ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joshua Walters - Comedian, activist
Joshua Walters is a bipolar comedian whose work explores language, creativity, beatboxing and madness ...

Why you should listen

Joshua Walters is a comedian, poet, educator and performer. He incorporates elements of spoken word and beatbox into his shows in a mash-up of comedy, intimate reflection and unpredictable antics. In the last two years, Walters has performed at theaters and universities throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East.

His eclectic combination of performance disciplines and activity as an educator in mental health has given Walters a national platform and audience. In 2002, Walters co-founded the DBSA (Depression Bipolar Support Alliance) Young Adults Chapter in San Francisco, one of the few support groups specifically for mentally ill young adults in the country. As a facilitator, Walters developed humor to address the subject of mental illness, reframing it as a positive. Walters speaks as a mental health educator and has engaged in mental health advocacy at conventions and in classrooms nationwide.

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Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough

Joshua Walters: Biti dovoljno lud

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Na TED Full Spectrum audiciji, komičar Joshua Walters, koji pati od bipolarnog poremećaja, hoda po liniji između mentalne bolesti i mentalne "stručnosti". U ovom smiješnom govoru koji pobuđuje na razmišljanje, on pita: Koji je pravi omjer između liječenja ludosti i biti na maničnom rubu kreativnosti i motivacije?
- Comedian, activist
Joshua Walters is a bipolar comedian whose work explores language, creativity, beatboxing and madness ... Full bio

