Rae Jacobson

Well, this is something that I'm interested in that like comes up a lot, right? Which is, and you and I have talked about this through like learning about the show, which is not everyone has ADHD. And a lot of people who get diagnosed with ADHD don't have ADHD.

Well, this is something that I'm interested in that like comes up a lot, right? Which is, and you and I have talked about this through like learning about the show, which is not everyone has ADHD. And a lot of people who get diagnosed with ADHD don't have ADHD.

It's a diagnosis that is like kind of given like sometimes too cavalierly. Like you said, like a lot of people who get diagnosed actually are experiencing something else. And a lot of the like perfect nightmare conditions of our current way of living make that feel really real. Like, you know, we're overscheduled. We're overstressed. There's a billion screens.

It's a diagnosis that is like kind of given like sometimes too cavalierly. Like you said, like a lot of people who get diagnosed actually are experiencing something else. And a lot of the like perfect nightmare conditions of our current way of living make that feel really real. Like, you know, we're overscheduled. We're overstressed. There's a billion screens.

Like I go on the subway and there's just screens like in my car flickering on and off.

Like I go on the subway and there's just screens like in my car flickering on and off.

And if you have ADHD, you sleep even less. But that thing, the idea that like the conditions of life are not suited to the way that the human brain works, which is definitely true. To me, the interesting piece of that is that still doesn't mean that everybody who's experiencing that has ADHD. Right.

And if you have ADHD, you sleep even less. But that thing, the idea that like the conditions of life are not suited to the way that the human brain works, which is definitely true. To me, the interesting piece of that is that still doesn't mean that everybody who's experiencing that has ADHD. Right.

Yeah. I think that to me is the thing that people miss in that where it's like, yeah, once the conditions change, like everybody gets distracted. Everybody gets overwhelmed. Everybody loses things. Right. But for us, you could take away all of that and we would still have ADHD. Yeah.

Yeah. I think that to me is the thing that people miss in that where it's like, yeah, once the conditions change, like everybody gets distracted. Everybody gets overwhelmed. Everybody loses things. Right. But for us, you could take away all of that and we would still have ADHD. Yeah.

It's interesting to me that all that stuff gets kind of attributed or like lumped in with being ADHD when in reality it's something with a very different name, but it is something that like, since it bears resemblance to this real disorder, it kind of like becomes like a, like a melange is not the word, but you know,

It's interesting to me that all that stuff gets kind of attributed or like lumped in with being ADHD when in reality it's something with a very different name, but it is something that like, since it bears resemblance to this real disorder, it kind of like becomes like a, like a melange is not the word, but you know,

There is a word for it, but it can feel like discounting if you have the disorder in a way, you know?

There is a word for it, but it can feel like discounting if you have the disorder in a way, you know?

I think... I mean, this might be my own like kind of irritation in it, but like I feel like it's less like should I be treated for it and more like, well, I should just be better, right? Like everybody struggles with this. I should just do a better job. Like I should just try harder. I should just be better.

I think... I mean, this might be my own like kind of irritation in it, but like I feel like it's less like should I be treated for it and more like, well, I should just be better, right? Like everybody struggles with this. I should just do a better job. Like I should just try harder. I should just be better.

you talked to a lot of people for this show and people coming from different backgrounds and researchers and people who have lived experience and your own experience. Like what were some of the things that kind of, I don't know, surprised you is the right word, but like, what were you like, wow, that's something I wasn't really expecting.

you talked to a lot of people for this show and people coming from different backgrounds and researchers and people who have lived experience and your own experience. Like what were some of the things that kind of, I don't know, surprised you is the right word, but like, what were you like, wow, that's something I wasn't really expecting.

I mean, this is a genuine question I have for you, but like, you know, you write and you're a creative person and you often hear ADHD being called like, you know, very conducive to creativity, right? Like that's one of the things about it. And I think in a lot of ways that can be true, like that risk-taking, that interest, that like, well, let's see what happens if I do this.

I mean, this is a genuine question I have for you, but like, you know, you write and you're a creative person and you often hear ADHD being called like, you know, very conducive to creativity, right? Like that's one of the things about it. And I think in a lot of ways that can be true, like that risk-taking, that interest, that like, well, let's see what happens if I do this.