Classic Dany | ADHD Short Film (2018) 

When "Shape of You" started playing in Dany's head along with all the flashbacks and distracting noises, I finally felt understood.

OMG IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH ADHD THAT HAS SONGS IN MY HEAD RAMDOMLY

As someone with adhd when the mom started yelling I felt so sad I hope no one has to go through being called names for mental disorders they can't control.

Yo the lazy part is so true, it seems like we are careless unable to work n stuff but we really are trying our best our hardest

"I should finish it in time." Haunting words I've told myself countless times.

This film rings true for people who suffer from ADD and ADHD. The scene of Dany reading the book, is spot on how we, those with ADD & ADHD, feel on a day to day basis. Keep up the great work, Dany and Brandon. I look forward to seeing more!

The part where she was reading and had everything playing around her is so true. I ALWAYS have a song/movie/show playing in my head along with odd memories. Spot on👌

The scene while she was reading the book, that was actually happening to me exactly the same way while i was watching the video.That was a perfect depiction of adhd people’s mind.

When she started reading it out loud thinking it would help her focus and it did literally nothing I felt personally attacked 😭🤝🧡

Damn. When she was zoning out and everyone was just kind of waiting for her. I really felt that. And the secondhand embarrassment when she realized what was happening.

And the small little sounds I can relate too so badly hahaha

“ I took you of this drug because I didn’t want people to think you were retarded. My daughter is not defective”. This was the typical attitude of parents when I was growing up as well. Little did these parents know that having that attitude was just harming their kids even more, not getting the help they need to be successful and functioning.

The editing of the reading scene was the best depiction of ADHD thought process I've seen. And the bottle just appearing out of nowhere while you're spacing is too subtly relatable. I loved your film. Keep it up

You should never ask anyone with ADHD, “Are you sure you’re on your meds?” or “Did you forget to take your meds?” Absolutely not okay. It’s the equivalent of saying, “Can you stop acting like yourself, it’s kinda irritating.” Even though the intent might not be bad, it’s not good to say that. In many instances, people with ADHD who are experiencing symptoms are aware more than anyone else about their behavior and are self-conscious about it. There’re are other ways in which we can show care for another person with ADHD without remarks like these.

My mom tells me, "stop using adhd as an excuse. I used to have it too and i still do." meanwhile shes perfectly focused witjout any caffeine or meds and sits perfectly still while scolding me for getting distracted

I’m really bad at remembering if I took my medicine or not. My pill bottle will be sitting there next to that glass of water and I’ll be like: did I take it? I don’t want to take it twice but I can’t not take it, but I can’t remember if I already took it. I’ll ask my sister if she saw me take it but she won’t have been in the room. This is a nearly daily occurrence

I love that the mother's reaction gets explained by her own struggle with ADHD. It's so true that sometimes parents think that their children who have ADHD are lazy. It hits home even more that a lot of the things the mother tells Dany are probably things other people told her and things she's told herself. If she was able to overcome her struggles and tells herself she's lazy when she doesn't, so is Dany. I bet this happens to a lot of people, though many of them don't even know they have ADHD like their children.

I suffer from Ring Of Fire ADHD, I get irritated when people talk or make small noises. I can't concentrate on a test if a person coughs or whispers so I start to fidget with my fingers or break down in tears. I can hear people breathing even if its subtle. I get VERY irritated when someone reads to slow. I'm constantly doing something and I can multitask like a pro, I'm in constant motion and it makes me angry when someone tells me to stop.

Loved it. If that ending wasn't the perfect depiction of living with ADHD (in my experience) I don't know what is. Forgetting something after immediately being told not to is something simple for a person who might do it once every few months to a year, but as someone who experiences it near daily it hit hard despite the upbeat ending. Thanks to you and the crew involved for making this, it's great.

The reading scene is how I feel. I read and have 20 other things going on in my head so I listen to music to calm my mind down and distract it while I read so I can focus on reading music distracts my brain to get tasks done for me and it helps me

Lmao I love how the mom immediately changes her mood/attitude after the conflict was resolved. I’m also Asian-American diagnosed with ADHD and I am 99.8% certain my mom passed it down to me 🤣.

this made me cry because some of the scenes that depicted what having adhd is like was so accurate.

Wow. As a film major and someone with ADHD I just relate to this so much, and I just loved it so, thank you and goodluck on your future projects! I've been trying to find canon representation of women with ADHD in film all day because I wanted one to write an essay on for uni, and started to get so low because how invisible we are, but then I came across this and while I probably will have to pick something else to write about, I'm just so happy I found this. Especially the reading scene hits very close to home. I also love the fact that there's the generational aspect, as ADHD is often passed down from a parent. Oh, and even the title is relatable! My goodness.

