Hello Jenelle Carter hello anyway this is indeed very heartwarming and very wonderful and very beautiful and this brings back such great memories of when I use to be a 90s kid and an early 2000s kid and I am a new subscriber as well:).

OK, here is my point. Maybe you have ADHD or maybe not. But, I am sure the signs you've described can be applied to 50% of the world's population and almost all of us experience something like that more or less throughout our lives. Does this mean we all have ADHD? In your case, you rule out half of the issue right there, which is HD! Now, can you live and function through your life the way you are now? I guess the answer is "Yes". So, the next step for you would be to see the professional to get diagnosed. Right? I can give you 100% you will get prescribed a drug, containing, amphetamine, and in one year you will become a drug addict sitting on the maximum daily dose and still experiencing the same symptoms. Is ADHD a life-threatening condition? NO! But the side effects of those drugs are 100% life-threatening! I am telling you this as I watch my 30-year-old son, who was first self-diagnosed with ADHD and then went to see a professional and now he is a drug addict having way more issues than he had prior!!! If you think the quality of your life will change for good with the drugs, you are wrong! It may seem like they work at first, but over time you will realize what you've done to yourself but it will be too late. You will just become another money supplier for the drug companies having a very questionable ADHD diagnosis. I wish you all the best, but, please, think not even twice but ten times before making decisions here...

Here I am, diagnosed at 34… also obsessed about learning more.

I went from self diagnosis at 44 to doctor diagnosis at 49, and I know EXACTLY how you feel. Breaking into tears often, after I started connecting the dots of my life. Also, I was diagnosed ASD as well, so the feelings hit all over again.

Why would you bother self diagnosing ? Just get yourself assessed by professional

I'm 34, and just finished a year-long diagnosis in the UK - which I am now told I have combined ADHD. It explains so much about how I was as a kid, to how I think and behave as an adult. I feel like a weight is lifted off my shoulders, and it is helping me kinder to myself. The best advice I can give is to be kinder to yourself!

You don't sound like ADHD to me. I had a girlfriend years ago that was ADHD and she was reasonably organized, a high school teacher, but she made spur of the moment decisions without regard for consequences. She could not save a dime, it drove her father crazy. She had a casual disregard for being on time, and combine that with spur of the moment bad decision making and she blows through a police barrier at graduation for her high school and winds up in hand cuffs frantically yelling that she is a teacher. She took very little accountability and deflected quite a bit of her actions as someone else's fault. She was a nice person and usually postitive, but I had to break it off because she conned me into thinking we were going to pick some things up at her ex-boyfriend's house. It turned out that she knew where he kept a key and we were breaking in while he was on a trip so she could rifle around and pick things up she believed were hers. Just listening to you for a few minutes, you don't seem like this type of person at all.

I always thought i may have it but never gave it much thought until about 2 weeks ago i watched a Jaiden Animations video on her experience through life and getting diagnosed and everything and since then I've started noticing more and more behaviors in my life that fit adhd very closely but I'd just seen as normal or "just me procrastinating/being lazy" up until now and it's been brining me so much stress that i decided to get diagnosed. Unfortunately, ADHD is not diagnosed with adults in my country. I'll keep trying and may even go to another country to get diagnosed but when i found out there may be a chance I can't get diagnosed it was absolutely devastating and i felt so let down by all the systems around me. Im really thankful for my friends and partner being so supportive, but yeah. It's a really difficult thing, i hope you manage to get diagnosed and get help or medication, sure wish i could

Self diagnosis can be a very good first step ( i never thought i'd have it until watching "tell me You Have ADHD Without Telling Me You Have ADHD" from "How to ADHD" here on yt 2 years ago ) but i highly recommend seeking out professional help aswell. I got my diagnosis for a bit over a year, got meds shortly after diagnosis and honestly, they changed my life drastically. All The tips, therapy, coping mechanisms are only about 20 of the effect, 80% is the meds (that is sadly also the clinical reality of it, seeing as it is a neurodivergence, we process dopamine very differently then neurotypicals). One thing tho: You (we) are not flawed! It's just different obstacles then a neurotypical person. edit: i'm 39 yrs old now

A 45 min video ... who is this for? Ehh nvm.

You have some angst and you cope with multiple interests. Some emotions or some sensations you don’t want to feel are there, waiting.

sounds more like OCD than ADHD

Hi. I always wondered about ADHD especially when I listened to Mel Robbins pod cast about her experience of getting diagnosed in her 40s. I started seeing my phycologist 7 months ago due to me getting really overwhelmed with parenting (I have 4 yo and 6 yo) and my emotional up and down. During one of the consultation, I asked my phycologist about the possibility of ADHD. From there everything went really fast and lots of things made sense. I can totally relate hyper focusing researching about ADHD, cleaning is my thing… I need my house clean and everything in designated spot and my husband thinks I am over the top…. I always try to give myself more than enough time to get to place. Lot of the time people can have both ADHD and ASD. I am due to have another assessment at the end of this month as a preparation to see psychiatrist. I am excited but very nervous about it. Somewhere in my head I feel like I don’t have ADHD due to me being highly organised.

