Professor Matt Lerner, PhD joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about neurodiversity. What are some signs of autism? What did people with autism do in the past? What does reading with dyslexia feel like? What does it mean to be “on the spectrum?” Can I diagnose myself with ADHD with TikTok videos? Answers to these questions and many more await on Neurodivergent Support.
0:00 Neurodivergent Support
0:16 What exactly does it mean to be neurodivergent?
0:59 What dyslexia is actually like
1:58 Autism social masking
4:00 What is a “real” doctor anyway
5:48 Love On The Spectrum
6:51 Signs of autism
8:50 What is and isn’t stimming?
9:48 Autism: On the rise or just better diagnosed?
12:18 What exactly is ADHD?
13:22 What did people with autism do in the past?
14:30 Tourettes onset
14:55 Tics
15:56 ADHD and hyper focus
17:09 Does reading improve with practice for dyslexics?
17:47 Is there an autism gene?
18:49 Why is profanity a Tourette’s tic?
20:46 Medication
23:13 On the spectrum
25:55 Autism diagnosis age
27:15 Autism and IQ
28:12 Autism myths
Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: Alex Mechanik
Expert: Matt Lerner
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Lauren Pruitt
Sound Mixer: Rebecca O’Neill
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Additional Editor: Samantha DiVito
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
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@nadiabarrett5195
June 24, 2025 at 8:12 pm
This doctor sounds so empathetic and did so well in his approach to the questions! Would have loved for this episode to have included Highly Sensitive People. Maybe next time.
@Patchy190
June 24, 2025 at 8:15 pm
I’ve seen what “NORMAL PEOPLE” are capable of. Not interested.
@stevenbruno7710
June 24, 2025 at 8:21 pm
Coincidentally, I’m in a public speaking class and one of the presenters spoke about the under diagnosing of Autism in women. Lots of really insightful Autism knowledge today and I’m very appreciative
@MKisFeelinSpicy
June 24, 2025 at 8:22 pm
Just to be more clear about the “what is the spectrum” question, since I feel like he sort of hinted at what that means without outright saying it, the “spectrum” refers to the wide variety that makes up the autistic experience. Some people think that the “spectrum” refers to a straight line of “least autistic” to “most autistic” and that everyone is somewhere on the spectrum, but that’s not true. If you do an image web search for “autism spectrum” you’ll see some representations of it as a circle or a color wheel. It’s basically the bundle of traits associated with autism and the expectation that every autistic person varies in which of those traits they have or which are strongest. In that way, being on the spectrum means that you have (many of) those traits in some configuration, and only autistic people are on the spectrum. So when he says [paraphrasing], “We used to think it always looked like this one presentation, and you could therefore diagnose it easily within a couple minutes because it always looks the same, and NOW we realize it presents in a lot of different ways”, he means the spectrum is a wide variety of ways that autism presents. The phrase I hear a lot is “When you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person.” Which means the next autistic person you meet won’t be the same.
@calderacollapse
June 24, 2025 at 8:29 pm
Scrolled way too far down for this. One of the biggest misconceptions about “the spectrum”
@starlover9921
June 24, 2025 at 8:24 pm
I don’t use tiktok and little of other social media, but after my sister said “could you be neurodivergent?” I started looking for more information about it, and ended up really resonating with the autism spectrum, so much that I’ve been thinking of going to a psychologist to talk about it, and the suggestions he made in the video on how to bring it up seems really helpful!
@ladymeserole
June 24, 2025 at 8:26 pm
It meant so much when he said that folks with ADHD struggle to control their focus “in the way that people want”. He did not say “in the right way”.
@O2Van2
June 24, 2025 at 8:28 pm
In the Māori language, the word for autism is takiwātanga. When you look at the etymology of the word, it tells of the person with autism ‘being in a different time or space’. Pretty beautiful word for it that acknowledges the tapu (sacredness) of those with ASD.
@EroninUdium
June 24, 2025 at 8:30 pm
Every special idiot teenager believes they are neurodivergent
@LaurenMilberger
June 24, 2025 at 8:30 pm
Dyslexics don’t see backwards; this really is a misnomer.
@Abraxaspowerhour
June 24, 2025 at 8:37 pm
The most ironic thing I did while watching this… Was zone out part way through and start thinking about haircuts
@glare_r
June 24, 2025 at 8:39 pm
Noooo his dyslexia explanation is so bad! A major cause of dyslexia occurs in the brain due to phonological processing issues that makes it challenging for students to connect letters with speech sounds to be able to develop good word recognition in reading/writing. I repeat – it is not seeing letters all mixed up! Stop spreading bad information!
@belorama8
June 24, 2025 at 8:44 pm
Wow! I’m less than a minute and a half into this video and this is the best representation of dyslexia I’ve ever seen already!
@skylark7921
June 24, 2025 at 8:45 pm
27:55 literally me lmao – 99% percentile language skills, 9% percentile processing speeds. Which always comes into play when I do logic puzzles – I always solve them correctly, but always need more time than it would take an average person (if the average solve time is 10 min, it’ll probably take me 15-20)
@skylark7921
June 24, 2025 at 8:50 pm
On the empathy thing, it’s interesting because I do have an autistic friend who struggles to empathize in the sense that she struggles to automatically know how ppl feel or imagine the feelings in an unfamiliar situation. Compared to me, also autistic, and I experience empathy so strongly that it’s overwhelming. Compared to what you’d expect, tho, my friend is way better at helping someone in need, because she doesn’t automatically feel the feelings but she does care. She can logically deduce that someone’s about to have a panic attack, and talk to them to keep them grounded. I get so overwhelmed by the emotions that I sometimes struggle to actually be helpful
@MRDraco17
June 24, 2025 at 9:22 pm
I think it’s the difference between having empathy and being an empath. When you have empathy you are able to understand or at least imagine what someone experience even if you have never lived something similar before(“putting yourself in someone shoes”), while when you are an empath you directly feel someonelse emotions.
I’m empath and as you said it’s exhausting, for me it went to a point that I accidently sutdown my feelings(I do feel emotions but it’s mutted, like I prevent myself to feel(a little hard to explain^^”)), after years I’m slowly starting to let myself feel again(it took me a while to notice what happened, especially with the addition of depression^^”) and this time I even use being an empath at my advantage to help me start the spark of some emotions^^
@apgray
June 24, 2025 at 8:55 pm
It’s a little misleading to characterize the accuracy of TikTok information solely by its correspondence with the diagnostic criteria. There are other facets of autistic/ADHD experience that are highly correlated with those diagnostic categories, even though they are not part of the diagnostic categories per se. For example, alexithymia is far more common among autistics than neurotypicals. The diagnostic categories were originally designed by neurotypical observers, so they tend to emphasize externally visible behaviour rather than internal experience. Social media that talks about other common (if non-diagnostic) traits and experiences is often a very valuable complement to the diagnostic criteria. Any assessment of the value of social media information ought to take that into account.
