what can you realistically do about being mentally slow? im supposed to get a eeg scan for brain fog and a cognitive exam for learning disability. Ive taken adderall, triptans, and antidepressants but im still retarded. I literally cannot read a book or learn a language because no amount of studying makes remember information. In social situations I cant keep up at the pace of a conversation so I go quiet. Idk what could possibly be done since this doesnt seem to be understood by anyone
>read a book or learn a languageNobody reads books these days because they've been superceded by search engines and quick content and social media and news articles and AI quick searches.English is a language enough, master one and have supplementary languages if circumstance necessitatesThe cure to retardation is to be thrown to the deep end to the sharks and fight for survival or honour or whatever it is. Once you're there, you'll retain information easy because it's actually necessity and not just rote memorising useless shit.The personal computer and it's consequences have been a (necessary) disaster to the human race
>>34065897the problem is I want to do those things. whatever it is I set my mind to im slow and cannot amount to it. If i were an animal id be devoured by another or too slow to catch any prey. my brain isnt capable of being equal or even competent to any contemporaries regardless if its out of stress or my free will
>>34065807Are you sure you're not autistic? Not keeping up with conversations is an autistic trait. Autism can also look like a learning disability because everyone writes as if you can infer things from just a few example like normal people. Do you have sleep issues too?
>>34065807I would say that only professionals can really diagnose you and get the whole picture from your life as to what you need. It sounds like so far you have not found someone who has been able to help, and for that I'm sorry that you have not yet found the help that you need. My only suggestion would be to try and be a little less hard on yourself. I would encourage you to keep trying to understand yourself better and get assistance, but in the meantime, I hope you can maybe consider that being quiet in social situations is not shameful. I personally have a demonic level of social anxiety, but I do my best. There are certain environments that I just don't thrive in at time, but that is okay. I wonder if you've ever tried microdosing psilocybin/lsd? Low dose psychedelic integration can sometimes open up your perspective to new ways of thinking. I used to be a total gooner loser, and now I have the capacity to make bars full of people laugh at times. But also to speak in honesty, I do have seasons where I can't even leave the house. I just hope whatever you're dealing with that you will eventually find what you are looking for.
>>34065807sleep 8hrs wake up at the same time every morning, exercise regularly, eat healthy (use chronometer to actually see what micronutrients you are getting, chronic micronutrient deprivation of weird shit like thiamine can fuck your brain up, you can also get a blood test for those pretty easily) experiment with removing some stuff from your diet that you might be sensitive to.Regardless of your state the above will increase it, for even intelligent people the above can make them retarded and unable to read a book. I would recommend not taking any psych drugs as those just add variables that make it harder to figure out what works for you. Maybe try to get physical skills like playing an instrument or working with wood or gardening where there is an intellectual component but it's also tied in with the physical stuff. Reading might help but if you doom scroll or something that can hurt so try to stop doing bad stuff as well. Everything I said applies regardless of your intelligence level your natural capacity is likely at least higher than where it is now.
>>34065929Your problem is you've been brainwashed into wanting useless shit. And no, if you were an animal, you'd get smacked into your senses real quick and stop stewing and mentally masturbating about how retarded you are and actually do something about your life death situation
>>34065965>>34066012I fixed my sleep with medications to the point i dont need them anymore. my classmates have said whatever is wrong with me is complex. my experiences in language school alone were incredibly telling because the classroom was small, I had tutoring and I was mentally slow. >>34066013it shouldnt matter if its useless or not, I should be the judge if whatever i spend energy on is worthwhile.
>>34066104No you shouldn't because you are a terrible judge. With that naive arrogance you can go ahead and waste your life on useless shit like I care
>>34066142i cant waste my life on useless shit if i wanted to. if you wanted me to act a certain way or change my goals i couldnt. its as if i dont have a free will at all
>>34065807You are clearly not "retarded." You express yourself in writing more clearly and cogently than most people. The "slowness" may be a matter of inefficient thinking habits that can be improved with practice and mental exercise, but they are probably well within the range of "normal".
>>34066236what kind of practice are you talking about? Idk how that would be effective because that kind of stuff sounds gimicky.
>>34066230Learned helplessness. Anyway it's just another iteration of the IQ meme'd threads, where all your IQ is being expended on how low your IQ is instead of useful shitAll this stuff has to be learned, there's no starting IQ where you just got everything, you need to go through processes of learning until you reach a point where you're familiar with the common patterns of society or the world or people or motives etc etc there's no IQ shortcut you just gotta get into situations where you're forced to learn or die
>>34065807stop eating carbs, check for mold in your house, look up symptoms for heavy metal toxicity, make sure you aren’t low testosterone low vitamin D or
