ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World

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I found it much more coherent this time around and although Hartmann's description of the underlying traits of ADHD are accomplished I am simply unconvinced by his main thesis. About the time I got diagnosed with ADHD, Thom Hartmann produced the first edition of ADHD: Hunters in a Farmer’s World.

Having been trained to look at the positive aspects of ADHD by homeschool author Carol Barnier, I enjoyed this book for the most part and found its approach helpful. During the Covid isolation she wrote a book about her life with inattentive ADHD which should be published by the end of this year. In my childhood, I couldn’t pay attention to the teachers who had a bland teaching style, but I flourished with those who had an interactive, hands-on approach to learning. Many individuals with ADHD have learned how to cope with being a Hunter in a Farmer’s world and in this world they can find average success and score average on tests but they may also feel or know that they have a much greater potential.

If you want an easy quick read then go for it but if you are looking for something more substantial then skip it. About the Book: Author, having battled ADHD himself, has learned to live with it, even thrive on it.

Hartmann delivers a balance of science, sociology, and humor that will help you process what it means to be a person with ADHD. New biofeedback technology has become available that is affordable and can be effective in the process of learning to concentrate. There are also various practical strategies and historical anecdotes that are at once inspiring and hope instilled.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 doesn’t understand or support them. it has been an epiphany for me and I tell anyone I hear with ADHD, about this book; of course I do, we are over sharers!