@carlirose4173
June 24, 2025 at 9:05 pm
I mask to survive
@jn4297
June 24, 2025 at 9:07 pm
Such a great and informative video, I got diagnosed with ASD + OCD this year and I am in my 30s. I have always been the odd kid, I am good at certain subjects in School but social interactions have always always been my biggest challenge. I got diagnosed with GAD and MDD a few years ago and now I know a lot of my struggling was due to my ASD and I am not really “just weird” (well I still to think I am quirky but in a more positive way :)).
Luckily, I am on the less severe side of the spectrum (I have a very good paying job and appreciate supports of my SO so so much), but that also makes me sometimes wonder, what if I could be spotted/diagnosed/treated/supported earlier in my life (like 5 or 6). Would that make me less depressed/anxious existing in and interacting with this world? Would that make my masking more efficient/less resource hungering? What would my life be?
Anyway, yeah, if you suspect you or somebody you know may be on spectrum. I think 26:20 is very spot on, get supported as early as possible. It may make their lives totally different, for better.
@artmieseelizabeth8074
June 24, 2025 at 9:12 pm
I’m pretty sure I’m autistic idk how to get tested for it though. It would make so many things make sense, if I am. I know there is something wrong or…off with me.
@AB-wf8ek
June 24, 2025 at 9:13 pm
1:10 What does it mean if I can read the dyslexic text as easily as the normal text?
@jnwcello
June 24, 2025 at 9:14 pm
Not me, watching the shadows on the books in the lower left being like… ai or not…
@TheKingOfInappropriateComments
June 24, 2025 at 9:14 pm
27:10.. Pretty sure their name is Judicial Review LOL. See even professors can see it wrong.
@YrtOxrktnae8299
June 24, 2025 at 9:19 pm
Thanks for your presentation. Just wondering, and this no diss on you, why in 2025 we still don’t use person-first language? When I hear or read “autistic person” or “someone who is autistic” I cringe (and that goes for “diabetic”, “high-risk groups”, schizophrenic”, etc.) Instead of saying “she is autistic”, why not say “she has autism”? I think if a person with autism wishes to use identity-first language, that’s fine, but I don’t think it’s cool for others to do that unless you know if that’s their preference. Does that make sense? And yeah…I’m kinda on the woke spectrum 😉
@AzuraFallen
June 24, 2025 at 9:20 pm
The second paragraph is so much easier for my brain to read, i paused the video before he explained the spelling mistakes until i got halfway through 😂
Yep, I’m dyslexic alright (evil name for a spelling disorder btw)
@marianopaul42
June 24, 2025 at 9:22 pm
Funny how the people describing autism are never autistic.
@kaylabailey7328
June 24, 2025 at 9:25 pm
as a neurodivergent (ADHD) & also a special education teacher…YOU ARE AWESOME! My favorite wired video. Good job, guys!
@r4nd0mguy99
June 25, 2025 at 3:59 pm
The biggest problem with these topics is really: “Where do you draw the line?”. Autism, ADHD, etc. get talked about by pretty much everyone, but is there a checklist for it? I’ve watched a video of MatPat about Spider-Man (Peter Parker) having PTSD and I could relate to a lot of the supposed symptoms, but without an event I could connect them with.
@lukeskywalker987
June 25, 2025 at 8:21 pm
That could be CPTSD.
@victoria_xo884
June 25, 2025 at 4:17 pm
Btw, I was professionally diagnosed Autistic and adhd. But self diagnosis can be valid if you do tons of research, possibly a couple of years. Especially bc it can be super hard to find a doctor. LOTS is not a good show, and I’d look at Morgan Foley’s video on this.
Accounts to look into! The last 4 in the top column are on youtube.
(Remember no spaces unless on youtube).
Sensory stories by Nicole
Neurodivergent _ Lou
authentically . emb
Autistic Callum _
the _ mini _ adhd _ coach
reberrabon _ bon
saranne _ wrape
Keaelyn Wilkins
Morgan Folley
autistic flair
gee on the spectrum
autistic . kati
life in an autism world
elena carroll ( carr0ll )?
emerald buttons .
anna margaretha pettersson
happy autistic lady
flourish with vicki
my autistic therapist
_ sound of the forest _
@myname4167
June 25, 2025 at 4:17 pm
ADHD and Autism are evolutionary necessities. Part of the village to help the village survive.
@Fahq-z7q
June 25, 2025 at 4:18 pm
Oh look, far left org posting a tutorial on how to get benefits.
this kind of content shouldn’t exist.
@thomasgoldschmidt298
June 25, 2025 at 5:17 pm
What are your thoughts about the Telepathy Tapes?
@psfilmsbob
June 25, 2025 at 5:20 pm
Oh my God. “How do I tell my real doctor that TikTok doctors diagnosed me?”
You don’t. You keep that to yourself. TikTok doesn’t know what’s wrong with you.
@mistergoddess
June 25, 2025 at 5:33 pm
I really enjoyed his way of presenting and discussing this topic and how well balanced his views and knowledge are. Perfect blend of sensitivity, reality, understanding of society’s views towards neurodivergence, and its history. Love to see it.
@belenbermejochimeno7747
June 25, 2025 at 5:42 pm
Thank you for this video. My husband and I found out he’s on the spectrum a couple of years ago, when he was 49. When we were told, we were shocked, but it also explained things about his behaviour we didn’t understand before.
@CraftyKrystal
June 25, 2025 at 5:49 pm
Thank you for making this video! I definitely learned a few things. 😊
@nigralurker
June 25, 2025 at 5:58 pm
Do they like Sonic the Hedgehog? If yes, then they may have autism.
@BeGioBijoux
June 25, 2025 at 6:28 pm
Neurodivergent is a euphemist for abnormal.
The earlier we accept it, the longer we have to try and minimize the damage, maximize the effort to fit in
Let’s be honest, we have to fit in society, it’s not society who has the obligation for bend for us.
Everyone fights some sort of battle, if it’s not mental illness, it’s being fat, black, female, fatherless, drug addict, traumatized and so on.
Be tough, face it up front.
@AsddAsdf-j5i
June 25, 2025 at 6:33 pm
I think it’s fair to call someone autistic if you find it necessary and productive to do so, but some people experience a lot of social insecurities, and inferiority complex, and that’s one way to cope for them.
@jev5
June 25, 2025 at 6:42 pm
No difference in that dyslexic paragraph. Completely legible
@BenjaminMartinez-u3y
June 25, 2025 at 7:09 pm
What do I do if I had an autism assessment but the assessors said that I don’t have autism but then I still feel like a have autism or that something is wrong with me? (I have adhd)
@andreaorozco9660
June 25, 2025 at 7:19 pm
The echolalia is true, I’ve stuck on the word shrimp for the past 6 months haha.
