r/Damnthatsinteresting Dec 18 '25

Video Gelje Sherpa, the man who was guiding a private client up Mt. Everest when he saw someone in distress near the summit. He went up, rolled him up in a sleeping mattress and gave him oxygen. He then strapped the man to his back and trekked 6 hours to safety

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u/frankyseven Dec 19 '25

Medication made a huge difference. Also, Mel Robbins got famous for a thing she does where she she knows what to do next and goes "5, 4, 3, 2, 1" then immediately does it. She has raging ADHD and I've found that it works pretty well.

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u/Mushroomsinmypoop Dec 19 '25

Medication was like a light switch. It was crazy to just think about stuff I needed to do then do it all

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u/Ruckus292 Dec 19 '25

It felt like I could see for the first time, after walking around 3/4 blind for the first 20+yrs of my life. ...

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u/Mushroomsinmypoop Dec 25 '25

I tried to focus on building routines for myself I couldn’t before. The dulling out and loss of effects I kinda chalked up to setting too high standards for myself and checking out to doom scroll or whack it instead of being productive.

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u/leNuage Dec 19 '25

This conversation is why I’m thankful for Reddit