What Makes Us Doesnt Break Us
[Music]
[Applause]
medical conditions
the things that make us and breaks us
that makes me think though
do disorders have to break us in my
opinion
the answer to that question is no just
because we have a condition
doesn’t mean we can’t do certain things
i have this rare disorder called
vocal cord dysfunction or better known
as vcd
if you’ve never heard of it don’t worry
you’re not the only one
it’s a rare disorder in which when i’m
stressed or if i exercise too much
my vocal cords fall up to where it gets
harder and harder
to breathe when i go into obesity attack
i get dizzy it’s hard to breathe my
vision gets a bit
blurry when i was first diagnosed with
this in fourth grade
i was scared that i wouldn’t be able to
run a mile under 14 minutes
in fact that time limit intimidated me
very much
because it was the past to get an a now
in sixth grade even though i had this
strange condition
i still ran a mile under 14 minutes
in fact i ran a mile does 12 minutes
and 46 seconds vcd
is an anxiety trigger disorder yet i’m
still able to performancing on stage
like nothing is wrong for most people
this
experience is extremely stressful both
my passion
i push to the stress and i’m still able
to perform in sync
so what am i trying to say i’m saying
that if you have a passion
and you’re determined to do a certain
thing even if you have an affliction
you can do it if you set a clear path
and you’re determined
you can do anything think of it like
you’re driving and there’s a traffic
cone
what do you do you take that traffic
cone you move it aside
and you can continue on your journey
your worries and your disorders
are that traffic cone so when you’re
determined to do something
and you want to do it even if you have a
medical condition
take all of your worries and push them
aside you can
do it so disorders the things that make
us
certainly does not break us
you