I think something people miss about autism is the blank stare. After years of forcing myself to look at people in the eyes, I’m glad kids in school today get the help I didn’t
@PrairieAlchemy
June 25, 2025 at 7:22 pm
Well feck! This is an amazing explanation of what we experience! I’m impressed. Thankyou!! 🫶🇨🇦
@JTCourier
June 25, 2025 at 7:44 pm
1:50 what does it mean If I can read the dyslexic text faster than the normal text?
@Zyrada
June 25, 2025 at 7:48 pm
I was diagnosed with ASD back in 1995 when Asperger’s Syndrome was still a thing. It’s been fascinating to see the cultural shift around how we’re perceived and understood, and equally alarming to see the lengths some people will go to in denying the merits of our existence.
@musicsucks6969
June 25, 2025 at 7:51 pm
I haven’t seen this Key and Peele sketch before
@emersonarmstrong89
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 pm
And then he had to talk about “hand flapping”. Want to know who doesn’t want to be friends with a hand flapper at age 6? Everybody lol.
Seriously though, first time I’ve heard about it, and I’ve been doing it since I was 3 years old. Thought it was a weird tick but nope, aparently it’s just more confirmation that I’m on the spectrum lol.
@autumnmcgarry1123
June 25, 2025 at 8:35 pm
Lovely video! It restores my faith in humanity to see such kind, professional discussion about topics like this that used to have such intense stigma in society. I predict another surge in autism diagnoses, hopefully soon, based on improved gender equality. I think I’m autistic and had many challenges in childhood related to sensory discomfort and huge issues making friends and understanding the social environment around me. But my caregiver at the time ignored and mislabeled my difficulties as me being hormonal… I was 10. While my brother who had different types of issues but similar in intensity was diagnosed immediately when he started having difficulties at school and with his classmates. I’m really hoping this will change soon. I still haven’t gone to see a specialist about possibly being diagnosed because I expect to not be taken seriously or that my symptoms will be overlooked because I’m female and my parents never considered I was autistic. I would love to hear if anyone with a similar story to me has gotten a diagnosis.
@matt9815
June 25, 2025 at 8:37 pm
I really appreciate the answer to the last one because before getting diagnosed, I heavily questioned whether I could be autistic because I can be a very understanding and considerate person, but now I know 🙂
@tyler3201
June 25, 2025 at 8:39 pm
Yep I’m on the spectrum and have ADHD. I’ve known it for a while but can’t get diagnosed.
@angelvalentynn
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 pm
the example of dyslexia was easier for me to read than the normal text box… wtf does this mean? 😭
@TheTafoyita
June 25, 2025 at 9:26 pm
Very informative and easy to understand. Thank you for enlightening us! ❤
@tempelhof1986
June 26, 2025 at 5:08 pm
I can give insight into stimming – it’s something you do with your body to cancel out the background overwhelm. E.g. Fidgeting with a ball isn’t something you enjoy doing but it can be something to try and distract yourself with. It’s usually a sign the dysregulation is already in full swing and the person is at the point of not coping in that moment.
@AnAngryGoose87
June 26, 2025 at 5:11 pm
Shout out to my dyscalculia people
@Mozzarella-and-Tomato
June 26, 2025 at 5:37 pm
Thanks for talking about Tourette’s! Very interesting to learn about the research on the neural connections
@av.punk.801
June 26, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Life pro tips for sensory seaking autistics who ALREADY SMOKE (dont smoke, and dont start because of this, its a horrible habit), invest in a zippo/clipper/dupont (if youre rich). The ammount of time i spend just flicking my zippo open and shut and rolling it in my hand is frankly obscene but it keeps me sane
@aaronsteinberg4117
June 26, 2025 at 6:19 pm
bro the dyslexia one i couldnt even read the top half lmao
@caliqm2199
June 26, 2025 at 6:21 pm
Why would anyone consider it controversial to say that autism should be medicated?
@lilmuon
June 26, 2025 at 6:27 pm
No.
@aaronsteinberg4117
June 26, 2025 at 6:28 pm
putting that energy somewhere is a great way to describe stimming
@Hacktinium-z4k
June 26, 2025 at 6:29 pm
I don’t like the fact he said ‘those are the kids that…’ for hyperactive ADHD. Makes it sound like it’s only in kids!
@aaronsteinberg4117
June 26, 2025 at 6:36 pm
the adhd lever analogy is super on point ive been so engaged in things that ive gone a day with out eating or drinking
@KarelinaCA
June 26, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Thank you for accurate information!
@kathynay5498
June 26, 2025 at 7:10 pm
“In the past” people with middle or lower level functioning autism were also institutionalized. Let’s not forget about the horrible treatment of many humans in the past in these institutions. There are still residential care homes out there, but it isn’t seen as acceptable to “institutionalize” your child anymore so they are living integrated into society. And the poor treatment still happens in these settings, especially if the individual is nonverbal, but there are more checks and balances, awareness, and care given to these individuals.
@jexarbor9344
June 26, 2025 at 7:27 pm
Thank you for addressing tourette’s. Mine started at 24.
@PickleBitch12
June 26, 2025 at 7:41 pm
Oh yea I’m sure this guy knows what it’s like to be autistic🙄why not ask ppl who ACTUALLY ARE AUTISTIC
@Daisysannn
June 26, 2025 at 8:10 pm
Thank you professor Matt for talking about these because I am curious about Autism? And that’s because going to school I always felt different since I have IEP and also for a while I thought I had autism or dyslexia but actually growing up I actually have OCD and anxiety and learning disability so I don’t know if one of those could be linked to autism or dyslexia? 🤷🏽♀️ (cause I never had a through examination or no one ever told me anything about my disability) 😩 it’s kinda like a missing puzzle that you can’t solve.
@stinky4me2000
June 26, 2025 at 8:11 pm
I’m sorry, there’s “emerging evidence” that pretending to be someone you’re not is “taxing”? When has that NOT been taxing whether you’re autistic or neurotypical?
@officegossip
June 26, 2025 at 8:29 pm
I was hoping someone would ask the doctor about the difference between a formal medical diagnosis of ADHD and a person who is simply exhibiting symptoms due to cultural influences or poor academic habits.
@Joshua-dx7zn
June 26, 2025 at 8:36 pm
I’ve been telling my wife our nephew was most likely autistic since he was 15 months or maybe earlier. It has been little things about his personality. One of the first things that grabbed my attention was when he was looking at a book with different textures. At one point I tried to move his hand towards my beard and he just automatically pulled his hand away. I feel most toddlers wouldn’t even notice or care their hand was grabbed. He is 3 now and is more and more looking like he has it. I’m not sure his parents really know, and I don’t think they would respond very well if I even mentioned it.
@mandidels
June 26, 2025 at 8:37 pm
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@Yanasilva-zu1il
June 26, 2025 at 8:38 pm
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Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
@bestaneierflott1195
June 26, 2025 at 8:40 pm
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@wiembadri4155
June 26, 2025 at 8:41 pm
I wish those were more accessible here.
