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Wonder if it's just me, or somewhat of a general ADHD thing, of finding "doer" speeches annoying at times. Mind you, I don't mean stuff like targeted calls to action, I don't think, because in that case it feels like a "let's do this" - it's more focused on the we, with the speaker being included in it.
I guess what bothers me is the sort of individualist kind of "put on your adult pants" talk, where like no matter how diplomatic the tone of it, the underlying implication is that there's some kind of action you're not taking that you're "supposed to" take and that you have missed the fact that you could be doing this action. And for some people some of the time, that's probably helpful. I think for me and why I bring up ADHD, is most of the time I already kinda know what I could be doing (sometimes to an absurd degree relative to proportional action because of gathering more info in lieu of actually doing). It's the mechanics of executive functioning that are more so the struggle rather than a lack of knowing. And I suspect if there's any trend to it and it's not just me, what people like me probably more often need is emotional support, an actual physical "I will go do this with you" if necessary (like for body doubling), and in general, a certain amount of trust that we're capable; that the problem isn't so much ignorance as just needing more support (or even just space, not being distracting) to get started.
Not about anything I've seen here BTW. More a general thing I've seen in various ways, some of which may be rugged individualism culture, though I'm not certain because I don't know how well executive functioning struggles are recognized in general, in the world.
Wonderfully put, I too share a deep resentment for this particular type of way western society utilises language. I have health complications which also make executive function very difficult as a result of traumas, and truthfully it's insulting to me when this type of language is utilised. So much of the idioms used in the west these days have a very myopic understanding of how people can/do work. It is like an attempt to make people interact and behave monolithically (yet also sell them the idea that they're being individuals, see Andrew Tate). Just another reminder that western society is not built for humans, but rather by and for capitalists
FWIW I actively be an empathetic witness to other people instead of using those idioms because in my (current) understanding that is the purest form of love I can be and give