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My nameime is JoshuaJošua WaltersWalters.
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Moje ime je Joshua Walters.
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I'm a performerIzvođač.
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Ja sam izvođač.
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(BeatboxingNe sjećam je se)
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(ApplausePljesak)
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But as fardaleko as beingbiće a performerIzvođač,
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Ali kao što sam i izvođač,
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I'm alsotakođer diagnoseddijagnosticira
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ja sam isto tako dijagnosticiran
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bipolarbipolarni.
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s bipolarnim poremećajem.
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I reframereframe that as a positivepozitivan
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Držim to kao nešto pozitivno,
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because the crazierluđi I get onstagena pozornici,
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jer što luđi postanem na pozornici,
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the more entertainingzabavan I becomepostati.
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to postanem i zabavniji.
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When I was 16 in SanSan FranciscoFrancisco,
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Kada mi je bilo 16 godina i bio sam u San Franciscu,
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I had my breakthroughproboj manicmanične episodeEpizoda
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doživio sam svoju prekretničku maničnu epizodu
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in whichkoji I thought I was JesusIsus ChristKrista.
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u kojoj sam mislio kako sam Isus Krist.
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Maybe you thought that was scaryplašljiv,
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Možda ste mislili kako je to bilo zastrašujuće,
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but actuallyzapravo there's no amountiznos of drugslijekovi you can take
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ali zapravo ne postoji ta količina droge koju možete uzeti
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that can get you as highvisok
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a da vas toliko digne
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as if you think you're JesusIsus ChristKrista.
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da mislite da ste Isus Krist.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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I was sentposlao to a placemjesto,
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Poslali su me na to mjesto,
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a psychpsihološka wardštićenik,
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na odjel psihijatrije,
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and in the psychpsihološka wardštićenik,
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a na psihijatriji
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everyonesvatko is doing theirnjihov ownvlastiti one-manjednog čovjeka showpokazati.
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svatko ima svoj šou.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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There's no audiencepublika like this
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Ne postoji publika poput ove
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to justifyopravdati theirnjihov rehearsalprobe time.
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koja bi opravdala njihovo vrijeme provedeno u vježbanju.
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They're just practicingvježbanje.
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Oni samo vježbaju.
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One day they'lloni će get here.
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Jednog dana će stići ovamo.
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Now when I got out,
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Sada, kada sam izašao van,
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I was diagnoseddijagnosticira
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psihijatar me dijagnosticirao
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and I was givendan medicationslijekovi
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i dao mi je
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by a psychiatristpsihijatar.
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lijekove.
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"Okay, JoshJosh, why don't we give you some --
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"U redu, Josh, zašto ti mi ne bi dali neke --
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why don't we give you some ZyprexaZyprexa.
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zašto ti ne bi dali malo Zyprexa.
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Okay? MmhmmMoram nazvati?
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U redu? Mmhmm?
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At leastnajmanje that's what it sayskaže on my penpero."
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Bar tako piše na mojoj penkali."
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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Some of you are in the fieldpolje, I can see.
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Neki od vas rade u tom polju, vidim to.
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I can feel your noisebuka.
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Mogu osjetiti vašu buku.
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The first halfpola of highvisok schoolškola
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Prva polovica srednje škole
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was the struggleborba of the manicmanične episodeEpizoda,
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je bila borba s maničnom epizodom,
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and the seconddrugi halfpola
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a druga polovica
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was the overmedicationsovermedications of these drugslijekovi,
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je bila prekomjerno uzimanje tih lijekova,
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where I was sleepingspavanje throughkroz highvisok schoolškola.
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gdje sam prespavao kroz srednju školu.
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The seconddrugi halfpola was just one bigvelika napdrijemež, prettyprilično much, in classklasa.
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Druga polovica je bila jedan veliki drijemeš, više manje, u razredu.
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When I got out
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Kada sam izašao
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I had a choiceizbor.
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imao sam izbor.
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I could eitherili denyporeći
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Mogao sam ili zanijekati
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my mentalmentalni illnessbolest
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moju mentalnu bolest
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or embracezagrljaj
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ili prihvatiti
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my mentalmentalni skillnessskillness.
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moju mentalnu stručnost.
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(BugleLovački rog soundzvuk)
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(Zvuk vojničke trube)
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There's a movementpokret going on right now
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Postoji pokret koji se sada odvija
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to reframereframe mentalmentalni illnessbolest as a positivepozitivan --
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koji zagovara mentalnu bolest kao pozitivnu --
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at leastnajmanje the hypomanichypomanic edgerub partdio of it.
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barem dio s hipomaničnim rubom.
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Now if you don't know what hypomaniahipomanije is,
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Sada, ukoliko ne znate što je hipomanija,
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it's like an enginemotor that's out of controlkontrolirati,
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to je poput motora koji je izvan kontrole,
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maybe a FerrariFerrari enginemotor, with no breakspauze.
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možda Ferrarijev motor, bez kočnica.
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ManyMnogi of the speakerszvučnici here, manymnogi of you in the audiencepublika,
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Mnogi od govornika ovdje, mnogi od vas u publici
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have that creativekreativan edgerub,
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imaju taj kreativni dio,
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if you know what I'm talkingkoji govori about.
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ako znate o čemu pričam.
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You're drivenupravljan to do something
