I am wondering what some of your experiences with empathy or the lack there of are.
For me, it seems like its a very intermittent thing. Many times when emotions are implicated whether on TV or in conversation, I often experience a sort of numbness. Like I don't see what the big deal is. I'm often annoyed when people cry, especially on TV. needless to say this makes me come across as a huge jerk.
Conversely, sometimes I find myself really feeling bad for a certain person in a certain situation.
And then there is always the mind ripping experience of not coming close to caring at all and feeling bad at the exact same time.
One thing that's sure across the board, I'm much more likely to show empathy towards an inanimate object or an animal than a person.
It all seems to be completely random. Its not a person to person case or a place to place case, its really more like a minuet to minuet case.
Does anyone else experience anything similar?
31 Dec 2011, 9:15 pm
