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Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough
Joshua Walters: ésser suficientment boig
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A les TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, el comediant Joshua Walters, que és bipolar, concilia la malatia mental i l'habilitat mental. En aquesta divertida xerrada que invita a la reflexió, pregunta: Quin és l'equilibri adequat entre medicar la bogeria i experimentar la part maníaca de la creativitat i l'energia?
Joshua Walters - Comedian, activist
Joshua Walters is a bipolar comedian whose work explores language, creativity, beatboxing and madness ... Full bio
Joshua Walters is a bipolar comedian whose work explores language, creativity, beatboxing and madness ... Full bio
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My name is Joshua Walters.
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El meu nom és Joshua Walters
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I'm a performer.
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Sóc artista.
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(Beatboxing)
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(Laughter)
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(Rialles)
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
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But as far as being a performer,
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Però, a més de ser artista,
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I'm also diagnosed
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també em van diagnosticar
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bipolar.
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un trastorn bipolar.
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I reframe that as a positive
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Jo ho considero positiu,
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because the crazier I get onstage,
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perquè com més boig
em torno a l'escenari,
em torno a l'escenari,
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the more entertaining I become.
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més divertit esdevinc.
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When I was 16 in San Francisco,
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Quan tenia 16 anys,
a San Francisco,
a San Francisco,
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I had my breakthrough manic episode
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vaig patir un episodi maníac
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in which I thought I was Jesus Christ.
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en què pensava que era Jesucrist.
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Maybe you thought that was scary,
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Potser penseu que allò feia por,
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but actually there's no amount of drugs you can take
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però, de fet, no hi ha
cap droga en el món
cap droga en el món
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that can get you as high
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que et pugui col·locar tant
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as if you think you're Jesus Christ.
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com per a que creguis
que ets Jesucrist.
que ets Jesucrist.
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(Laughter)
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(Rialles)
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I was sent to a place,
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Em van enviar a un lloc,
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a psych ward,
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un hospital psiquiàtric
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and in the psych ward,
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i al psiquiàtric
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everyone is doing their own one-man show.
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tothom protagonitza
el seu espectacle particular.
el seu espectacle particular.
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(Laughter)
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(Rialles)
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There's no audience like this
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No hi ha un públic com vosaltres
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to justify their rehearsal time.
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que justifiqui el temps d'assaig.
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They're just practicing.
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Practiquen, i prou.
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One day they'll get here.
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Algun dia arribaran ací.
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Now when I got out,
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Bé, quan vaig eixir
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I was diagnosed
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un psiquiatra
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and I was given medications
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em va diagnosticar
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by a psychiatrist.
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i em va medicar.
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"Okay, Josh, why don't we give you some --
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"Molt bé, Josh,
què et pareix si et donem...
què et pareix si et donem...
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why don't we give you some Zyprexa.
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Què et pareix si et donem Zyprexa?
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Okay? Mmhmm?
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Bé? Sí?
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At least that's what it says on my pen."
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Almenys, això posa en el meu bolígraf"
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(Laughter)
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(Rialles)
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Some of you are in the field, I can see.
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Alguns de vosaltres sou del gremi,
ja ho veig.
ja ho veig.
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I can feel your noise.
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Us puc sentir des d'aquí.
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The first half of high school
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La primera meitat de l'institut
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was the struggle of the manic episode,
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la vaig passar lluitant
contra els episodes maníacs,
contra els episodes maníacs,
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and the second half
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i la segona meitat,
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was the overmedications of these drugs,
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contra la medicació excessiva
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where I was sleeping through high school.
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que va fer que em passés
tot l'institut dormint.
tot l'institut dormint.
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The second half was just one big nap, pretty much, in class.
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La segona meitat va ser, pràcticament,
una llarga migdiada a classe.
una llarga migdiada a classe.
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When I got out
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Quan vaig acabar
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I had a choice.
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havia de decidir.
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I could either deny
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O bé negava
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my mental illness
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la meua malatia mental
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or embrace
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o acceptava
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my mental skillness.
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la meua habilitat mental.
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(Bugle sound)
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(So d'una corneta)
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There's a movement going on right now
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Actualment existeix un moviment
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to reframe mental illness as a positive --
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per replantejar les malalties mentals
com una cosa positiva,
com una cosa positiva,
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at least the hypomanic edge part of it.
