Reaper wrote:I know from experience that I'm capable of hurting people and feeling no guilt or remorse over it. There's a complete lack of (emotional) empathy. I'm switched off most of the time to a state of cold, callous indifference.
There are these odd moments where I 'switch on' and I can briefly feel things I don't normally experience, like sympathy for an abused child. It confuses me because I don't understand it. I don't understand how I can go from being someone who normally lacks empathy and compassion to these brief moments of caring.
Do you have any thoughts on this? Can you relate to my experience?
Have you ever felt genuine sympathy for someone else?
From the little bit I've read about it, even a psychopath can feel sympathy. I think it really depends on where they sit on the spectrum (how psychopathic they are) as to how much or how often they feel it. I imagine most psychopaths wouldn't experience sympathy much. I'd like to see actual research on that though for confirmation. It would be interesting.
Please forgive me my Dark Lord Master, but your lowly pet has to relearn how to quote in sections.. but anyway.
I can relate.. I've felt genuine sympathy/empathy, especially as I've gotten old, not as old as you though... but I'm higher functioning than you. I've been able to practice and and learn to feel sympathy and empathy more often.. I still need to consciously think about it.. it doesn't come naturally, but thinking about it has become habit from practicing it regularly.
Btw, you can go from cold to caring because deep down you're a big old teddybear!
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