Thanks!
Not sure if I've mentioned this or not. It's the kinda thing I wanted to post about for a while, but I'm uncertain as to whether or not I actually got around to doing so.
A friend of mine works with developmentally disabled individuals, and the consumer (that's the current PC term for people with developmental disabilities) that he wakes up every morning has a very hard time getting up and out of bed. He says things like, "I'm just too tired to get up!" "If you understood how tired I was, you would let me sleep!" And perhaps the best of all, "When I'm tired, there's no choice - I just need to sleep more. There's no way to get out of bed while I'm still tired."
What's interesting is that we all understand how difficult it can be in the morning to get out of bed - and yet, we also understand the necessity of getting up anyway, and we all do so. This consumer honestly feels that he lacks the ability to get up while he is still tired - for him, the fact that he is tired is followed logically by the idea that he must sleep.
What's less amusing is how we all have felt the same way about our urges. We feel like when we have the urges, we need to respond to them. So often, I read posts here, or, heck, I listen to my own thoughts, and I remember this story. I do not have mental retardation, nor do I have any other developmental disabilities. Yet, my warped thinking and inability to recognize what is an urge, and what is a need, can lower my analytical abilities considerably.