Microdosing was the next thing I planned for my husband. He’s 59 & facing many mental health issues, probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma for 8 days. Sadly, I had to get a TPO because he’s 6’6, over 300 pounds, and displaying violent behavior, always talking about hurting others. He’s really aggressive. If anyone out there knows about BPD, is it common to have an obsession with violence?
@Yanasilva-zu1il
June 26, 2025 at 8:41 pm
Impressive can you share more info?
@bestaneierflott1195
June 26, 2025 at 8:44 pm
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@Cookie0fPower
June 26, 2025 at 8:41 pm
Good video
@Joywful97
June 26, 2025 at 9:04 pm
Is YouTube trying to tell me something with this recommendation 🤨
@natstu9756
June 26, 2025 at 9:08 pm
Extremely disappointing explanation of ADHD! Most of what we struggle with is Executive Disfunction, Motivation, Impulse Control, Routine etc – the inattentive and hyper part is so misleading. Especially when it comes to women
@Shmoo22420
June 26, 2025 at 9:26 pm
Yes. My mother is classic example of this. She’s never had trouble paying attention and she’s not easily distracted. It’s everything else.
@Hippie_Ashes
June 26, 2025 at 9:10 pm
I am autistic and have adhd. I can tell you i know my brain very well and my nerves in particular. To the point i can tell you where i store information on my person.
@Hippie_Ashes
June 26, 2025 at 9:17 pm
Before 1 year old i could tell my niblings were neurodivergent. One cudnt pay attention but could walk right away, they have adhd. The others fine motor skills even before 6months and has been able to communicate in full sentences. Shes 2 now. The other day i caught her laying blocks perfectly in a row. Shes definitely autistic. It runs in our family ❤
@Shmoo22420
June 26, 2025 at 9:24 pm
I would like to see schizo type disorders talked about in these conversations. My understanding is that schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia are also in the neurodiversity category. I feel like we get left out a lot. A lot of the symptoms overlap with autism.
@timseguine2
June 27, 2025 at 1:05 pm
One of the lesser known signs of autism is getting videos about autism in your youtube recommendations
@New_Wave_Nancy
June 27, 2025 at 1:46 pm
I found that question about onset of Tourette’s interesting. I started having noticeable tics, and got diagnosed, at age 11.
@newnewromantic7534
June 27, 2025 at 1:52 pm
I do wish that bipolar and OCD were clearly defined as also neurodivergence. I know that the questions were limited by what people are asking, but yeah.
@malokegames
June 27, 2025 at 1:53 pm
The main “problem” with serious YouTube autism channels (don’t know about TikTok) is that most are talking about first-person perspective (Autist’s POV) , while diagnosis criterea used by doctors are based on external observations (3rd person view). Both information are available on YouTube, doctors have channels too, but only doctors who are autists themselves are capable of understanding both simultaneously. And BOTH should be considered instead of Denied.
@JorisBax
June 27, 2025 at 1:59 pm
Interesting video. Was a bit distracted by the uneven sideburns though. 🤔
@justaqueerbirb
June 27, 2025 at 2:05 pm
Me: Wow those two reading portions look the same to me/are the same to read…
Me: (remembers I’ve suspected myself of dyslexia and dyscalculia for years now) oh, right.
@howlroseXI
June 27, 2025 at 2:07 pm
As someone who is autistic I loved all these explanations. Very to the point and you can picture what you’re saying as you explain it.
Especially how the brain works. I often have to remind myself to not be so “zoned in” and it’s a literal effort to expand my mind back out to take in other information.
@KylaFuller
June 27, 2025 at 2:22 pm
I have borderline and wonder if I’m autistic everyday. How do I know what goes where?
@gunblazingmutant
June 27, 2025 at 2:26 pm
What is it called if you can read the dyslexic words, backward words, words written normally, words written upside down, and words most people would have a stroke trying to pronounce?
@Nifemi1
June 27, 2025 at 3:21 pm
Any other Nigerian buss laugh when he pronounced that first person’s name 😂😂
@dynamicgecko1213
June 27, 2025 at 4:14 pm
Everyone is “neurodivergent” now. To the point the neurotypical people should be called neurodivergent at this point
@kqatsi
June 27, 2025 at 7:20 pm
har de har har
@morbidtweak
June 27, 2025 at 4:32 pm
If you were trying to make this video difficult to watch for people with ADHD you did a great job. The sheer number of drastic jump/zoom cuts make it incredibly difficult to pay attention to what’s being said.
@myrollingpeach
June 27, 2025 at 4:39 pm
No mention of gender playing a role for late autism diagnosis in women? Knowing as a child could’ve made my life so much better now as a woman in my thirties.
@Spagooter9375
June 27, 2025 at 4:46 pm
He didn’t even explain ADHD that well like what the root cause is.
@plurally
June 27, 2025 at 5:03 pm
I’m AuDHD and I want to add that knitting, crochet, embroidery, weaving, spinning, etc – anything with repetitive motion – can be stimming! It doesn’t matter that it’s popular and perceived as normal for women to do these things. It still scratches the itch and I think it’s not noticed sometimes because it’s a “girl thing”
@danielcaccavelli5551
June 27, 2025 at 5:11 pm
Not aligned sideburns!
@elizdonovan5650
June 27, 2025 at 5:37 pm
Great presentation of a complex area with explanations that I, an average person, can understand.
Thank you.
@lumiereteindre
June 27, 2025 at 5:54 pm
hasanabi
@jungae98
June 27, 2025 at 5:56 pm
The tic about the profanity is Coprolalia and thats inappropriate words or phrases. A very small percentage of people with Tourettes have this. As someone with Tourettes, I do not have this.
@Oceanchildeyes
June 27, 2025 at 6:01 pm
Love this dude frl
@kittykat8232
June 27, 2025 at 6:12 pm
I’ve never been diagnosed for Tourette’s out of shame and being told I don’t have it and people calling my tics as “habits”. Since my first memories I remember being told to “stop my habits because then I’ll have them all my life” as in my tics (making a sound, scrunching my nose, blinking of my eyes, clearing my throat etc… even saying words) I don’t blame my parents because they didn’t even know it existed (we have it in the family and they all call tics “habits”) anyway, my whole like I had shame surrounding it and thankfully since my tics are relatively unnoticeable I told myself I’ll never tell anyone about it because even if I say it I’m worried I will be told I’m one of those people who diagnose themselves. I want to see a doctor so bad because sometimes I can’t sleep because of my tics but I’m still so embarrassed and scared that my doctor makes me feel like I’m over dramatic or smthg. Hearing him talk about how majority of tics are unnoticeable gave me so much ease and like I’m finally being seen and that maybe after all I shouldn’t be embarrassed and should see a doctor for it. Thank you so much for this video, genuinely I feel so grateful
@makeupque3n
June 27, 2025 at 6:20 pm
GOD IS GOOD I PAST ALL MY SUBJECTS
@lillith665
June 27, 2025 at 6:38 pm
Cool, cool…now address the undereducation of physicians on neurodivergent diagnoses and the OVERWHELMING stigma they have subsequently internalized against them.
