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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.91,0:00:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to imagine\Nwhat it would feel like
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.33,0:00:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if, for two whole minutes,\Nyour left arm was continuously flapping,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.40,0:00:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your eyes were constantly rolling,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.97,0:00:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your jaw was clenching so hard
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.92,0:00:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it felt like your teeth\Nwere about to break,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.72,0:00:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every ten seconds,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.46,0:00:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were forced to let out\Na loud, high-pitched screech.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.76,0:00:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tic)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.15,0:00:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how I lived\Nat the young age of six,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.74,0:00:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every waking moment, seven days a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.90,0:00:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tic)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.95,0:00:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these were only some of my symptoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.30,0:00:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When these symptoms surfaced,\Nmy life literally changed overnight.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.40,0:00:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could no longer go to school,\Nsee my friends or even eat out,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.62,0:00:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my tics would attract\Nthe attention of everyone in the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.70,0:00:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In search for a cure, we flew to New York
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.29,0:00:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet with the best pediatric\Nneuropsychologist my parents could find.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.39,0:00:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tic)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.70,0:01:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the doctor did not give us\Nthe easy remedy we had hoped for.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.53,0:01:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, she diagnosed me\Nwith an incurable neurological disorder,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.12,0:01:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tourette's syndrome.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.78,0:01:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oftentimes, medication can be\Nan essential and valuable part
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.20,0:01:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of many treatment processes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.47,0:01:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in my case, the drugs\Nonly made things worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.44,0:01:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One drug put me in a wheelchair,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.50,0:01:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my legs had gotten so numb\Nthat I couldn't move them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.16,0:01:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another one caused me to hallucinate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.35,0:01:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would see green people running after me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.79,0:01:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threatening to boil me in a pot\Nand drink me as soup.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.53,0:01:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was really scary.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.82,0:01:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tried drug after drug
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.24,0:01:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find something that would bring me\Nsome sort of relief.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.55,0:01:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But every single attempt\Njust ended up making things worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.04,0:01:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is estimated that in 2013\Nin the United States alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.29,0:01:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the prescription drug expenditure
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.99,0:01:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to treat neurological conditions\Nand mental illness
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.96,0:02:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was about 89 billion dollars annually.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.82,0:02:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But imagine if there were a way\Nto treat these conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.68,0:02:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a price or without side effects.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.11,0:02:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if your doctor prescribed you\Na daily dose of music.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.07,0:02:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here today to share with you\Nmy personal experience with music
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.46,0:02:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the effect that it had\Non my neurological disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.70,0:02:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tic)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.98,0:02:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tourette's syndrome\Nis essentially a series
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.04,0:02:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of involuntary movements and sounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.06,0:02:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as tics.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.37,0:02:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best way for me to really describe\Nwhat it's like to have Tourette's syndrome
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.38,0:02:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something I'm sure\Nyou're all very familiar with --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.99,0:02:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hiccups.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.52,0:02:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can try to stop yourself from the act.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.56,0:02:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can hold your breath and count to 10,\Nor drink water upside down,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.42,0:02:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is just nothing\Nyou can do about it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.56,0:02:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the sensation passes\Nand the hiccups have taken their course.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.44,0:02:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often lay on my bedroom floor\Nafter an attack of tics,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.26,0:02:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeling exhausted and in despair.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.33,0:02:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tic)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.97,0:03:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My equally desperate mother\Nwould attempt to soothe me and herself
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.87,0:03:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by putting on some music.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.96,0:03:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would play peaceful music\Nto soothe our aching hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.66,0:03:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'd lie together on the floor
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.37,0:03:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allow the beat\Nof the drums to uplift us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.12,0:03:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as the rhythms and the tunes unfolded,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.75,0:03:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our spirits would rise,\Nour moods would be lighter,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.08,0:03:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would be rejuvenated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.14,0:03:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tic)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.92,0:03:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very soon, and rather unknowingly,\NI became an addict of this newfound drug.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.77,0:03:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I found myself slipping\Ninto my bouts of sadness and self-pity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.74,0:03:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would rush to the 88 keys of my piano,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.32,0:03:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing in my heart that the tones\Nand rhythms from each one of those keys
