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This book was an extremely emotional read for me but left me with a very positive outlook and ideas on what steps to take to improve my life. He explained the why's of what somone with ADD does what they do and how they see, compensate and navigate through the world. A must read for anyone with or related to someone with ADD. This book was incredible. Bryan's story was almost identical to mine and he answered questions I've had about myself and my life that I've struggled with for years.
The book is an easy read, and is more of a auto-biographical accounting of how the author has overcome some traumatic events in his life as a child, some genetic pre-dispositions, as well as some failed recognition by the public school system (of his condition).The book also provides a healthy dose of excellent, practical tips that people can relate to -- because they are all couched in real-life stories, i.e. The book is not scientific in nature, one learns from it by 'experiencing' how a young man overcame some tremendous obstacles to eventually reach a relatively healthy, well-balanced life.In summary, I highly recommend this book to people personally struggling with ADD, as well as professionals who must treat them. I came to know Mr. accounts from the author's life. Joel Goodsen, Ph.D. Bryan Hutchinson through some internet research I was doing on the topic of ADD, in particular in how it manifests itself in adults. After prerusing his website and reading a sample chapter of the book, I 'bit.' After receiving the book in a timely manner from Amazon, I began to read it.I could not put it down.
We both agree that whatever is can be better or different, consequently experiencing a vague sense of restlessness. We see life around the bend, beyond the horizon and like myself, he can speculate for hours about the possibilities. Hutchinson's book, "One Boy's Struggle. This kind of intuition defies rational explanation, yet this is how many of us view our world.Praise is sweet but their can be no greater feeling than finding those who understand. Mr. I vowed never to read another book on ADD/ADHD.
These books were all informative, providing valuable information for those with ADD/ADHD, their families and teachers.Yet not one book served to provide an answer to what has always been disturbing me - that is until I read Mr. Complex ideas come to him as a complete whole,unable to explain how he knows. I understood why the near genuis IQ, why I performed so poorly in school, told I was lazy and why I had trouble focusing. Hutchinson agrees that the future holds an attraction which the past and the actual do not. Thank you for sharing your heartfelt story and alleviating the burden that I am not alone. I read all about the different skills I needed to acquire to overcome this debilitating learning disorder.
This is why I cherish this book and highly recommend it.Reality never impressed me.
Both will come away with hope for the future. and those without ADHD will have a new insight into the struggles that ADDers face every day. Those with ADHD will instantly be able to relate to everything that Bryan writes.
He gives us a glimpse into his troubled childhood, the result largely of undiagnosed ADHD. He acknowledges the people in his life who helped him to realize his potential, and he gives hope to people with ADHD everywhere, that you really CAN succeed with ADHD - in the workplace, in relationships, in life. Bryan's memoirs are poignant, honest, and, at times, painful.
I came away from reading this book with a profound sense of hope and inspiration for my own future.I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has been diagnosed with ADHD, and to parents, spouses, and teachers of those with ADHD. Thank you, Bryan, for sharing your life with us in this way. We see, through his eyes, how children with ADHD struggle just to feel as though they fit in, how they yearn for nothing more than the approval of their parents and other adults - and yet, how everything they do (or don't do) makes that approval even harder to garner.
What I love about this book though, is how Bryan also shows us how he has overcome many of the obstacles that held him back as a child.
This is especially important for non AD/HD people who are seeking understanding. I was diagnosed with ADD even later in life than the author, so can relate to the struggles he went through, and the judgments from people who don't understand (including myself). My only negative criticism is that I wish he had put a little more emphasis on the fact that people with AD/HD vary a lot in the severity of their symptoms and the effect of this brain disorder on their lives.
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