@Kazihirom
June 27, 2025 at 6:53 pm
If you have any a typical personality and you go to a doctor and say, I think I have autism they will diagnose you with autism
@crowcarmichael2917
June 27, 2025 at 6:56 pm
I nearly died twice to severe brain infection before I was 5. I grew up not being informed I had nearly died multiple times and was told there was nothing wrong with me
My understanding of life was horribly confused. My parents didn’t understand mental health after damage. I’ve been incredibly smart on some days, but half of my life has been random bouts of confusion where suddenly all language sounds like simlish and i can’t read anymore. I finally get to be treated soon for seizures and a form of epilepsy i didn’t know i had. Life has been so weird and crazy.
@Sonder-i9n
June 28, 2025 at 4:01 am
I’m autistic and I struggle with selective mutism. I can only comfortably speak with my family. In stores I always try to avoid people and walking into crowded aisle and in school I don’t speak at all. However I’m very intellectual, I read a lot of books and I like to study. It’s hard, but I’m trying.
@imnotlikethem1
June 28, 2025 at 4:59 am
Couldn’t watch this because the typing noise gave me sensory issues and I couldn’t hear what he was saying
@MaleOrderBride
June 28, 2025 at 5:36 am
Ummm no😅 Autism is a Community 😊 anyone can identify as neurodivergent 😊 we are a growing community that accepts everyone 😊 this doctor guy thinks because he has a fancy College Diploma, that he can gatekeepe our community 😅
@notyou6674
June 28, 2025 at 6:20 am
i know people with dyslexia must be seeing something worse than that because that was actually very easy to read so kind of messed up to undersell the problem they have like that
@3nertia
June 28, 2025 at 7:16 am
If you’re not brainwashed by capitalism then you’re probably “neurodivergent” lmfao
@BeatriceGibson-q6l7w
June 28, 2025 at 9:21 am
👍👍👍
@LilPotatoz
June 28, 2025 at 10:01 am
And is this masking? 5:18
@thijstombedes5582
June 28, 2025 at 11:44 am
I dont like him
@AspieMoonWoman
June 28, 2025 at 11:48 am
i consider myself truly skilled at analyzing humans psychology . as long as i am not involved with them . i also feel way less disordered once i absolutely decided to quit comminucating with the world.. totally , alienate myself happily and indulge in my solitutde and intrests. that need to fit in , seems to be sthg indoctrinated in us , an illusion, not a need.
@femmepsych
June 28, 2025 at 12:28 pm
Any other ND people here who are cringing at the sounds of the typing in this video? 😂😓 Loved the video besides that, though!
@its_robbietime1333
June 28, 2025 at 12:51 pm
What type of adhd do i have; i can pay attention but its super taxing, frequent boredom leading to depression, and impulsivity leading to stealing and drug use namely nicotine caffeine cannabis and alcohol
@iamstanjones
June 28, 2025 at 12:55 pm
If it wasn’t for the internet I would probably be dead, I am now 48 and I always just thought I was a freak, until I found out about Aspergers 6 years ago. The internet saved my life.
@DiamondPersian
June 28, 2025 at 1:16 pm
Wow, first question and I realized I had dyslexia this whole time! That just made me realize why I haven’t wanted to read a book since high school! It’s just too hard! Fascinating!
@mssinnocence
June 28, 2025 at 1:26 pm
As an adult just recently diagnosed with ADHD. I found myself relating to a lot of experiences shared on social media. I didn’t use that as a basis for diagnosis. Seeing my children’s behaviour and having my younger son diagnosed with it and knowing there’s a genetic/ familial component lead to me actuvely seeking a diagnosis for myself. I always struggled with procrastinating and executive function. I have the combined type but more inattentive.
@talatsmum
June 28, 2025 at 1:32 pm
Im glad he explained the empathy thing, especially the part about being so empathetic you’re overwhelmed. People really think I miss things 🙄
@JamesMaynardMoreland
June 28, 2025 at 2:08 pm
It is said that everybody has a little bit of autism if you look around you may find it on your desk or in your kitchen if you could bring me the little bits of autism we could potentially make a whole autism thanks
@alexanderluna4598
June 28, 2025 at 2:22 pm
Alot of people have said i have neurodivergent traits but i dont care about getting diagnosed because i dont want to fall back on a diagnosis to make sense of my behavior. I am who i am and i dont want to have an excuse make it easier to be different. Id rather focus on being normal and not enabling incorrect behaviors.
@Mark_W_Newman
June 28, 2025 at 2:25 pm
The downside to raised awareness is a LOT of people are self diagnosing simply because they may be socially awkward or for any general discomfort and use it to claim a victim mentality and using it as a crutch. That isn’t to diminish actual cases, just point out that not every little thing means you’re neurodivegent.
@Cotymel42
June 28, 2025 at 3:12 pm
What kind of autism is it when u can very easily read the dyslexia text ?
@Cotymel42
June 28, 2025 at 3:13 pm
This is a genuine question, I am not trolling, I have an autism diagnosis.
@danytheunicorn95
June 28, 2025 at 4:22 pm
I’m still not sure if I have autism, tourettes or adhd, maybe I got all
@zakmendoza8817
June 28, 2025 at 4:40 pm
Sound off if you watched this brilliant man speak at 1.25x speed
@Jorge-c8y7d
June 28, 2025 at 5:30 pm
as a psychologist im watching this video to critique rather than leanr ;P
@cillamoke
June 28, 2025 at 5:43 pm
Diagnosed by tick tok
@coby4482
June 28, 2025 at 7:01 pm
I never asked that
@Jaigarful
June 28, 2025 at 9:04 pm
I’m pretty sure I have ADHD. I get an official diagnosis next week. Realized I’ve had it my whole life and just coped by shutting down parts of myself. I had some real embarrassing moments as a kid surrounding a speech impediment, and my family only ever made it worse. Zero emotional support. So I did what I had to. I basically shut up and just played video games for 30 years. I became more talkative in my 30’s, and my ADHD became more apparent to the outside world. I fidget a lot, can’t focus unless I’m really into something, talk an awful lot about things I like, struggle to engage in conversations, etc.
Then I started dating again this year, and its been the roughest time of my life. I’ve been emotionally wrecked as certain systems come back online. I’ve never really felt lonely despite being alone until this year, and its overbearing at times. I’m glad those systems are working, but its a doozy. Letting my creative side come through for once, its a bit reassuring after thinking I’m just broken for so many years.
@meglovesasmr
June 28, 2025 at 10:55 pm
This was cool! Surprised OCD wasn’t mentioned at all
@ew5601
June 29, 2025 at 12:46 am
I’ve always had symptoms of ADHD but test negative every time due to my hyper focus (space bar test).
