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Johnny Vegas opens up about living with ADHD (EXPLOSIVE) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  You have arrived. Welcome to the Aspy world.
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  spectrum, your autism ambassador, Daniel Morgan Jones.
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  OK, so the comedian Johnny Vegas has ADHD and this is kind of
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  groundbreaking because he's never spoken about.
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  Us before. Guys, what's going on?
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  right now completely free. OK guys, Johnny Vegas.
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  OK, so there's this British comedian called Johnny Vegas.
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  A lot of people know who he is. He actually, he was really
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  famous for being a comedian in like the mid 2000s.
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  But then he also he he moved into doing like adverts or PG
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  tips and stuff with this like sock monkey thing that he was
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  hanging out with. It was really weird.
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  They did all these kind of Facebook memes.
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  There's a whole thing. Anyway, funny enough, Johnny
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  Vegas actually lives right next to me.
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  He lives just up the road where I am right now, and we often see
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  him around and stuff like that. And it's really interesting
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  because Johnny Vegas is such a big character here in the UK,
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  but he actually lives in Wales, where I live now.
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  He recently did an article with The Guardian newspaper here in
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  the UK, and he said that he was diagnosed with ADHD in his 40s
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  and it's greatly impacted his career.
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  He actually stated saying that he often found it difficult to
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  focus on tasks and he would often get distracted.
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  And he's described how impulsive sometimes that impulsivity would
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  lead him to making impulsive decisions that would later cost
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  him regret, right? But he said despite his
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  challenges, he is being able to make a successful career for
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  himself as a comedian and an actor.
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  And he puts all his credit and success to the ability to
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  channel ADHD into something that he wanted to do, like being a
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  comedian, being able to be hyperactive, being entertaining,
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  being somebody who can stand up in front of a lot of people and
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  just say stuff to make people laugh.
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  Because he was so hyper focused, hyperactive.
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  And it's important to note really that with proper and
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  management and treatment, that ADHD can be something that you
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  can use to your advantage, you know, like Johnny Vegas has, you
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  know, if you, if you're struggling with it, then find
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  help and support. It's just really interesting.
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  And why it's interesting is because when big celebrities,
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  big, you know, names in the media come out and they say,
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  Hey, I'm on the autism spectrum mode.
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  I have ADHD or I'm dyslexic or whatever.
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  If they have any kind of disability, people in those
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  marginalized communities go, hey, this guy is one of my
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  heroes or this woman's one of my heroes, and yeah, they're the
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  same as me. That is priceless because it
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  allows us to feel connected, relative and all around just
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  accepted. And that's a good thing.
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  That's super, super cool. So Johnny Vegas, ADHD, did you
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  see it coming? I don't know.
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  Drop me a comment down below. I'd love to read it.
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  All right, guys, I'll see you in the next video.
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  Peace. Hey guys, thank you so much for
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  See you in the next one. Peace.