OMGGG THE PART WHEN SHE SHUT DOWN THE MACHINE AND CLOSED THE DOOR ITS WOWWWW SO RELATABLE

Singing and remembering past conversations while reading out loud... yes... absolutely.

I feel her pain. My mum doesn't think I have it but I know 100% sure I do

"You're not trying enough just concentrate" hurts so much when you're literally giving your all

My brother had it and got an early diagnosis so my parents worked around him in order for him to succeed, and mine went ignored and untreated, my parents wanted one “normal child” so i had to be the one. Turned 25 this year and was struggling to take care of my hygiene, my daughter and all of my other responsibilities, so when I found report cards all the way up to 1st grade stating there was a problem I got frustrated and got a diagnosis, and medicine. At first my parents were soooo upset in the beginning, and a few days later they say how I had set up a routine, all the sudden I remembered to eat, and brush my teeth, I was nicer because I wasn’t frustrated, my anxiety was gone, and then finally my dad sat down and told me about his diagnosis. I felt betrayed but he finally agreed to go get help. My life was basically in ruins until I started treatment, so this video really hits close to home! Especially when we know it’s genetic!

having adhd and being called “slow, lazy” is such a huge thing for me since my whole family picked on me. my mother is the same exact way, says i make it up for attention. i like to draw, but i have sketch books full of half way finished sketches because i can’t finish them.. adhd sucks.. i wish more people would understand

It’s the Asian mom not accepting that mental illness is a thing for me

God I feel so loved watching this I have adhd Exempt my parents try and help me I stop taking medication because I was acting different in a bad way I was acting weird and yelling at people for no reason

This was beautiful. I feel like people don't talk about how ADHD runs in families; my mom only said she had a learning disorder in elementary school before my diagnosis. The shared emotional dysregulation was the worst part because arguments always got heated and emotional like the one here. This was really spot on.

I don’t think I’ve seen an adhd video as accurate as this. So many of the experiences in here I share as well and it hard. I haven’t been diagnosed but I’m almost certain I have it. I’m even the same age as the girl in the video and it’s crazy how much of the scenarios in here feel like they’re were pulled out of my life.

this is amazing it really is it deserves more attention

With most depictions i can only somewhat relate, but that reading scene was literally MY experience all my life since trying to study for school, years before my actual diagnosis. i also loved the scene of her forgetting her meds after getting in her shoes - it's just classic. how often i forgot stuff after placing them next to the door or even in front of it is just comedical. thanks for that brilliant movie!

as someone with adhd, this kinda made me tear up

This is exactly how its having ADHD i have it myself and sometimes when i read a book out loud and then i have to talk about it i dont remember a single thing about it so everyone in the Classroom thinks i am retarded or a handicap

That’s really how it be when I try to read or sleep

As someone who had ADHD and is studying to become a director this made me cry. Its the first time ive seen myself in a series… With the auditory processing disorder, the reading scene. Its beautifully directed and it… It made me happy

So not the best acting, but definitely a good message and I absolutely see where they're going with this.

"ADHD people doesn't exist bc ADHD isn't real" GUYS IMA DISAPPEAR

Gonna be blunt....I almost cried during this video. This whole thing hits home for me (besides the filming scenes...filmception). I have struggled and still majorly struggle with ADHD all my life and have actually gotten diagnosed with it 2 years ago. Because of it, I can barely hold a job. People don't give me the chance to fix my mistakes, they don't give me the chance to find my groove, and the don't want to have the patience to deal with me. Any advice?

I have severe ADHD and I understand this video completely. When the mom said “ADHD is not real!” It triggered me so much! Omg 😠 I’m glad I have supportive parents who have helped me with my disorders.

I love this so much that I can't find anything to comment It's nice to have someone or people that ACTUALLY understand

I have ADHD and autism I get away with a lot more and my mom knows I can't help my behaviour

Love how she forgot her meds right after her mom reminded her to bring them 😂 me to!!

I don’t care if I’m commenting on this late. This was an amazing film and as someone with ADHD I related to it so much. Not a lot of people fully understand the disorder and all of the positives and negatives it comes with. I could really relate to the book part because when I get overwhelmed and anxious that is exactly how I feel. I just can’t seem to focus on one task, one idea, one sound, or one thought at a time. This was amazing! Great job! 🧡

i suspect i have mild ADD but my mom keeps telling me it's all in my head. i watched this and realized this is all i face

Went through something similar with my family. Wasn't able to do stimulant meds due to my epilepsy diagnosis but I find other ways to help me remember things. I'm now a tutor for people and can cater to people with ADHD.