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almenys la part hipomaníaca.
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Now if you don't know what hypomania is,
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Bé, si no sabeu què és la hipomania,
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it's like an engine that's out of control,
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és com un motor fora de control,
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maybe a Ferrari engine, with no breaks.
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potser un motor Ferrari, sense frens.
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Many of the speakers here, many of you in the audience,
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Molts dels que parlaran ací,
molts de vosaltres, al públic,
molts de vosaltres, al públic,
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have that creative edge,
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teniu aquest talent creatiu,
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if you know what I'm talking about.
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si sabeu de què parlo.
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You're driven to do something
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Sentiu la necessitat de fer una cosa
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that everyone has told you is impossible.
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que tothom us diu que és impossible.
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And there's a book -- John Gartner.
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I hi ha un llibre: John Gartner.
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John Gartner wrote this book called "The Hypomanic Edge"
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John Gartner va escriure un llibre anomenat "The Hypomanic Edge"
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in which Christopher Columbus and Ted Turner and Steve Jobs
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en què Cristòfor Colom i Ted Turner i Steve Jobs
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and all these business minds
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i tots els genis dels negocis
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have this edge to compete.
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tenen aquest talent per a competir.
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A different book was written not too long ago
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Es va escriure un llibre diferent no fa molt,
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in the mid-90s
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a meitat dels anys 90,
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called "Touched With Fire" by Kay Redfield Jamison
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anomentat "Touched by Fire" de Kay Redfield Jamison
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in which it was looked at in a creative sense
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en què açò es tractava en un sentit creatiu
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in which Mozart and Beethoven and Van Gogh
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en què Mozart, Beethoven i Van Gogh,
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all have this manic depression that they were suffering with.
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tots tres patien aquesta despressió maníaca.
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Some of them committed suicide.
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Alguns es van suicidar.
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So it wasn't all
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Així que no tot era
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the good side of the illness.
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la part positiva de la malaltia.
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Now recently,
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Recentment
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there's been development in this field.
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hi ha hagut avanços en aquest camp.
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And there was an article written in the New York Times,
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I es va publicar un article al New York Times,
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September 2010,
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en setembre de 2010,
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that stated:
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que afirmava:
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"Just Manic Enough."
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"Suficientment boig"
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Just be manic enough
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Sigues suficientment boig
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in which investors who are looking for entrepreneurs
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perquè els inversos que busque emprenedors
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that have this kind of spectrum --
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que es troben en eixe tipus d'espectre
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you know what I'm talking about --
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—sabeu què vull dir—
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not maybe full bipolar,
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potser no totalment bipolars,
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but they're in the bipolar spectrum --
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però es mouen en l'espectre de la bipolaritat,
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where on one side,
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on, d'una banda,
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maybe you think you're Jesus,
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potser penses que ets Jesús;
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and on the other side
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i d'altra banda,
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maybe they just make you a lot of money.
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potser et facen guanyar molts diners.
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(Laughter)
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(Rialles)
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Your call. Your call.
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Tu decideixes. Tu decideixes.
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And everyone's somewhere in the middle.
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I tothom està en algún punt intermedi.
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Everyone's somewhere in the middle.
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Tothom està en algún punt intermedi.
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So maybe, you know,
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Així que, sabeu? Potser
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there's no such thing
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no existeix
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as crazy,
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allò d'estar boig
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and being diagnosed with a mental illness
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i que et diagnostiquen una malatia mental
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doesn't mean you're crazy.
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no vol dir que estigues boig.
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But maybe it just means
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Potser vol dir
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you're more sensitive
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que ets més sensible
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to what most people can't see
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a allò que la majoria de gent no pot veure
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or feel.
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o sentir.
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Maybe no one's really crazy.
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Potser ningú està boig en realitat.
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Everyone is just a little bit mad.
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Tothom està un poc guillat.
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How much
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Com de guillat
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depends on where you fall in the spectrum.
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depén d'on hages caigut en l'espectre.
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How much
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Com de guillat
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depends on how lucky you are.
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depén de la teua sort.
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Thank you.
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Gràcies
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joshua Walters - Comedian, activistJoshua 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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