@BladesOfMunch
June 29, 2025 at 1:08 am
12:22 I haven’t seen the rest of the video yet but I need to ask a question about ADHD. When you have a child who has the inattentive type of ADHD, how do you teach them? Anyone with experience please reply and suggest techniques!
@ashmodeustacretiust2017
June 29, 2025 at 1:13 am
im sorry, tesla what?
@purplefire5
June 29, 2025 at 1:16 am
Not even a mention of OCD???
@cynthiabakke825
June 29, 2025 at 2:41 am
This is one of the most concise, accurate, intelligent, and well presented videos I’ve ever seen regarding these topics (and that is saying a lot). I have always wondered about how people with dyslexia actually see things and your explanation really helped! I also appreciate your handling of the whole “TikTok doctor” thing, and everything else you explained really.
THANK YOU for this whole video-this level of clear, intelligent, and digestible *accurate* information is rare and so needed. Keep this content coming!
@billveusay9423
June 29, 2025 at 4:03 am
One of the best episodes!
@Imadeadgoat
June 29, 2025 at 4:58 am
As someone with dyslexia I standby what he says as how it looks as it is the best way to explain it to others that don’t have it but it’s not what we actually see because mostly it is just we’re not comprehending the words we’re reading or hearing and it also affects language as a whole not just reading and writing and I say this because people do tend to get the wrong idea with seeing that when it’s not exactly true and I’m awful showing that as to explain as this is what is going on in someone’s head not what they’re actually seeing
@thiagodcm23
June 29, 2025 at 7:46 am
Neurodivergence is the “body positive” of the mental health. It’s Just a beautiful lie. Disorder is a disorder. Period.
@philoctetes_wordsworth
June 29, 2025 at 8:02 am
As male physicians and researchers tend to minimize and ignore the differences in presentation that women and girls exhibit, why did you choose a male to do this?
@VellumGaul
June 29, 2025 at 10:29 am
I wish you had a female expert speak on this topic, because the way the psychiatric community has treated women is a very important part of the rise in autism diagnosis as well as understanding the differences in autism manifestation.
@imBurre
June 29, 2025 at 10:46 am
I have autism too because I am not top 95 percentile functioning human being.
Am I doing it right or are others doing it wrong?
@A-a-ron666
June 29, 2025 at 12:59 pm
I can read both
@GaryV-p3h
June 29, 2025 at 1:47 pm
A tik tok doctor aka a quack.
@dustinhall669
June 29, 2025 at 1:56 pm
I’m extremely attracted to this man
@fishnsyd
June 29, 2025 at 2:21 pm
This was a wonderfully detailed and compassionate explanation. I hope this professor comes back!
@heyitsmeeeeeeeeeeee
June 29, 2025 at 2:55 pm
Would also love to learn about HSP (highly sensitive people) and neurodivergence, as well as giftedness!
@geni_fetahu
June 29, 2025 at 3:03 pm
The dyslexia demo look the same to me wtf😭
@Aeonlith
June 29, 2025 at 3:45 pm
Seeing as autism is “on the rise”, what are the pros respective cons about getting this diagnosis? I get that for the people with graver symptoms they can get the proper help they need to function in society but there are also those who functions just fine even with autism. is there a reason for those people get checked and diagnosed?
The reason im asking is because i see a lot of younger people using it, almost like a label and pass to belong to a certain clique similar to the emo groups back when i was young or punkrockers back in the earlier days when that was rebellious. It has happened that i have met people that introduce themselves with their diagnosis and i keep wondering, why is that?
@sun1one1
June 29, 2025 at 3:51 pm
I was told that having abilities that are strong in one area and very weak in another means you have a learning disability.
@TheBookofSam707
June 29, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Idea for future show: Living with an autistic partner and comorbidity of autism and other issues.
@yaekmon
June 29, 2025 at 5:31 pm
In my experience, if someone says I’m “on the spectrum” it means they’re deathly afraid of uttering the word “autism”
@enteringfire
June 29, 2025 at 7:49 pm
cool but should have mentioned bottom-up processing😭
@ancaiimura
June 29, 2025 at 8:19 pm
My husband and I are both autistic and have ADHD but we clash a A LOT because we are on different sides of the spectrum. We hate each other’s stimming, I hate when he hums because anything that is sound-repetitive overstimulates me, meanwhile I stim by jerking my leg to kind of rock my body and he hates it haha. And we barely can communicate with eachother because we are both very silent people. Except when he hums. Ugh.
@JoshBorlase
June 29, 2025 at 8:43 pm
It’s a perfectly normal interest in Warhammer. Entirely proportional.
@onkelpappkov2666
June 29, 2025 at 11:40 pm
Excellent man, excellent way of speaking, excellent presentation!
@sultanvibeschannel
June 29, 2025 at 11:41 pm
Getting suggested to this video is a sign of autism
@baristaz8834
June 30, 2025 at 12:16 pm
No
@ozzybloke-craig3690
June 29, 2025 at 11:57 pm
Well way more kids get diagnosed with these disorders, than kids that actually have it. I do not trust a lot of Doctors, especially American ones, as they are for profit.
@baristaz8834
June 30, 2025 at 12:16 pm
Most tend to actually have it than those who don’t. Unless you want to pick and choose who has it according to what YOU think.
@ozzybloke-craig3690
June 30, 2025 at 12:19 pm
@@baristaz8834 no. It is a well known fact this these conditions are way over diagnosed. But hey, be ignorant all you like.
@ErisRift
June 30, 2025 at 12:03 am
In my culture it’s rude To stare in strangers eyes unless you really know them. So growing up I still do this
@micahsalberg4792
June 30, 2025 at 1:13 am
The point about empathy is really interesting. My son who is autistic has such a sensitive gauge for my mood and feelings that he’ll know how I’m feeling before I do. He also asks regularly what my pain level is if I get hurt and tells me about kids in his class getting upset and how/why and is genuinely concerted. Definitely a myth if you ask me.
@dylansearcy3966
June 30, 2025 at 1:44 am
4:39 don’t get diagnosed by someone on the internet
@sarahferrell5458
June 30, 2025 at 2:03 am
My dr started treating me for adhd years after I met him… he finds it easier to understand me on that med. he gives me a NUMBER of other meds…
@sarahferrell5458
June 30, 2025 at 2:07 am
My brother used to say “your local Ford dealer.”just like the ads he saw on tv. Dx at age 3, 1982.
@sarahferrell5458
June 30, 2025 at 2:10 am
I run my fingernails over the hems of my nightgowns. High IQ female born in late 60’s. We are just understanding it better now. I knew better than to tell ppl what my issues were. Not dx’ed, but my family believes that I’m autistic, too. My parents met in medical school….
@PolyCrochet
June 30, 2025 at 4:52 am
It always makes me tear up when I see something is written in ‘dyslectic’, only this visual written text already makes me feel so seen.