I understand the title now. "Classic Dany, always forgetting her things."

This is SPOT ON AND BEAUTIFUL!

This was very triggering yet relieving in the same time. Thank you.

Dany Is so lucky to have been diagnosed! I'm 35 and the psychiatrist doesn't even want to test me...

This is so well made!!! Definitely deserves more attention

This hit home so much for me. I had a pediatrician relapse something was up when .i was about six or seven but my parents just stopped taking me to him saying nothing was wrong with me. School was a struggle. College was worse. Relationships are harder. My work history is awful......I finally got formally diagnosed in my late thirties....I almost cried. I’m not lazy or stupid.

So true!!! I have ADHD and I can relate to this. My parents are however supportive of me which I am so thankful for.

I started crying because this is how my mom acts SHE PRETENDED TO LOSE MY MEDS and completely pretended like im fine like I'm not.

thank you so much for making this film. everything was so relatable, especially the part where she is reading and her thoughts race. i have adhd along with depression ocd and generalized anxiety disorder, sometimes my thoughts become so fast and so much i feel like i can’t take it anymore, and my mother is EXACTLY like this. she thinks all my diagnosis make me the R word, my entire family views it that way.

i accidentally clicked this, watched it, and realized i can relate to all of the things happening in this film ummm-

YES! This is the most relatable ADHD video I've come across ❤️ the dryer making noise in the background while you studied, all the intrusive thoughts, people doubting and shaming you. Teachers would say I was just too smart for class so they'd give me extra homework & projects to keep me busy, and the first doctor I went to about ADHD dismissed it right away before any assessment, telling me to stop drinking RedBull & energy drinks 'like all the college students' 🙄 Very cool how it's engaged so many others in the community on RU-vid :)

this film already managed to make me cry after a minute and a half. geez

I'm looking into getting an ADHD diagnosis. My Mom has always been supportive of me, though I relate to this in some ways when it comes to meds. She believes that meds are bad and will only make me feel worse and that I should try accupuncture or some other form of natural medicine before I even consider the idea of meds in the future. The Mom in this for the most part represents my internal thoughts. That feeling when everyone else understands what we're doing in class and I spaced out remembering a mistake I made in the past or a memory or a song and when I come back to reality I have to try and figure out what I missed by looking at the information on the whiteboard even though sometimes it looks like a jumbled mess of numbers or words that mean nothing. That feeling when you ask your friends for help because your too afraid to look stupid in front of the teacher but one of them doesn't understand why you don't understand. I mean it's easy right? All you have to do is this, so why doesn't that make sense to you. That feeling when your teacher gives you feedback on an assessment and you forget it the next minute and have to lie about what you've been doing for the past few days when they literally gave you the feedback you needed. It's been weeks since the assessment was due and your still not done? They've given you everything you need to finish but you can't focus and you don't what you're supposed to do unless it's written on paper for you to read over and over and over again. That feeling when you tell your friends you think you might have ADHD and they tell you that procrastinating does it mean you have it. The sadness when you realize they've never none your struggles because you've spent your whole life trying to act like some perfect person and how could you be struggling when you still get good grades? The sickening feeling when you realize that you've hidden so much of yourself that now no one will believe you when you open up and say you need help.

I am genuinely impressed by this. I always wondered if it would be possible to kind of show a life of a person with ADHD... This is very good. You even got down how we can be overly distracted and irritated by small sounds most people ignore.

Thnx so much for showing this. You don't know how much it means to me seeing someone go through the same situation. I was so fed up with the American movies with all supportive parents and boyfriends and all that. This is so real. Parents in most cases especially in asian countries choose to blindfold themselves. You can't imagine the pain I went through when dad said i became a stain and a defective model on the family cuz of my disease. I believed he'd be by my side and be my backbone. But it was so disappointing 😢.

Wow! Just hit me right in the feels!

all of this is so relatable.. thankyou for creating it...sending it to my parents right away!!!

This was so validating, thank you. I'm trying hard but I'm exhausted all the time... Watching it made me feel allowed to be proud of myself

This hits a little too close to home for me... Great work capturing the family side of it, and the book scene was spot on.

why is this literally so friggin accurate

It’s not just the noises we hear, if there’s no noise there’s noise in our head. A never ending noise that keeps going and going until you’re so frustrated you’re screaming internally and sobbing on the ground. Feeling stupid, and broken. This feeling of thinking you’re stupid and broken will end once people realize how real it is. So act now, help people feel like people.

I related to this on such a deep level, my eyes are watering

the part where she is reading.. actually made my head hurt so bad because its so relatable and real.

