Each person is unique in his set of qualities - both good and bad. For example, some people do certain work very quickly and quickly, while others, in turn, are quite slow and leisurely. The former can be safely called agile and dexterous, and the latter are slow and slow.
In this article we will study in more detail who such a sluggish person is and how this quality can affect life and relationships with others.
Overall value
Probably, each of you at least once in your life met people who perform this or that work rather slowly. Often they are not sure of themselves and what they are doing. Such a person is called in different words: slow, slow, slow, clumsy, awkward. As a rule, people with such a character trait are characterized by calm, and physical labor is very difficult for them. Without knowing many details, we can say that a sluggish person is a dreamer who is not in a hurry and is too lazy to do any work. But is this really so? Is sluggishness really associated with laziness?
Theory of Temperament
Since ancient times, many philosophers and psychologists have tried to find out what are associated with certain traits of a person’s character, whether they are acquired during life or congenital. There are several different theories. Adherents of the first believe that, for example, slowness is an innate property of temperament and it cannot be changed or re-educated. Others tend to think that sluggishness is a character trait that a person acquires in the process of growing up.
It has been scientifically proven that, to a greater extent, temperament depends on the higher nervous activity of a person. Galen and Hippocrates, in turn, believed that the peculiarities of human behavior are associated with the predominance of one or another “life juice” in the body. By temperament, a sluggish person is most suitable for the description of phlegmatic people. According to the classification of Hippocrates, such people are characterized by calm, slowness, equanimity. It is important to note: despite the fact that the phlegmatic does his work slowly, it does not appear in any way on its quality.
Etymology, Antonyms, and Synonyms
The word “slow” came from the antonym “quick”, and it, in turn, from the word “hurry”. In other words, we can say that a sluggish person is a person who is not in a hurry, he does everything slowly and calmly. The synonyms of this word are: clumsy, slow, inhibited, clumsy. If we talk about words that have the opposite meaning, then it is: quick, lively, active, lively, fast, nimble, dexterous.
Often, people who do everything slowly are called koporya. This word is also synonymous with the word "slow." Another rather interesting and close in meaning word is “coulema”. They denote slow people who “dig around” for a very long time and cannot finish their work.
Distinctive features
As we already found out, a sluggish person (kopusha) is a slow and very clumsy individual. It is difficult for him to do the job quickly. He can do the same task for hours and not even notice how time flies. Very often such people are also forgetful. They may forget to pay utility bills; they tend to be late for important meetings and meetings. As mentioned earlier, a slow, sluggish person gathers for a long time before going out. He can take important documents for hours or cook breakfast for himself.
Is it possible to fix
If we say that this is still a property of temperament, and not an acquired character trait, then of course it is impossible to fix such a model of behavior, since it depends entirely on higher nervous activity. It is impossible not to mention that sometimes such a character trait as slowness is very easy to play. This is especially true of work, which is paid not for the volume completed, but for the time worked.
For many people, sluggishness is associated with clumsiness. It cannot be said that these are two absolutely identical concepts, but in most cases, they have certain similarities. So a clumsy person, besides doing everything quite slowly, is still awkward and awkward. Literally, in such people everything falls out of hand. They quite often break something, beat, destroy, but at the same time they also slowly react to what is happening around them. A clumsy person is most often sluggish. Such people have a lot more difficult, and it is quite difficult to fix it.
Attitude in society
It is difficult to characterize in a word how sluggish people are treated in society, because how many people, there are so many opinions. Of course, active and dexterous people are more likely to dislike kopush. In most cases, they irritate them very much, I want to at least try to stir up such persons.
Slowness is not always a negative trait. In some professions, such a temperament is not just necessary, but vital. This is especially true for people who often have to make important decisions. It is sometimes difficult for active and lively people to think and make decisions. After 5 minutes of inaction and deliberation, they begin to get very nervous and, as a rule, solve the necessary question at random. Slow people, however, are able to think over the situation for a long time and carefully, calculate the moves and give the right and most optimal way to solve the problem. But this does not always happen.
Many American psychologists and philosophers believe that sluggishness and slowness are a negative character trait that interferes with a person's life. They explain this by the fact that the muckers are looking for a variety of little things that they are constantly distracted by: for example, checking e-mail or viewing a news feed. They convince themselves that at this point in time it is really important for them, but in fact, in this way they hide their laziness. In addition, American scientists are confident that slowness is an acquired character trait that can and must be overcome.
In this article, we found out what a sluggish person means, what distinctive abilities he possesses, and how such people are treated in society.