Yes, thank you for your response. I did know you mentioned that but you mentioned it down a lot further than when you said it was laziness whereas ideally it would have preceded that so people didn't get hurt (since in all honesty people do tend to say that stuff like ADHD isn't even real or it is laziness or bad parenting, all of which aren't true, but dealing with those misconceptions regularly may make someone have expectations of how people will view them which will make them expect the worst from your article when they see stuff like people saying "just too lazy to expand the capacity of their brain"). A dullard I don't think is a thing but you also seemed to be saying mental retardation doesn't exist but that's actually a medical term and does exist, but either way, that's not the big thing here.
The thing also is, I just don't see that it is helpful. Your advice on what you can do to boost your brain is helpful, but I don't feel that saying about any issues those who might follow your advice is due to laziness is helpful. For one thing, there are those people out there who have something like anxiety or adhd or depression (all of which affect memory) but they don't know they have those things and they are likely already beating themselves up for not having their shit together, so then they see the bit about laziness and they beat themselves up mentally for it, blaming themselves for their memory and the last bit about brain conditions doesn't stop their now flowing negative self talk because they don't know there is anything (disability or something like depression) there other than the fact (from their eyes) that they "can't get their shit together" or they "mess everything up" or they "never get stuff right". They might be dropping balls left right and centre in their life and not know why, and whenever they see something like a statement about something that applies to them meaning they are lazy etc they just internalise that too and beat themselves up even more than they already are over everything else. That's one point.
The other part is simply that I don't think the negative - "this is caused by laziness" - statement will make many people act. Some people are motivated by negativity, but based on my experience as an individual and working with many different children in OSHC and long day care, I strongly believe those people are in the minority. Most people will likely see that and be like "yeah I am a bit lazy" but they won't do anything. My experience from working with children was that punishment and negative reinforcement was the least effective behavioural management techniques. They were necessary in some circumstances but the opportunities for positive reinforcement and reward worked so much better. I feel if that bit about laziness was cut out and you purely focused on all the good that could come from boosting your memory that more people would read all the way through and they would be more likely to follow your advice. I don't think criticism makes most people (neurotypical or not) act as well as making them feel like they can make a positive change in their life does. Talking about the strategies is the positive change, but you started on a negative footing which I don't think is the best approach when suggesting that people undertake an activity that could make a positive change to their life.
Either way this wasn't a criticism of what you wrote like "omg that is so offensive" but was just more a suggestion that maybe it isn't the best approach to get people to follow your advice. I know I was off-put by the start of your post, but not enough to not read it, but some could be put off enough not to read it and get the valuable information in it. In a worse time, I probably wouldn't have read it when I saw it was blaming problems on laziness, which meant I wouldn't have seen your tips. I think people should feel like they can make this change and it will help them and they can use x and y strategy to make sure they do it on a regular basis, and I feel calling people lazy is counter-intuitive to a goal of making people feel like they can do it. Just a thought. I could be wrong, but I think it would work better without the negative bits.
Still trying to get to the basis of your argument , cos you just picked a line of my post and totally misunderstood it. And you are still laying further foundation based on your previous reply after I had thrown more light in case you were in the dark.
Well everyone has an opinion, that maybe yours. You can make a post about it on your blog to air your view. I only made a harmless post in which you chose to allow it make you feel bad.
The advice I proposed could be rejected if it doesn't go down well with you. Others have picked one or two stuffs from it. You can take my advice with a pinch of salt sir @birchmark if you think it would make your "food" get salted. You weren't coerced to taking my advice.
Lastly, you still chose to dwell on the pathology of memory impairment when that was not the aim of the post, well.. Everyone takes a side in life. If you are still unhappy with my statement, you know what to do in order not to further get upset.
Oops I almost forgot to let you know that You could also make a similar post and get rewarded in SBD and steem. Have a nice day.
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