Surviving with a Mental Illness | Eric Walton | TEDxBoise
The life of Eric Walton … mental illness and fear until the age of thirteen. Now, three years after diagnosis and treatment, Eric talks about what it is to have bipolar ...
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Translator: Desiree Kramer Reviewer: Denise RQ First of all, I would like to thank TEDx for giving me this opportunity. No doubt, at least one of you out there has asked yourself some variation of this question: what can a 16-year-old possibly have to teach me about the world? I don't blame you, by the way. You're right for asking that question. But to answer that question, I would like you to turn to the person next to you. That person next to you knows something that you don't. That person next to you knows what it is like to be themselves. They know what it is like to have lived their lives. And now you might ask yourself, "Why is it important to know what it's like to be this 16-year-old spouting philosophical nonsense?" Allow me to give yo...
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Translator: Desiree Kramer Reviewer: Denise RQ First of all, I would like to thank TEDx for giving me this opportunity. No doubt, at least one of you out there has asked yourself some variation of this question: what can a 16-year-old possibly have to teach me about the world? I don't blame you, by the way. You're right for asking that question. But to answer that question, I would like you to turn to the person next to you. That person next to you knows something that you don't. That person next to you knows what it is like to be themselves. They know what it is like to have lived their lives. And now you might ask yourself, "Why is it important to know what it's like to be this 16-year-old spouting philosophical nonsense?" Allow me to give yo...
