Ebony Washington: Masking & multitasking in the TV industry

Women & ADHD

Katy Weber

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.9 • 685 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Episode 94 with Ebony Washington.

“On tests, I would read a sentence over and over and over again because it wasn’t processing in my brain. I’d think, ‘I’m smart. Why can’t I understand this?’”

Ebony is a writer, artist, martial artist, and writers’ assistant on ABC’s hit medical drama, Grey’s Anatomy. Ebony was officially diagnosed with ADHD back in 2012 while in college, and we talk all about the various coping strategies she relied on while in school before and after her diagnosis.

We talk about the many ways she masked as a girl, as well as her journey to finding the right medication and treatment plan in adulthood.

And we also talk about working in the TV industry and how her ADHD helps her with multitasking and hyper-focusing in such a high-stress environment.

Instagram: @eebbonyy

Episode edited by E Podcast Productions

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1:02.7	So one of the things that is helping me is me being able to multitask because my brain, you know, having ADHD, you're thinking about
1:12.9	10 different things at once. And so I'm able to have my brain go in different directions.
1:19.3	It's like a team, okay, split up and then go do things.
1:26.4	Hello and welcome to the women and ADHD podcast. I'm your host, Katie Weber. I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 45, and it completely turned my world upside down. I've been looking back at so much of my life, school, jobs, my relationships, all of it with this new lens, and it has been
1:46.8	nothing short of overwhelming. I quickly discovered I was not the only woman to have this experience,
1:52.0	and now I interview other women who, like me, discovered in adulthood they have ADHD, and
1:57.7	are finally feeling like they understand who they are and how to best lean into their
2:03.3	strengths, both professionally and personally.
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2:13.5	platform in the UK.
2:14.9	It's called Thank You.
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