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Motivirani ste da učinite nešto
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that everyonesvatko has told you is impossiblenemoguće.
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za što vam je netko rekao kako je nemoguće.
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And there's a bookrezervirati -- JohnJohn GartnerGartner.
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A postoji i knjiga -- John Gartner.
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JohnJohn GartnerGartner wrotenapisao this bookrezervirati calledzvao "The HypomanicHypomanic EdgeRub"
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John Gartner je napisao tu knjigu zvanu "Hipomanični rub"
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in whichkoji ChristopherChristopher ColumbusColumbus and TedTed TurnerTurner and SteveSteve JobsRadnih mjesta
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u kojoj Christopher Columbus, Ted Turner i Steve Jobs
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and all these businessPoslovni mindsmisli
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i svi ti poslovni umovi
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have this edgerub to competekonkurirati.
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imaju tu značajku da se natječu.
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A differentdrugačiji bookrezervirati was writtennapisan not too long agoprije
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Drukčija knjiga je napisana nedavno
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in the mid-sredina90s
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sredinom 90-ih
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calledzvao "TouchedDotakla With FireVatra" by KayKay RedfieldRedfield JamisonJamison
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zvana "Dodirnuti vatrom" Kaya Redfielda Jamisona
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in whichkoji it was lookedgledao at in a creativekreativan senseosjećaj
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u kojoj je u kreativnom smislu sagledana situacija
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in whichkoji MozartMozart and BeethovenBeethoven and VanVan GoghGogh
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u kojoj Mozart, Beethoven i Van Gogh
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all have this manicmanične depressiondepresija that they were sufferingpati with.
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imaju tu maničnu depresiju od koje oni svi pate.
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Some of them committedpredan suicidesamoubistvo.
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Neki od njih su počinili samoubojstvo.
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So it wasn'tnije all
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Dakle, nije sve bila
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the good sidestrana of the illnessbolest.
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dobra strana bolesti.
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Now recentlynedavno,
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Sada nedavno,
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there's been developmentrazvoj in this fieldpolje.
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bilo je napretka na tom polju.
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And there was an articlečlanak writtennapisan in the NewNovi YorkYork TimesPuta,
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I bio je članak napisan u New York Timesu,
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SeptemberRujna 2010,
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u rujnu 2010.godine,
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that statednavedeno:
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koji je glasio:
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"Just ManicManične EnoughDovoljno."
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"Jednostavno dovoljno maničan."
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Just be manicmanične enoughdovoljno
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Jednostavno budite dovoljno manični
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in whichkoji investorsinvestitori who are looking for entrepreneurspoduzetnici
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u kojem investitori traže poduzetnike
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that have this kindljubazan of spectrumspektar --
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koji imaju tu vrstu spektra --
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you know what I'm talkingkoji govori about --
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znate o čemu pričam --
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not maybe fullpuni bipolarbipolarni,
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možda ne potpuno bipolarni,
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but they're in the bipolarbipolarni spectrumspektar --
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ali oni su u bipolarnom spektru --
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where on one sidestrana,
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gdje s jedne strane,
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maybe you think you're JesusIsus,
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možda mislite kako ste Isus,
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and on the other sidestrana
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a s druge strane
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maybe they just make you a lot of moneynovac.
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možda vam oni zarade dovoljno novaca.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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Your call. Your call.
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Vaša odluka. Vaša odluka.
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And everyone'ssvi su somewherenegdje in the middlesrednji.
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A svi su negdje u sredini.
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Everyone'sSvi su somewherenegdje in the middlesrednji.
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Svi su negdje u sredini.
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So maybe, you know,
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Stoga možda, znate,
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there's no suchtakav thing
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ne postoji nešto takvo
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as crazylud,
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kao što je ludost
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and beingbiće diagnoseddijagnosticira with a mentalmentalni illnessbolest
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i biti dijagnosticiran s mentalnom bolešću
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doesn't mean you're crazylud.
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ne znači kako ste ludi.
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But maybe it just meanssredstva
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Već možda samo znači
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you're more sensitiveosjetljiv
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kako ste osjetljiviji
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to what mostnajviše people can't see
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na većinu onoga što ljudi ne mogu vidjeti
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or feel.
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ili osjetiti.
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Maybe no one'sjedan je really crazylud.
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Možda nitko nije zapravo lud.
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EveryoneSvi is just a little bitbit madlud.
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Svatko je samo malo lud.
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How much
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Koliko
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dependsovisi on where you fallpad in the spectrumspektar.
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ovisi o tome gdje se nalazite u spektru.
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How much
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Koliko
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dependsovisi on how luckysretan you are.
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ovisi o tome kakve ste sreće.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Tilen Pigac - EFZG
Reviewed by Samra Cebiric

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joshua Walters - Comedian, activist
Joshua Walters is a bipolar comedian whose work explores language, creativity, beatboxing and madness ...

Why you should listen

Joshua Walters is a comedian, poet, educator and performer. He incorporates elements of spoken word and beatbox into his shows in a mash-up of comedy, intimate reflection and unpredictable antics. In the last two years, Walters has performed at theaters and universities throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East.

His eclectic combination of performance disciplines and activity as an educator in mental health has given Walters a national platform and audience. In 2002, Walters co-founded the DBSA (Depression Bipolar Support Alliance) Young Adults Chapter in San Francisco, one of the few support groups specifically for mentally ill young adults in the country. As a facilitator, Walters developed humor to address the subject of mental illness, reframing it as a positive. Walters speaks as a mental health educator and has engaged in mental health advocacy at conventions and in classrooms nationwide.

More profile about the speaker
Joshua Walters | Speaker | TED.com