ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World

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Also, hominins have been hunter-gatherers throughout 90% of human history from the beginning, before evolutionary changes, fire-making, and countless breakthroughs in stone-age societies. Many years ago a psychologist friend explained ADHD to me in this way: “A child comes into my office and touches something. Hunters must be easily distractible, constantly scanning their environment, and unafraid of taking risks.

In other words, an individual with the ADHD collection of characteristics would make an extraordinarily good hunter. While the Farmer’s consciousness is very task focused, the Hunter’s consciousness may be considered open or diffused. Thom Hartmann is a progressive radio talk show host, author, and retired businessman who was born and grew up in Michigan.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Do you think they would fill their days tidying the cave, preparing dinner, and teaching the children how to start a fire? When your life depends on split-second decisions, your frustration and impatience threshold necessarily tend to be low.

With our structured public schools, office workplaces, and factories those who inherit a surplus of hunter skills are often left frustrated in a world that doesnt understand or support them.And in this book he tells the entire tale of it, the struggles, the studies, the new ways of living he discovered, and what, other than outright medication, could work for others too.

While a Hunter’s ability to concentrate in general may be low, his ability to utterly throw himself into the hunt at the moment is astonishing. As hunters, they would have been constantly scanning their environment, looking for food or threats (distractibility); they’d have to act without hesitation (impulsivity); and they’d have to love the high-stimulation and risk-filled environment of the hunting field. Whilst there are several references to the US Health Service and the way it works with adhd patients it is a lot more than just an adhd book written by an American for Americans. As an entrepreneur, he's founded several successful businesses which still are operating, and lived and worked with his wife, Louise, and their three (now adult) children on several continents.Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Finland France Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Romania Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. I recommend anyone interested in a better understanding of what ADHD really is, to read this book, and others like it, whether you have it or not, especially if you know someone that has it. A second, and equally important, goal is to provide specific tools to “work around” the dilemma of being an ADHD “Hunter” in a contemporary society that is largely structured for and by non-ADHD “Farmers,” a concept we will explore in detail.

Tolerance for ambiguity, the willingness to stick with the goal in spite of obstacles, and an openness that allows the person to new ways to define the problem are important elements for creativity. He does spend time talking about the high incidence of ADHD in prisons, outside of a very brief paragraph he avoids discussing the systemic reasons that people of color, and people in poverty are less likely to get treatment for ADHD, and more likely to have harsh sentences for crime. When going off Ritalin the natural production of dopamine may stay diminished thus a possible cause of Parkinson’s Disease. As an adult with adhd and a parent of children with adhd I found this to be one of the best books I’ve read (or at least had the focus to read) about adhd.Hartmann delivers a balance of science, sociology, and humor that will help you process what it means to be a person with ADHD.