Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough

Translator: Richard Hrdlovič Reviewer: Roman Studenic

My name is Joshua Walters.

Moje meno je Joshua Walters.

I'm a performer.

Som umelec.

(Beatboxing)

(robí beatbox)

(Laughter)

(smiech)

(Applause)

(potlesk)

But as far as being a performer,

Okrem toho, že som umelec,

I'm also diagnosed

som taktiež diagnostikovaný

bipolar.

bipolárnou poruchou.

I reframe that as a positive

Považujem to za pozitívne,

because the crazier I get onstage,

pretože čím bláznivejší som na javisku,

the more entertaining I become.

tým zábavnejší som.

When I was 16 in San Francisco,

V San Franciscu, keď mi bolo 16,

I had my breakthrough manic episode

som mal prielomovú maniakálnu chvíľku,

in which I thought I was Jesus Christ.

keď som myslel, že som Ježiš.

Maybe you thought that was scary,

Možno si myslite, že to bolo desivé,

but actually there's no amount of drugs you can take

ale pravdou je, že niet takého množstva drog, ktoré

that can get you as high

by vás dostali tak "vysoko",

as if you think you're Jesus Christ.

ako keď si myslite, že ste Ježiš.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

I was sent to a place,

Poslali ma teda na miesto,

a psych ward,

na psychiatrickú liečebňu,

and in the psych ward,

a tam

everyone is doing their own one-man show.

si každý robí svoje one-man show.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

There's no audience like this

Nemajú tam také publikum ako tu,

to justify their rehearsal time.

ktoré by bolo dôvodom ich nácviku.

They're just practicing.

Proste len tak nacvičujú.

One day they'll get here.

Jedného dňa sa sem možno dostanú.

Now when I got out,

Keď som sa odtiaľ dostal von,

I was diagnosed

bol som diagnostikovaný,

and I was given medications

a psychiater

by a psychiatrist.

mi dal lieky.

"Okay, Josh, why don't we give you some --

"Okej Josh, prečo ti nedáme nejaké --

why don't we give you some Zyprexa.

prečo ti nedáme povedzme Zyprexa.

Okay? Mmhmm?

Okej? Hmmm?

At least that's what it says on my pen."

Prinajmenšom to mám napísane na pere."

(Laughter)

(smiech)

Some of you are in the field, I can see.

Niektorí z vás sú z oboru, to vidím.

I can feel your noise.

"Cítim" váš hrmot.

The first half of high school

Prvá polovica mojej strednej školy

was the struggle of the manic episode,

bola o zápasení s bláznivými epizódami

and the second half

a ta druhá,

was the overmedications of these drugs,

tú som prespal

where I was sleeping through high school.

v dôsledku toľkého množstva liekov čo mi dávali.

The second half was just one big nap, pretty much, in class.

Druhá polovica bola v podstate jedno dlhé zdriemnutie si v laviciach školy.

When I got out

Keď som sa odtiaľ dostal,

I had a choice.

mal som na výber.

I could either deny

Mohol som naďalej popierať

my mental illness

moju mentálnu chorobu,

or embrace

alebo brať veci

my mental skillness.

také aké sú.

(Bugle sound)

(trúbenie)

There's a movement going on right now

Práve prebieha snaha o zmenu,

to reframe mental illness as a positive --

ktorá "vykresľuje" mentálnu chorobu ako niečo pozitívne --

at least the hypomanic edge part of it.

prinajmenšom tu jej hypomanickú časť.

Now if you don't know what hypomania is,

Ak neviete, čo hypománia je,

it's like an engine that's out of control,

tak je to ako motor bez kontroly,

maybe a Ferrari engine, with no breaks.

možno Ferrari motor, bez bŕzd.

Many of the speakers here, many of you in the audience,

Veľa dnešných prednášajúcich, a veľa z vás v publiku,

have that creative edge,

má tu svoju kreatívnu hranicu,

if you know what I'm talking about.

ak viete o čom hovorím.

You're driven to do something

Ste hnaní spraviť niečo,

that everyone has told you is impossible.

čo vám niekto vraví, že je nemožné.

And there's a book -- John Gartner.

Je tu jedna kniha od Johna Gartnera.

John Gartner wrote this book called "The Hypomanic Edge"

John Gartner napísal knihu "Hypomanická Hranica"

in which Christopher Columbus and Ted Turner and Steve Jobs

v ktorej Christopher Columbus, Ted Turner a Steve Jobs

and all these business minds

a všetky tie obchodné mozgy

have this edge to compete.

majú túto výhodu v súťaži.

A different book was written not too long ago

Trochu iná kniha bola napísaná nedávno,

in the mid-90s

v polovici 90-tých rokov,

called "Touched With Fire" by Kay Redfield Jamison

nazvaná " Dotknutý ohňom" od Kay Redfield Jamison,

in which it was looked at in a creative sense

v ktorej bolo nahliadnuté na tu kreatívnu čast

in which Mozart and Beethoven and Van Gogh

Mozarta, Beethovena a Van Gogha,

all have this manic depression that they were suffering with.

hoci všetci títo mali svoje bláznivé depresie, ktorými trpeli.

Some of them committed suicide.

Niektorí z nich spáchali samovraždu.

So it wasn't all

Takže to nebola

the good side of the illness.

len dobrá stránka choroby.

Now recently,

Poslednú dobu,

there's been development in this field.

bol v tomto smere zaznamenaný pokrok.

And there was an article written in the New York Times,

V New York Times o tom bol článok

September 2010,

v septembri 2010,

that stated:

v ktorom bolo napísane:

"Just Manic Enough."

"Tak akurát bláznivý"

Just be manic enough

Byť tak akurát bláznivým

in which investors who are looking for entrepreneurs

investorom hľadajúcim podnikateľov,

that have this kind of spectrum --

ktorý má tento druh spektra --

you know what I'm talking about --

viete čo tým myslím --

not maybe full bipolar,

nie úplne bipolárny,

but they're in the bipolar spectrum --

ale byť v tom spektre --

where on one side,

kde na jednej strane,

maybe you think you're Jesus,

si myslíte, že ste Ježiš,

and on the other side

a zase na druhej,

maybe they just make you a lot of money.

že vám možno zarobia kopec peňazí.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

Your call. Your call.

Vaša voľba.Vaša voľba.

And everyone's somewhere in the middle.

A každý z nás je niekde v strede.

Everyone's somewhere in the middle.

Každý tam niekde je.

So maybe, you know,

Takže možno, viete,

there's no such thing

neexistuje nič také

as crazy,

ako byť blázon,

and being diagnosed with a mental illness

a byť diagnostikovaný touto duševnou chorobou

doesn't mean you're crazy.

neznamená, že ste blázon.

But maybe it just means

Ale možno to len znamená,

you're more sensitive

že ste viac citliví,

to what most people can't see

na to čo väčšina ľudí nemôže vidieť

or feel.

alebo cítiť.

Maybe no one's really crazy.

Možnože nikto nie je skutočne bláznivý.

Everyone is just a little bit mad.

Každý je len trochu bláznivý.

How much

Ako veľmi,

depends on where you fall in the spectrum.

to závisí kde sa pohybujte v tom spektre.

How much

Ako veľmi

depends on how lucky you are.

taktiež závisí aké máte šťastie.

Thank you.

Vďaka.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)