That flickering of thoughts, ideas, snapshots of conversations.. Yup

This one hits home right now this is exactly what I'm going through trying to get a diagnoses and living in a family who doesn't support/believe in this stuff. It's really hard. Stay strong guys. don't listen to the yelling and mean words.

This is a very accurate depiction of what it's like especially the scene where she is reading and staring off into space while filming.

oh my god.. being an asian american and watching her relationship with her mom was spot on

i can relate so much to jumping out of bed because forgetting something. the feel of someone telling you to try harder or that you should act like an adult. hope I can get an appointment soon to get diagnosed

they nailed the mood swings.

Girl this made me cry

Um excuse me I never asked you to personally attack me like this.

This relates so much

Woah, this is one of the best visualizations of ADHD ever! Really good work. The stereotypical Asian (Vietnamese) mom's lack of understanding, the reading mind clutter scene, the lawn conversation and phasing out, the beautiful mom-daughter conversation, the deadline trouble, the forgetfulness... Perfect.

made me cry

For years I used to say that I always have a song in my head, ask me at any moment, I’ll be able to tell you what it is. I’ve just realized that for a while now that not true anymore, I was diagnosed at 40, on meds for 2 years… It’s funny how some things change without realizing what they were.

This hit hard for me. When I found out I had ADHD, I called my mom to tell her because I thought she would like to know. She said to me " Big whoop, so do I." I was so confused, because she saw me suffering all through out high school and the little college I did, and KNEW what was going on. There are some other mental conditions I have as well, but she refuses to believe I have them. She is in such denial to her own disorders, that it gets pushed onto me. It sucks. Thank you for making a short film like this to spread awareness about ADHD!

Dam thats too real. Great film honestly!

The scene with the mom was super powerful for me...even through my parents took the opposite approach and constantly encouraged me to take meds. Not saying that the meds approach is a clear cut better path at all though

That reading part rings true. It's always when a sentence is familiar to an event that happened in my life and I forget to read and think of those events. Then I lose my spot and restart.

Great little film, well done! 👍

I just came across this in my youtube recommendations and wow am I glad I did. Even for a short film it felt like it had so much depth to it. I was a lil sad when it came to an end (Classis Dany 2?) All in all, can relate to parts of it and I did tear up a lil when Dany and her mum made up. I've always had a bit of a rocky relationship with my mum and even though she herself doesn't have adhd, opening up to her about my mental health journey and everything was difficult but it also brought us closer together. My dad on the other hand, I'm sure he has undiagnosed adhd and I definitely see alot of the same traits I had in him...

I love this music in this one.

I only realised I had ADHD this year and at 44 it's almost impossible to get professionals to take me seriously. I've been punished my whole life for my symptoms. People picked up on something not being quite right but back when I was at school ADHD wasn't a known condition in the UK. At least I know now that I'm not a freak of nature. I just need help to get my brain in gear.

Very similar to my own situation. I’m pretty sure my mum also has ADHD but I’ve never talked with her about it. She used to call me retarded and lazy all the time. I’m glad I went out and got a diagnosis and treatment for myself

This actually made me a bit emotional…some scenes were just too spot on.

oh my g... I've got same experience with my mom she didn't even believed the psychiatrist because I've always been an honor student and above average but what she didn't know was how hard it was for me, going to school, spacing out thinking other things, easily distracted, impulses, when doing projects or homework that uses thinking a lot keeps my mind running nonstop that I sleep 3-1 hours everyday. Being BA psychology student with ADHD is woah as there's so many novel concepts to explore but also the mundane nature of college makes it "meh." I've always been a good student learning things on my own until I got diagnosed with Adult ADHD that it made sense why I learn better when reading things again and again compared to listening to classes though I still need to go to classes to have faster idea about a topic because first hand encounter would branch things out--the etymology, where it was used, the age when it was related, how does it apply around me, then the ups and downs and they have their own branching stuff making me not know what the person's talking about or repeating a paragraph again and again for couple of minutes as well as have a broader synthesized idea about it but when it comes to directions like in math, oh hell. The sad thing about ADHD is that it's actually inherited and if it's only you for now that got the diagnosis, it's hell within the fam specially because of the Disorder in ADHD that it's not really a disorder it's just a difference and sadly as we were educated in Guidance and Counseling subject in Psychology that a condition can be a problem if it causes you to not function as the typical population within the realms of self care, social life and work life that ADHD isn't really a disorder it's just that we work differently than the boring-modern-corporate-world-sitting-all-day.

touching

Wow, 3 mins in. Just want to give her a hug.

The last scene was the most accurate

in minute 3 with the flashbacks and music noises and stuff I just paused and started crying, I cant, I can't get through this

Okay the reading scene made me bust out crying