Re: Now I'm just mad

[Anonymous]

Yes Wg…….the notion that we have different ADD traits is more than likely……..I would suggest it is almost a certainty, we are after all as different as snowflakes. Having said it does not negate consistent, irrefutable historical truth……none of which is anecdotal. I certainly cannot speak for all ADD people and would not presume to, but I do know, what once past for, what was known, taught, proven, wisdom is now looked on with a giggle and dismissed……'”well, that was then, we didn’t know”!!!! The converse is also true…those who would come forward with a new notion…..(like micro-biology)…were dismissed as madd……and were persecuted, jailed, ridiculed….etc etc.

The world evolves ever so slowly and change in thinking evolves at the same pace or worse. I’m not sure how can one possibly say their life would not be different, if it had not been different…..????? If one had even been taught, coached, mentored, revered…..for who they are, and their intellectual ability or personality traits……..who knows, or who can say how one may have turned out. They used to do psychological testing of that nature at one time…..but ethics/law now prohibits it. the results were frightening. As for enlightened thinking….without it we would still be clubbing our supper to death…..and living under a bush……it is what moves the world.

A simple present day example are the case(s) of the Romanian orphanages where current “medical” thinking was…. keep children fed, clean and warm and safe that’s all children need to flourish and grow…….the fact is many.children, most, became psychotic, physically stunted in growth, and intellectually/mentally backwards and worse. That took place recently…..in our present day world…..in modern times, in our time. So, before we start by buying in the “experts” expounding that a segment of society is “broken”…..and this segment needs to be fixed….or, they can actually be a danger…….we better making damn sure that society has first and foremost explored the other options. There are too many amazing examples of what can, and what does take place in the lives of ADD prone people, dyslexic people and even autistic people……to just summarily dismiss whole segments of society for being of “different intelligence” with a whole “different” set of learning requirements. Facts are $$$$$$$…….there appears to be no social will, and no profit motive…….better to repackage existing medication………well I’ll stop there…. that’s another discussion.

It is my contention (and nothing more) to do less is cruel, dismissive, and exemplifies the narrow scope of thinking that still permeates modern society. Don’t forget my previous three examples are from our life time (and not exhaustive) it is not past history…..it is who society was, and still is today..right now!!!!

hey……it quit raining……..I’m gonna go polish my bike…

Toofat

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