@asifgameplay2522
June 30, 2025 at 5:54 am
To anyone reading this we’ve never met, but I genuinely hope the best for you. If you’re going through something right now, I get it. I spent years chasing goals but never actually feeling in control of the outcomes. I believed effort alone was enough… until I found The Cancelled Laws of Reality by Selene Veritas. That book opened my eyes to the real reasons things were stuck. Since reading it, not only has my income shifted my entire energy feels different. Life responds differently when you understand how it’s wired. If you’re seeing this, maybe it’s because something in you is ready. Wishing you peace and everything you’ve been waiting for ❤️❤️
@kirausamaria5409
June 30, 2025 at 6:17 am
I feel most of human beings mask in some areas of their lives in order to adapt to social rules.
Is stimming something exclusive to autistic people or other people with different disorders can do it too?
@04pologies25
June 30, 2025 at 1:24 pm
Technically everyone can stim as it’s a way to reduce stress/anxiety and maybe you’re doing it during some situations without even realising! It’s just something more common among autistic people and some other disorders such as anxiety.
@kirausamaria5409
June 30, 2025 at 3:04 pm
@04pologies25Oh, ok. I have anxiety disorder, so sometimes I do some things that may be considered as stimming. Thanks.
@04pologies25
June 30, 2025 at 3:13 pm
@@kirausamaria5409 No problem! Any act such as playing with your hands, an object or repeating something continuously executed in order to reduce stress can be considered as stimming.
@Tron-h1s
June 30, 2025 at 6:31 am
If you’re reading this, just know I’m rooting for you. I don’t know you, but I know what it’s like to feel like you’re pushing and trying and still… nothing moves. That’s how I felt until I read The Cancelled Laws of Reality by Selene Veritas. I saw someone mention it in a comment, and out of curiosity, I checked it out. What I found inside those pages changed how I see everything. Reality is not what we’ve been taught. Once I started using what the book teaches, things started flowing clarity, opportunities, even money. I don’t know what led you here, but maybe this is your moment too. Keep going. It’s closer than you think 💰✨
@MtnDewVoltage456
June 30, 2025 at 9:51 am
I’m autistic and I’m sensitive sounds lights smells heat. I also say a few sentences and then I may say the last 3 or 4 words I said on reapeate a 2nd time especially if I’m excited
@ViktorKhomenko-p2k
June 30, 2025 at 12:01 pm
🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
@anthony5775
June 30, 2025 at 12:02 pm
It’s too bad so many people try to “identity shop” for neurological disorders. It really discredits the people who actually struggle. It’s like fake service animals
@chocobabyflakes3215
June 30, 2025 at 1:05 pm
Is it just me or is Matt here a cutie pie? I suppose it could be his understanding of neurodiversity that’s doing the trick.
@fatehyabali
June 30, 2025 at 1:17 pm
Ba
@letmebecharlie
June 30, 2025 at 2:09 pm
I know he says “neurodivergent”, but I keep hearing “nerd version” 💀💀
@Beqeeangel
June 30, 2025 at 4:44 pm
I know tons of autistic people and they actually have hyper empathy
@100amps
June 30, 2025 at 4:59 pm
I’ve had ADHD, the inattentive type, all my life. It destroyed me as a kid in school. I could only daydream unless the subject was fascinating. I only made it to grade 9. After getting treatment, meds and CBT, in my 40s, I went back to school and earned an engineering degree. I couldn’t have done it without the meds. Remember that, and consider the alternative. Science saved me.
@TheInnerSanctuary
June 30, 2025 at 5:59 pm
OH NO
HES HOT
@Lisa-yh6zi
June 30, 2025 at 7:14 pm
One of the best videos I have ever watched. This gent is a true professional and answered with facts, understanding and compassion 👏🏻
@Aviator27J
June 30, 2025 at 10:18 pm
There are things that can help with communication for people with autism (without generalizing all of a population) but it’s called 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine and since it’s illegal and can’t be provided in a safe, regulated manner, there’s no way to prescribe or even clinically test MDMA’s effects to help people. Our drug laws are archaic and draconian.
@MayHugger
July 1, 2025 at 5:39 am
Yeah….no, I am not taking a banned drug just to MAYBE be a little better at communicating.
@sarahcnzbsahm246
June 30, 2025 at 10:27 pm
I love my vocal stims. It’s like you left a parakeet in front of a TV
@Michael_Jeromy_Kaiser
July 1, 2025 at 7:37 am
Low dose mdma
@olicart33
July 1, 2025 at 7:43 am
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@jerrylucas76
July 1, 2025 at 7:51 am
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@DeanSteven-gc3kg
July 1, 2025 at 7:54 am
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@seand2841
July 1, 2025 at 7:59 am
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@xXxSixteenDreamsxXx
July 1, 2025 at 8:05 am
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July 1, 2025 at 8:05 am
Wardshroomies?
@nmm913
July 1, 2025 at 7:53 am
This sounds like a bunch of woke bs and everyone wants to claim to be neurodivergent to feel special. Being neurodivergent is the new “being trans.” Its the “cool” social thing these days
@user-ff7fs4sj7r
July 1, 2025 at 11:39 am
No its not
@user-ff7fs4sj7r
July 1, 2025 at 11:39 am
Shut up
@staygeee
July 2, 2025 at 5:47 am
Use your brain, the world is evolving and becoming more accepting, hence why so many people are coming out comfortably and also why we have much more neurodivergent diagnosis’. There’s much more awareness brought to these topics which is a great thing!
@AuraEdits.2025
July 1, 2025 at 4:17 pm
Am I the only person here who took a good 30 seconds of reading to realise the words in the bottom paragraph where jumbled up?? My brain automatically interpreted the words and switched them to normal 😭😭
@sapphir8
July 1, 2025 at 7:11 pm
I saw them jumbled immediately, but had no problem reading them quickly and knowing what they were supposed to be spelled correctly.
@Mitsuraga
July 1, 2025 at 4:56 pm
I always thought the Tourette’s association with profanity had more to do with cursing in frustration at the ticks/muscle spasms happening beyond their control and not so much that the profanity itself is the tick.
@acey850
July 1, 2025 at 5:04 pm
0:19 I knew it. The snowflakes made it all up.
@sweetreat30
July 1, 2025 at 8:20 pm
Where can I submit questions for upcoming episodes? I have so many questions about a large variety of topics!
@staygeee
July 2, 2025 at 5:40 am
looks like twitter?
@staygeee
July 2, 2025 at 5:45 am
and reddit
@cosmobane6995
July 1, 2025 at 10:20 pm
His name is literary “learner”
@tonyrosales4787
July 1, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Everybody stims.
@kennyg5235
July 1, 2025 at 10:54 pm
Autism is caused by mercury and aluminum oxidizing in the brain.
