Ruri Ohama

I talk about 🧠ADHD & 💁‍♀️Psychology
YouTuber with 1.4M subs
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[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

We hit 1M subscribers on Youtube. It was such a long journey with ups and downs. I want to thank my 15-year-old self for never doubting myself, for always believing in myself, and for getting what I dreamed. We did it, girl. WE DID IT. Wait for the 1M subs video.

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

@tferriss I feel like it's also happening in the educational YouTube space as well. The self-improvement genre is almost dead. Everyone in the space either became a "how to make money" guru or switched their niche.

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

@PandaDoesDesign I'm not using an iPhone anymore

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

I want to quit using Spotify I'm so sick of the Spotify algorithm repeating the same 4-5 songs over and over again. Are there any good open-source alternatives? 🤔

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

@Self_Gambit Yeah kind of thinking about it

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@RightKindOfEyez Ohh thank you! Might get into self-hosting my music

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@_zilants Too bulky to carry around

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@dnlmchn I want to own my music tho :(

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

Schopenhauer was so right: life swings like a pendulum between pain and boredom

We suffer when we want something, then feel empty once we get it

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

@CoachDanGo Air purifier

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@jordanhill11 What do you mean you're playing 18 holes 😭 it's unbeatably hot right now. How are you doing it????

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

@fortelabs There are community plug-ins that makes obsidian interface look like apple notes
Im using that one!

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@cava__suisse So cute

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

Claude designed me a YouTube thumbnail in a few minutes that I'd actually use.

Thumbnails decide if a video does well and have always been my biggest bottleneck, they take hours. I hired someone just for this.

Gave it the video context and past examples, and in few minutes it made this. Pretty wild

Testing it against my original now.

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

If everyone has ADHD, no one does. #adhd

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Your phone is making your "ADHD" worse #adhd
Even WITH diagnosed ADHD, the days I overconsume short-form, my hyperactivity and impulsivity go through the roof.
Cut the phone time first - you'll rule out half your "symptoms."

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

The reason you think you have ADHD:
Social media feeds you relatable content and your brain cherry-picks what fits. It's called confirmation bias.That's why you should never self-diagnose yourself.

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

ADHD is the opposite of being Japanese.
In Japan, ADHD carries a weight it doesn't in the West.
It's everything Japanese social structure isn't built for.
That's why I fought my own diagnosis.

[Jen Zhu @jenzhuscott]

As I build my own 2nd brain 🧠 on Obsidian using @karpathy ‘s wiki idea, it suddenly dawned on me - one day when we r gone, our kids could inherit an interactive map to your mind, passion, obsessions, work, fascinations…

It’s kind of beautiful way to think abt your 2nd 🧠.

[Ruri Ohama @ohamaruri]

Why "Just Do It" is the WORST advice for your brain

Telling yourself to just do it sounds simple. But your brain doesn't work that way.
Here's what behavioral activation research actually says about getting started when you're stuck.

#behavioralactivation #motivation #mentalhealth #psychology #adhd #productivity