Trying to! Because, sadly/amazingly, even many therapists aren’t aware of it. It’s almost always one of the first things I check in around/talk about with new clients—and something that helps explain sooo much to late-diagnosed ADHD people.

This is an oversimplification, of course, but it’s worth noting what recent studies have found:

“ADHD can be a serious problem but it’s a problem *in large measure* because of today’s environments.” www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

As societies changed their values & priorities over time—set up, largely, by neurotypical brains who are better at organizing and building society & bent towards “productivity” as they defined it—those of us with ADHD-type brains were suddenly more problematic, our strengths reframed as negatives.

For more than 90% of human existence, humans mostly lived as hunter-gatherers. ADHD brains, especially, thrived and were highly valued in tribes and villages. But then came the Neolithic Revolution and a slow transition to agriculture, which gave rise to cities and civilizations, & a new way of life

thank you! 🙏

Would love to be added, thanks!

amazing jesse!! 📚 💪