What Jimmy Nguyen has said about Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 10, 2025

Jimmy Nguyen, Vietnamese-American former banker and registered nurse turned college counselor who spent about a year at a Buddhist monastery (first half of the conversation), has been quoted on Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder once in 1 episode of Ctrl-Alt-Reset, most recently on April 10, 2025. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Nguyen argued that escaping discomfort through subcultures turned into acceptance once he found others who felt equally out of place.
“But when you find a bunch of wrong people that are just like yourself, that's where escapism turns into community and acceptance in certain ways”
Ctrl-Alt-Reset: Episode 3: From Chaos to Clarity: Jimmy’s Journey of Awakening (Apr 10, 2025) · Listen from 8:46

Episodes

Episode 3: From Chaos to Clarity: Jimmy’s Journey of Awakening
Ctrl-Alt-Reset · Apr 10, 2025 · 2 h 15 min
Jimmy Nguyen tells host Matt how ADHD, childhood abuse, the rave scene and near-fatal pancreatitis led him to a year in a Buddhist monastery.

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