Find new soil

Imagine two trees. One Oak, and One Maple. Both are trees, but they have different genes. The oak needs rich dark, moist soil. The maple needs dry, aerated, clay-like soil. If they are born side by side on the same soil, then given time, one of them will thrive while the other will still grow, but will lag behind in its growth. Time is an important factor that is often overlooked.

Human beings are similar. We have variation in genes, and we require different environments to thrive in. You could say, for example, “Western Society” is the environment that has taken over the world, so we’re all "In the same soil” so to speak. Some of us well perform better than others for several reasons: 1 Genes

The set of genes we carry results in observable characteristics which results from the interaction of our genotypes with our environment. This is known as a phenotype. Dark skinned human beings fare well in hot climates as opposed to lighter skinned human beings, who’s skin will easily burn. Some people have small working memory as a phenotype and will do poorly in situations that require memorization, while other people have very high dexterity which makes them good with their hands.

2 Environment

The person may be in an environment where their phenotype seems to play advantageously to what they are doing. In other words, it seems to come about easily for them. There is little struggle or thinking involved. The person might say, “my adhd is my super power” In another setting the same person could struggle more than others. In another case, a phenotype could

ADHD vs Disposition

The Spectrum & Struggling

When we observe human beings on the smallest possible scale, their genetics, we can see that every single human being is unique in the entire universe. There is no human being is that 100% identical to another, and even if that were somehow the case, and if they were born in the same house as twins, their lives with start to deviate the moment they were born, and the activities they engaged in would begin the process of epigenetics, the activation and de-activation of phenotypes. Their conditions would differ, and again you will eventually have two human beings that differ slightly, but are never the same.

For practical reasons, we prefer to clump people into categories based on ph

seems to interact well with his environment. In this case, a person is happy, healthy and well regulated most of the time. The person doesn’t even think about himself. He is whistling his way through life, calm and relaxed.

They may have maladaptive genes - the set of genes a person is carrying seems to interact negatively with his environment. In other words, it appears as though the person is really struggling to live. Such a person will say, “adhd is my curse”

You will find mixed reactions from people that are living in different environments. If they are greatly dissatisfied, and they have not taken steps to uproot and change their lives, they might say ADHD is a curse. Some people are lucky and find good soil right away when they are young. They grow well, and don’t have to change themselves. They are satisfied and happy. These people say, “ADHD is a superpower.” Their genetic predisposition is to their advantage.

If you are not walking around happy, confident and joyful by default, even with the inherited predisposition, then it is very useful to revaluate how you are living, and to see more clearly those things which are dysregulating you.

Work on those interventions for a number of years until they are second-nature, and then you won't have to think about ADHD at all anymore, because you'll be happy, and whole and satisfied with how you live.

It is absolutely possible to be happy, and confident, and joyful, and not be ridden with comorbids while being pre-disposed to ADHD. Do no listen to the mainstream narrative. They will tell you that you are broken and that you can't do anything about it because it is inherited. The attitude that is transmitted is one of hopelessness. The important thing is to not to go either extreme. On one extreme: “ADHD is genetic” and therefor the person thinks, “I can’t do anything about it. Its in my genes and can’t change myself, I am lost cause, I have to cope until the end of my days”. And what is coping? Taking meds is a cope. The environment of our soil, as 1 example, is “fast-pacedness.” In a fast paced society, the person with adhd has to take meds. They would be dis-advantaged if they did not. They would have a hard time day-to-day. It is like oil for an engine that runs and runs and runs and runs. To change soil, how about just stop running so much? How about stop working 40 hours a week? How about you stop doing what everybody else is doing, stop listening to other people’s advice on what is good for you, and instead tune into your body so you can get direct first-hand experience on how to self-regulate yourself back to happiness? Uprooting and replanting takes years! It takes a long-ass time. However, eventually you should be walking around happy and content and ADHD should be a thing of the past. You should feel happy and secure and not have to second-guess everything you say and do. You should show up to work whistling, and then leave work feeling satisfied. Do not take a advice from folks who are still trying to “fix” adhd in themselves for decades and decades because they haven’t figured it out yet, and they are recommending coping solutions. There is much work to be done, but it requires the courage to listen to yourself above everyone else!

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Anything at all can be “environment”, even other human beings.

Or, they may be in an environment where that is not suitable to them.

Lets say you have person Alpha and person Beta. Person Alpha is doing very well, and Person Beta is struggling. Person Beta is told he is broken and has ADHD. Now lets switch environment, so that it is suitable for person Beta and unsuitable for person Alpha With a snap, the environments are changed. Very gradually, over the course of years and years, person Alpha will struggle and struggle and struggle, until finally he will go to an expert and the expert will say, “you have ADHD, you need meds to keep up.” Meanwhile, the person Beta will improve and improve and improve, until finally he will forget what its like to struggle.

The roles will be reversed! Adhd is a description of the experiences of struggles a person faces when their genetic makeup doesn’t play well with his environment. A person that was doing well before, that was happy and healthy, and well regulated, can start to develop ADHD-like symptoms, if they get into an unhealthy pattern of living and they stay there for a long time without remedying it.