ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World

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ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World

A newly revised and updated edition of the classic guide to reframing our view of ADHD and embracing its benefits

â€¢ Explains that people with ADHD are not disordered or dysfunctional, but simply â€œhunters in a farmerâ€™s worldâ€--possessing a unique mental skill set that would have allowed them to thrive in a hunter-gatherer society

â€¢ Offers concrete non-drug methods and practices to help hunters--and their parents, teachers, and managers--embrace their differences, nurture creativity, and find success in school, at work, and at home

â€¢ Reveals how some of the worldâ€™s most successful people can be labeled as ADHD hunters, including Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, and Andrew Carnegie

With 10 percent of the Western worldâ€™s children suspected of having Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADHD, and a growing number of adults self-diagnosing after decades of struggle, the question must be raised: How could Nature make such a â€œmistakeâ€?

In this updated edition of his groundbreaking classic, Thom Hartmann explains that people with ADHD are not abnormal, disordered, or dysfunctional, but simply â€œhunters in a farmerâ€™s world.â€ Often highly creative and single-minded in pursuit of a self-chosen goal, those with ADHD symptoms possess a unique mental skill set that would have allowed them to thrive in a hunter-gatherer society. As hunters, they would have been constantly scanning their environment, looking for food or threats (distractibility); theyâ€™d have to act without hesitation (impulsivity); and theyâ€™d have to love the high-stimulation and risk-filled environment of the hunting field. With our structured public schools, office workplaces, and factories those who inherit a surplus of â€œhunter skillsâ€ are often left frustrated in a world that doesnâ€™t understand or support them.

As Hartmann shows, by reframing our view of ADHD, we can begin to see it not as a disorder, but as simply a difference and, in some ways, an advantage. He reveals how some of the worldâ€™s most successful people can be labeled as ADHD hunters and offers concrete non-drug methods and practices to help hunters--and their parents, teachers, and managers--embrace their differences, nurture creativity, and find success in school, at work, and at home. Providing a supportive â€œsurvivalâ€ guide to help fine tune your natural skill set, rather than suppress it, Hartmann shows that each mind--whether hunter, farmer, or somewhere in between--has value and great potential waiting to be tapped.
Country USA
Brand Healing Arts Press
Manufacturer Healing Arts Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781620558980
ReleaseDate 2019-09-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781620558980

Country	USA
Brand	Healing Arts Press
Manufacturer	Healing Arts Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781620558980
ReleaseDate	2019-09-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781620558980

ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World

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