I feel like we are like 99% the same. I'm 40 years old now. 20 years ago a friend first said that I might have adhd. But I always had exactly the same doubts as you. I got diagnosed just this week. The psychologist said that I am very ADHD. And quite smart with an IQ of 123. Thats probably the reason I did very well in school. Until I had to really study and organize myself. I started going to med school, quit after like 6 years of under achieving. (I'm from Austria, so fortunately it didn't cost me a single Euro). My son has severe ADHD too, and my daughter is like my clone. Gonna get her tested, just to be sure. At least one of my sisters has severe ADHD too, and I suspect my other two sisters to have it too. I feel you very much from afar. LLAP 🙃

It's so weird while actually making so much sense that we, people that self diagnose with ADHD, have very similar "realization moment". I self diagnosed a few years ago and almost two weeks ago I have gotten a formal diagnosis and it was so liberating. Going in to do the test I was worried that, as you, I have developed so many coping mechanisms that I was thinking that they will say that I'm lying. But, to my surprise, the tests accounts for the coping mechanisms and it was just so emotional to be validated in this struggle that I have had my whole life. Thanks for making this video and wishing you the best with your journey of discovering and understanding yourself!

I'm sharing a similar experience. At 28 years old, I find myself to be extremely calm during a very responsible emergency. Over the past decade or so, I've always felt a similarity to ADHD, but due to the (well-intentioned) discouragement from those around me, I didn't pursue it straightforwardly. I'm also confident in my self-diagnosis, but I might seek professional examination.

Thanks for sharing. I'm in a similar place. 35 years old and over the past few weeks I've discovered that ADHD isn't really what I'd assumed it was, and that it actually sounds like a lot of the issues i've been experiencing fit into that bucket quite nicely. These symptoms got noticeably worse following a fairly minor head injury about 7 years ago. I'm going to get tested. Wish you all the best and hope you can get some help with it

Have you ever been tested for ADHD? Your whiteboard looks like systems I have created (and abandoned) in the past.

The only thing we have control over is how we react to things that happen to us. I'm still learning as well, but I can tell for sure the more you try to avoid bad feelings the more you fall into the hole of bad things. Let it be, remember this shall pass, it's okay to feel low from time to time, we are only human :) Keep going, keep growing!

The best parts of videos are the unintentional mishaps ^^

You’re human.. ❤ not every day can be a good day. There will always be contrast in response to the good days. Have extra grace for yourself right now 🙏🏻 endings are just new beginnings in disguise!

Heads up Redbubble owns teepublic

Heads up. RB has out sourced its help desk to Mexico, uses BOTS and AI to reply to emails, uses scripted replies and does not give a flying FCUK about its subscribers/Users, It was based in Australia but went corporate America....,RIP. The site is 90% full of trash now since they went global and the new tier system is mad. I pay TAX yes TAX on my sales and now this! Time to ditch it!

Hi Jenelle. I enjoyed your video. I've been creating on Redbubble for about two or three years. I uploaded several times a week and have about 2200 designs for sale. I generally averaged about $50 to $80 per month in income over most of the year and $100 to $200 a month over the holidays. I'm in the "Standard" tier as well. I had a fairly consistent sales pattern of a sale a day or every other day. Then, a few weeks ago, my sales cratered and I couldn't understand why. Now it makes sense. I'm thinking that Redbubble is pushing the "Pro" and "Premium" artists and their designs and burying the "Standard" designs. A real shame. I enjoyed Redbubble. I doubt I'll pull down my account. I've worked hard on it. But I won't be putting any new designs up on Redbubble. I'll probably concentrate more on Etsy.

Yesss tuning into one’s self.. best medicine noone talks about. Thank you for shading light on that importance - our bodies are genius and will tell us what we need (and need to quit). Keep it yo girl! Glad you’re finding your footing again 🙌

It's alright, I post once per 4 months at the moment xD Had a major health setback as well... Bad case of needing hospitalization due to severe eye infection. It was a major pain to not manage to do my art... But, it inspired me and increased my creativity afterwards, so, some positives came out of that mess. Health comes first, without it... We can't do anything.

How did you speed up your recovery? I’m dealing with my 3rd concussion now.

Thanks for sharing. I like your format. Good luck with skillshare

Keep up the great progress, Jenelle! :)

Congratulations on the five years!

