from both sides. >> So, he was like um cuz we're we're just like exploring all the different options. And uh yeah, he was like he had all these like options to help him cope
15:09 with it. And I'm like, dude, that's super cool that he's like that supportive of. >> I think everyone should read the book ADHD Advantage. And it's actually written by a professor who's like got ADHD. He's like studies that ████ He's a therap, you know, he's he's done his research and stuff, but also understands the whole process. >> And he talks about how like unnatural our current system is. >> Like we're not meant to sit in a class 8 9 hours as adolescence. We're supposed to be outside playing. We're supposed to be physically active, right? So he's like us being trapped and sitting still while we listen and write notes on a paper is driving us mad. and he goes, "A lot of people are just not built this way because evolutionary like it's not good." So, he was talking about how like things that helped us as hunter gatherers
15:59 um it didn't work out. And then some guys who are neurotypical or whatever like they it worked out well for them because this new system in how the world became it fits for someone who can concentrate and chill >> cuz they would have been gatherers back then. >> Yeah. Literally. cuz they're saying like how there's certain members in society like even even um how we sleep right some people are nocturnal some people cuz like you have to be around the clock some people just like to stay up to keep watch on the village and then so when the ADHD will kick in it typically is when it's a time of crisis so a lot of people that have ADHD they thrive in high stress environments >> and when things are normal they're really lazy cuz they're trying to like their mind is takes a lot to wake up. >> Wow. >> Yeah.
16:49 >> That be that would be all funny if that principal was like, you know, because I had ADD, too. And you're like, you had ADD? And he goes, I had what? He goes, where are we?
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