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.69,0:03:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would soon set me free.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.98,0:03:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time, I didn't realize\Nhow much music was helping me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.28,0:03:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just something I did by default.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.84,0:03:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I wrote my songs,\Nit wasn't to impress anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.54,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just a release.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.81,0:03:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the more I played,\Nthe less my symptoms surfaced,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.58,0:03:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the intensity of my attacks reduced.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.47,0:04:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I became curious as to how\Nthese songs were soothing my symptoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.26,0:04:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wondered if there were\Nany other cases of medicinal music.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.64,0:04:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I began to search.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.77,0:04:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found that there was\Na highly successful US congresswoman,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.76,0:04:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.56,0:04:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She lost her ability to speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.19,0:04:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the ability to speak\Nand the ability to sing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.15,0:04:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lay in two separate parts of the brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.36,0:04:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her doctors brought in\Nmusic therapists to work with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.89,0:04:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The therapists encouraged her\Nto sing her thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.31,0:04:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since she was incapable of speaking them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.47,0:04:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through this technique,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.86,0:04:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the congresswoman was finally able\Nto regain her speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.70,0:04:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Music helped heal Gabby Giffords.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.72,0:04:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientists have found that music causes\Nour brains to release a natural painkiller
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.75,0:04:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as oxytocin
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.16,0:04:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a feel-good chemical, dopamine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.62,0:04:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dopamine is essential\Nfor a healthy nervous system
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.28,0:04:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and strongly impacts emotional health.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.15,0:04:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Music also affects our heart rate,\Nbreathing and pulse rate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.03,0:05:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it stimulates blood flow.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.24,0:05:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition, it lowers\Nour cortisol levels,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.12,0:05:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thus reducing anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.64,0:05:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a common stimulant\Nfor neurological symptoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.12,0:05:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our lifetimes, we are all going to know\Nsomeone with a neurological disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.05,0:05:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's not a family member --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.83,0:05:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tic)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.02,0:05:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could be a friend or a coworker.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.78,0:05:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please help me spread this message:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.47,0:05:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,music has the ability to uplift our lives\Nand heal us from within.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.62,0:05:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still have Tourette's syndrome.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.28,0:05:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I deal with it every day, every hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.56,0:05:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to deal with it\Nfor the rest of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.02,0:05:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means that I have to frequently\Nexcuse myself from my classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.56,0:05:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my verbal tics\Ncan be extremely distracting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.96,0:05:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that sometimes\Nwhen I wink my eyes involuntarily,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.17,0:05:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the guy sitting opposite from me\Nthinks I'm flirting with him,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.15,0:05:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I'm really not.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.32,0:05:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.35,0:05:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have to tell him,\N"Sorry -- I wasn't trying to flirt."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.70,0:05:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the most amazing thing is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.21,0:06:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when I sing, play music\Nand even just listen to music,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.66,0:06:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't tic.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.97,0:06:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been onstage numerous times\Nin highly stressful situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.77,0:06:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with thousands of people watching me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.22,0:06:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I do tic\Nbefore my performance --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.02,0:06:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tic)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.07,0:06:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the music starts,\Nthe tics take a back seat.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.99,0:06:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I may have written my own lyrics\Nand composed my own music.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.82,0:06:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in reality, I've realized\Nit was the music that composed me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.74,0:06:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.94,0:06:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.63,0:06:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tic)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.25,0:06:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.43,0:07:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing) I think I took\Nmy mask off too soon
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.28,0:07:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Cause you were there\Nand then you were not
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.32,0:07:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I pushed it all onto you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.74,0:07:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should have dragged it out\Ndragged it out
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.96,0:07:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that maybe each time\NI lose a bit of myself I put it back on
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.57,0:07:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to fake it till I break\Nmy own heart in two
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.50,0:07:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And oh I wanted you\Nto know the real me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.96,0:07:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And take it seriously
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.46,0:07:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.66,0:07:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not loving you\NI'm not loving you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.89,0:07:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not loving you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.31,0:08:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I could trust you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.68,0:08:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're running away\Nfrom me and my mask
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.90,0:08:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not loving you\NI'm not loving you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.26,0:08:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not loving you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.42,0:08:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.49,0:08:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I took my mask off too soon
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.17,0:08:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you screamed when I pulled it off
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.13,0:08:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You told me you were unprepared
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.69,0:08:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like that\Njust like that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.84,0:08:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that maybe this time\Nit hurt more than it ever has before
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.67,0:08:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think maybe this blow I took\Nwas a little more
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.56,0:08:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little more
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.88,0:08:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And oh I wanted you\Nto know the real me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.53,0:08:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And take it seriously
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.00,0:09:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.18,0:09:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not loving you\NI'm not loving you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.42,0:09:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not loving you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.89,0:09:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I could trust you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.24,0:09:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're running away\Nfrom me and my mask
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.54,0:09:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not loving you\NI'm not loving you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.94,0:09:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not loving you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.68,0:09:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.18,0:09:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)