ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World

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Some people actually reach out physically with their hands and “grab ahold” of their timeline, then pull or move it into place. There’s “Now” and “Some Other Time.” The difference between a week from now or a month from now is almost meaningless: it’s all “some other time.” Few self-help suggestions, however, start with the assumption that the people reading or hearing them have a totally confused relationship to time itself. That’s where I’m beginning with this article.

Worse, think what a disaster it would be to put either in the other’s job. The Cultivator doesn’t catch the little signs of the impending invasion, and the Lookout can’t pay attention long enough to weed the garden. Chang, F. M.; Kidd, J. R.; Livak, K. J.; Pakstis, A. J.; Kidd, K. K. (1996). "The world-wide distribution of allele frequencies at the human dopamine D4 receptor locus". Human Genetics. 98 (1): 91–101. doi: 10.1007/s004390050166. PMID 8682515. S2CID 62781753. With a highly functional timeline, the past is generally directly behind us, with a knowable distance representing how far away in time the memory of those events are. Farmers are often more patient with others than are Hunters. The patience that it takes to watch a plant grow for five months is easily translated into patience with a co-worker who wants to explain a problem or situation. The ceiling and walls of our lives are the I’m not/I can’t stories. They tell us who we’re not, and what we’re not capable of. I could never go bungee jumping; I can’t speak in public; I’ll never be able to get a management job; I’m no good at math , and so on.ADHDers aren’t abnormal; they are unique gifted individuals in their own right. Thom Hartmann describes these ideas in a book that belongs in the hands of every educator, counselor, doctor, and parent.” Now auto mechanics is a noble trade and I have great respect for its practitioners. If it has been Justin’s passion, I would have been encouraging him, too. But since he was young, he’s wanted to work with fish...and never had much interest in carburetors or axles. I tasted blood from biting my tongue (it didn’t seem useful to try to argue with a guy I’d just paid four hundred dollars to), and Justin’s eyes were filling with tears. Louise and I rescued him from that guy as fast as we could.

This book was first published in 1993 and was updated in the decade and a half thereafter. The new 2019 edition includes several new chapters, as well as a few broad updates, but by and large, my original hypothesis still stands and, if anything, has been solidified and reinforced by the passage of time and discovery of new science, particularly in the field of genetics.

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The path of the hunter was never an easy one. It was our role to seize the moment and put our lives at stake for the sake of our tribe. We were the ones sitting up late in the moonlight, tending the fire, alert to the sounds of potential danger. It’s never been easy. Oftentimes we feel like we’d rather be in the trenches than go through traditional schooling. And, a desk job for the rest of our adult lives!? The thought is anxiety-inducing at least. Farmers attend to the details. A Farmer must make sure all the wheat is threshed, all the cows are milked, all the fields are planted, or else he or she courts disaster for the entire community. If a cow isn’t milked completely it can become infected; a crop put into ground that’s too wet or too dry might rot or wither. Einstein’s “God is in the details” might be a favorite saying of a farmer. This] is a useful, clearly written guide to new thinking and happiness for those with ADHD. It is also a mind-liberating, life-affirming resource for anyone connected to someone with the problem. Pioneer thinker Thom Hartmann gives us specific, workable ways to identify self-limiting beliefs, and replace them with open-ended visions of possibility.”

A clear and positive view of our remarkable children with practical tips for the parent.”, Stephen C. Davidson, M.Ed., founding member of “Safe Kids” of Georgia They can totally throw themselves into the hunt; time is elastic. Another characteristic of a good Hunter is the ability to totally focus on the moment, abandoning all consideration of any other time or place. When the Hunter sees the prey he gives chase simply living totally in that one pure moment. When involved in the hunt, time seems to speed; when not in the hunt, time becomes slow. 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. This is because, in the days of our ancestors, the success of the hunters meant life ordeath for the tribe.Arcos-Burgos, M.; Acosta, M. T. (2007). "Tuning major gene variants conditioning human behavior: The anachronism of ADHD". Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 17 (3): 234–238. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2007.04.011. PMID 17467976.