Name: 78 Yr Old Filmmaker David Hoffman Reveals His Fears
Uploaded: 2020-03-27T17:11:30.000Z
Duration: 10 min 39 s
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because subscribers have asked me to say well,

what challenges do you have in life? You're 78 years old,

you're having such a good time, you're making YouTube,

It's a damn good question and deserves an answer.

And the reason I'm answering is, because I hope it helps you.

or describing myself in that way, but it is about

So, first of all, let me make a statement about life.

you should accept uncertainty and live with uncertainty.

What you feel comfortable with is knowing

and the egg is there and the door is there, nothing's changed.

and I've spent my life struggling with accepting

without the, anything like certainty that they would work out okay.

Yes, it takes courage, but you know what, it's reality.

So, more than courage you just have to say that it's real.

I got an interesting story about the brain, tells you a lot.

So, in the 1950's, they were experimenting with epileptic people

and they cut the brain stem right in the middle of these people.

So, the brain left and right brain did not connect.

And somebody had the idea of a test and the test was

I guess it's the right brain, so they had the left eye closed

and the right brain is the one that has words I think.

You'll tell me if I'm wrong, but let's say it is

with people. And the sign said, stand up,

go to the sink, get a glass of water, drink the water, and sit down.

And every one of them got up seeing with one eye, got the water

and the psychotherapist said well, why did you do that?

Now they took another group of people and they blocked the

left brain, whatever brain that doesn't have words.

The one, the part of the, half your brain, I think it's the left side

and so, they blocked the eye and they did exactly the same thing.

get a glass of water, drink the water, sit down.

And they did and everybody when asked the question why?

well, because I always drink water at this time.

In other words, the brain made up a story

because we are more comfortable with certainty.

Knowing the answer than anarchy not knowing the answer.

your brain is confused is terrifying, you don't know.

just because you say it doesn't mean you think it.

To understand what you think you better look at yourself.

And a fair number of times in the early days

Like, I don't need the air conditioning, when I did

So, that is something I've struggled with

and I think I've got pretty much working okay.

But I'm going to tell you some areas where I really got problems.

One of them is, I am a terrible hypochondriac and always have been.

When I see the doctor my blood pressure rises, my lips turn blue.

I'm just terrified at their medicine, I'm, I hate being this way.

I'd like to just be casual about it, you trust medicine,

you trust the doctor, you go there, I can't do any of that.

I don't go to doctors if I can possibly help it.

Yeah, I take care of myself as you can see, but

I'm scared all the time, that's a phobic reaction.

My dad had it too, my daughter has it too,

one of my sons has it too. I think it's genetic.

my company once was very large. I had 80 people in my film company

I get this call from a nurse who says the allergy shot you just took

please come in immediately we have to give you the antidote.

Huh! I'm becoming terrified I barely make it down the stairs.

Before I left I said hey, what did you do to me?

She said your hair is going to fall out and you're going to lose your erections.

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78 Yr Old Filmmaker David Hoffman Reveals His Fears

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