@ReleasePeas
July 1, 2025 at 11:11 pm
I think we need to bring more aware to dysgraphia
@rammbo38
July 2, 2025 at 2:37 am
Does anxiety and autism go hand in hand?
@mvdum29
July 2, 2025 at 3:28 am
When my sister and I explained the symptoms of my ADHD to my parents (I was diagnosed as an adult), my parents’ eyes bugged out of their heads and they went “IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!” We also strongly suspect my father has ADHD (problems with emotional regulation, inattention, etc) and mild dyslexia. Truly proving the biological foundations for that line of neurodivergence in my family.
@ALG3228
July 2, 2025 at 3:36 am
Masking isn’t just taxing. It doesn’t just lead to anxiety or depression. It often (maybe always?) leads to autistic burnout which can be debilitating. There’s a reason the vast majority of us are un- or underemployed.
@Me-fo1iz
July 2, 2025 at 3:53 am
Your just trying to make yourself feel good thinking your mind is not dumb already
@aghamom
July 2, 2025 at 5:12 am
Brilliant, please make more with Mr Lerner!
@liyalnwza
July 2, 2025 at 6:26 am
I am not diagnosed with anything but I relate to videos about audhd. Idk why but listening to all these information feels so overstimulating(?) like I could listen to other podcasts, videos about various topics but hearing about these, makes me feel uneasy
@420Gandalf
July 2, 2025 at 10:06 pm
Go see if you have it, it could help you!
@Weekendwavves
July 2, 2025 at 8:28 am
Thank you for explaining adhd ❤
@JustinWright-q3r
July 2, 2025 at 9:53 am
with dyslexia – do dyslexics see the words with the first and last letter always in the correct spots? the only reason i was able to read the bottom of that paragraph (as a non-dyslexic) with ease was because the first and last letters were situated correctly
@amymyers5503
July 2, 2025 at 10:37 am
Who doesn’t mask? Everyone masks. You can’t survive in the world if you don’t mask. It’s not specific to neurodivergence.
@jaimereynolds258
July 2, 2025 at 12:03 pm
Videos like this, cause so many more young ones to self diagnose. They all think they are autistic these days lol
@amandaszymczak388
July 2, 2025 at 12:52 pm
I hate eye contact, I don’t know what level of eye contact is appropriate and it makes me uncomfortable. I thought everyone kinda feels that way right?
@TheCrispOne2025
July 2, 2025 at 10:35 pm
I also struggle with this one… generally speaking, – I just try to mirror whatever the other person is doing.
Hope this helps b
@bkBroilerLV
July 2, 2025 at 5:26 pm
Don’t look into other people’s eyes. Look at the top of the nose between the eyebrows. Works for me and usually others can’t tell 😉
@meowth9854
July 2, 2025 at 6:39 pm
Is this why people are diagnosing friends, and who decides what “normal” is? It seems like if you do something even a little off IN THE PERCEPTION OF OTHERS youre branded as neurodivergent.
@pleistoceneposer
July 2, 2025 at 8:12 pm
ya no this videos been pretty lacking. for instance, with regards to empathy autistic people don’t necessarily struggle with communicating empathy. I may be communicating it in a way that is impalitable to you
@Katiedora122
July 2, 2025 at 10:04 pm
I was diagnosed in my early 30’s with ADHD after seeing a few posts online that helped me understand the things I was struggling with that went well beyond the anxiety and depression I’d managed up until that point. And while it was relief to get a diagnosis and start medication, I had such a hard time explaining it to some people. I have the inattentive type, but I was so book smart growing up in comparison to my sister and a few cousins who had very pronounced hyperactivity, which is why I never considered ADHD. I didn’t even know inattentive was an option, I just thought I sucked at being a person because I’d ruled out bipolar and OCD as my contenders.
I will say, starting treatment and medication for ADHD made me realize how much of my life was being held together by coping skills that quickly collapsed like a house of cards, but things are trending in the right direction now.
@Larry_Dean
July 2, 2025 at 11:16 pm
What do you do if you can’t get ADHD meds? Do you think it is under prescribed? Would that be an issue with our healthcare system? I mean there is absolutely no way people are being over diagnosed to increase the profits of the healthcare system and therapy freaks. Ohhh god sorry. I’m so sorry. I know that’s inconsiderate.
Free Luigi.
@justayoutuber1906
July 3, 2025 at 4:20 am
The Bible just implied these people were possessed by demons. Sad
@justayoutuber1906
July 3, 2025 at 4:27 am
“NeuroDiversity”??? I thought diversity was always good…..
@Pthrust
July 3, 2025 at 6:11 am
Using stims for ADHD and good ol’ MJ for the autism.
@MEMOCRAFT22
July 3, 2025 at 9:05 am
“TikTok doctors” really sounds like people you should not be trusting to be honest
@harterkatrin691
July 3, 2025 at 10:43 am
The visualisation of dyslexia just opened my eyes how hard it actually is and made me rralize why it is so hard for dyslexic people to properly write because they have basically seen every spelling of a word due to the letters jumping around so how would they know what the correct spelling is if they have basically seen every possible spelling of words
@MsFashionPoet
July 3, 2025 at 3:24 pm
Hi, I have dyslexia and that’s not the case for everyone that has it for me. The words are not jumping around. It’s how my brain processes the information it’s different and you learn how to deal with it.
@ChiisaiTenshii
July 3, 2025 at 11:56 am
So refreshing to have a professional not shoot down TikTok/online content as all bad/fake and see the value in the community and how it’s a good starting point of making people assess themselves.
@Shearia666
July 3, 2025 at 12:11 pm
Genuinely I want to know is dyslexia present in all languages across the board?
Because interestingly enough you used an English example. And I’m sure that any alphabet-based language probably that’s what happens.
But what about with languages that are character based instead of letter based like Mandarin? And if it does, what’s an example of what the dyslexic brain does with those type of characters instead of letters? A visual example of that would be really cool.
@eosborne6495
July 3, 2025 at 2:41 pm
So admittedly I am not a doctor, I’m just a guy with ADHD. But it has always felt to me like ADHD-Inattentive and ADHD-Hyperactive are the same thing. Just one type is seeking stimulation externally (tactile, kinesthetic stimulation) and the other is seeking stimulation internally (racing thoughts, flights of fancy, internal monologue etc.) Someone might prefer one or the other based on their own propensity for introversion or extroversion, but it’s still just dopamine seeking behavior either way, and probably tracks pretty well to whether a person in introverted or extroverted in other areas of their life. Am I onto something, or are they really different things?
@denarendall
July 3, 2025 at 3:53 pm
The forced eye contact is so real. It’s so uncomfortable, to the point I can barely focus on the conversation because I’m too busy wondering whether I’m making enough eye contact or if I’m not maiming enough.
@samuelrosengarden848
July 3, 2025 at 7:35 pm
This guy is awesome! “Professor” doesn’t do him justice I need more info on his background.
Great guest as I’m def not neurotypical, which is fun to know 😂