Hello! 👋🏻 I found one of your videos through recommendations.

The whole purpose of the Skillshare challenge is to create sunk costs for you so you'll feel like you have to continue with it.

I started two years ago on skillshare and youtube, yes Skillshare made it very discouraging to keep teaching on their platform. Despite all of that tho, I have gotten some great feedback from people there and that let me work on my craft even to this day. The money is not good from skillshare but try not to focus only on one platform, keep doing youtube, keep doing the other stuff, and eventually, you will be in a better mind space! Good luck!

I have a partner, so, whatever plans I have are off the window. On myself the expenses are minimal, spent most of my life living well on a tight budget, and pushed it to extremes on occasion. Being in a relationship only made my entire life of learning how to save money and live on less make extreme sense. Relationship is a costly business. Still, it's extremely valuable to know how to handle yourself, as well as learn what is really not needed. For me, I learned that I needed to eat less, and I actually ate too much, to a point where it harmed my sleep... Due to cutting stuff down left and right, I ended up discovering the minimal amount I need to function good. Weird things you can discover by needing to cut down the budget.

Spent most of my life in a sick state... Very hard to progress while being down, but, also better not focus on what you can't do while you are not in your best, or what you failed it - but rather, see what small things you can accomplish from a limited state. Sometimes we just need to let ourselves be in that moment, even if it's bad... Oddly enough, since allot of people go through harsh times in one way or another, those down times can end up inspiring our creativity in better moments. Because we come with relatable situations and emotions, at least as artists. Self-improvement happens when we realize we need to get ready for when we'll fall again.

I think the primary issue is obvious - you worked too hard and gained too little for it, of course you'll want a "time off". And it's important to have these once in a while, work hustle culture is heavily damaging. It's a common issue in modern life... Over-giving, under receiving. As long as you can afford it, take the time to adjust yourself and be ready for a new work with a better mentality and more fresh perspective. Self-reflection periods are important... Otherwise, people end up draining themselves away for nothing and realizing important things a bit too late. Health matter above all, without it, we have nothing.

Considering the amount of videos you uploaded since you began, seems like you are ready enough :) The toddler approach is the best one - Throw things out there, fall allot, eventually start walking and have it rise up from there! My own upload rate is abysmal in comparison.

Never thought about trying skillshare, I've yet to develop a skill enough in order to share it better than others, but, if I'll ever get requests, now I know the downsides of trying to go down that route. It sounds like the amount of time needed for investment there is only worth the effort while not under financial stress, because the rewards are not bountiful by the sound of it, and the process isn't exactly the greatest time ever. Thank you for sharing your experience in that platform!

the budgeting system that I use (YNAB) often has no-spend challenges and they offer plenty of tips and stuff on their social media for those challenges! I think it's great, and using budget systems that require you to look through your spending and track every penny is a great way to know your habits and make a plan, like you have, to cut out the habits we have that cause us to spend unnecessarily. Great video!

I'm weird, grew up from a young age learning the value of frugality. I gradually opened myself up to 'living a little' until it got to be too open, and now I'm back to the opposite extreme of only spending on the bare necessities and a gift here or there, which I also consider essential to my relationships. Biggest thing with something like this is having those boundaries of steering past / staying out of stores, not having your credit card easily accessible instead of a little bit of hard cash when you do not plan to use it, and not giving into any peer pressure / removing peer pressure altogether.

i am working on a series of videos on how to earn an income on the side or as a main income. skillshare was one of the two platforms i was considering but i will have to take a new look at them.

A very good move to not invest into Skillshare right now. Hope you find a good platform to start on and get your endeavors of the ground.

I tried to listen to audio books, I just couldn't focus. Even in school I could never listen to lectures I would always prefer to read the lesson later to memorise it. I suppose it depends of the way your brain works, what type of concentration you have.

Hello again, Jenelle! Glad to see you're feeling lots better. :) I do something a little similar to this. I read papers & articles instead of books for the most part, and use a combination of Chrome extensions to read virtually anything online for free outloud while simultaneously reading the text myself. I don't really have a 'favorite' book. It changes with each stage of my life to the point where declaring a favorite feels almost too rigid, if that makes sense. I also don't expect to read more books as much as more content outside of books themselves that interest me. I will also sometimes speed up longer youtube videos to make it go faster. I may or may not have done that for this video. One small bit of feedback: with KZfaq, spacing the actual publishing of videos out a little is known to help more than uploading a 2+ videos all at once (I will watch the other video tomorrow though!). Spaced repetition applies to KZfaq publishing too. Hope that's helpful

hi where are you from

You are boy or girl🙆

U r boy are girl

I was considering starting to teach some classes on Skillshare but it sounds like a waste of time.

A love from India

This video deserve a lot ✨