Joanne Lee Smith argues laziness isn't a character flaw but a learned response where your brain avoids perceived danger. To break the pattern, give your brain corrective information like "there is no burglar, I am safe" and take intentional action instead of staying passive.
It's not because you're weak or because you're lazy or because you're a loser or whatever you might want to call yourself, because I would never say that to anyone and I would never say that to myself these days, ever. I used to, but it's all because your brain's super smart and it's learned. It's a learned response and it becomes conditioned response. It happens automatically. So it's a really important bit. If your brain's learned avoidance because a certain thing it's believed is dangerous, then we need to start inputting new information. We need to give messages that you've got this wrong. There's no burglar in my house. I'm okay. I can do this. It's a false alarm. This feeling, this sensation, does not equal danger. I don't need to be scared of it. I need to live my life, and if it shows up, I need to respond calmly. And this does not happen by staying safe and staying on the sofa or staying in bed or Avoiding exercise, avoiding activity, it, it just does not happen that way.
