Do I understand you correctly?

As a psychopath, you've never been able to feel sad about the pain/suffering of others in any given situation and in any given set of circumstances...

I doubt there's any Psychopaths here. Even so... studies have shown many can actually feel vary degrees of emotion if they choose to, like a switch they can flip off and on.

not a psychopath so couldn't say. my understanding is that it is a lack of remorse not to the point of feeling nothing though

VernonJenkins wrote:As a psychopath, you've never been able to feel sad about the pain/suffering of others in any given situation and in any given set of circumstances...

I suspect I'm a psychopath (don't know for certain) and I have felt sympathy for others, but it's a rare occurrence in real life. I have felt it a bit more online while watching videos about cruelty to animals or abuse to children. I'm pretty certain I don't feel it as often or as much as the average person does though. For me it's a very brief feeling that passes quickly. Other times I'll be watching similar videos and feel nothing at all.

Jomp (justonemoreperson) claims to be a psychopath who has never experienced sympathy or emotional empathy with anyone, ever. I'm curious if that's also true with his own children, assuming it's true at all. This post of his once made me question that claim:

justonemoreperson wrote:I have a fair amount of medical training and have, at times, been in a situation where I'm first on scene to a traffic incident etc.

I always reacted first while others have stood by and done nothing to help. I've argued that I've shown more concern over their welfare than others

A show of concern indicates sympathy or empathy. He claims his wife argued that he just did it for the rush, but she's not him and cannot know his motivation in every situation, and he never indicated that it gave him a rush. Just because other similar things in the past may have, doesn't mean that situation did as well. So, I'm more inclined to believe he did it out of genuine concern for the victim/s, which tells me that he can and does feel sympathy/empathy.

Reaper wrote:A show of concern indicates sympathy or empathy.

And where can this be found in his post exactly? I read it as "I'm better than those passive kunts"

I'm more inclined to believe he did it out of genuine concern for the victim/s, which tells me that he can and does feel sympathy/empathy.

You're the one claiming you don't even know what that feels like and never show interest in anything that isn't related to you, so yeah let's take your intuition for it? This is a very boring call out and a boring person to call out. Why don't you do this thing you do to any older members that sound ridiculous and boring? Are you scared they won't like you anymore?

cutecactus wrote:

Reaper wrote:A show of concern indicates sympathy or empathy.

And where can this be found in his post exactly? I read it as "I'm better than those passive kunts"

This part: He said, "I've shown more concern over their welfare than others"

My point is he showed concern for someone else's welfare.

I'm more inclined to believe he did it out of genuine concern for the victim/s, which tells me that he can and does feel sympathy/empathy.

You're the one claiming you don't even know what that feels like and never show interest in anything that isn't related to you, so yeah let's take your intuition for it? This is a very boring call out and a boring person to call out. Why don't you do this thing you do to any older members that sound ridiculous and boring? Are you scared they won't like you anymore?

I have no idea what you're even going on about here. I'm guessing you missed the part of my post where I said I can and have felt sympathy for others.

If you think this is a call-out then it's not for you to be concerned about because it's got nothing to do with you. Since this is a public forum though you can share your opinion, but why even care what I say about jomp?

Reaper wrote:why even care what I say

It's boring and off-topic, it literally has nothing to do with nothing. Why are you doing it? How can you keep this up for years and not get bored with it?

cutecactus wrote:

Reaper wrote:why even care what I say

It's boring and off-topic, it literally has nothing to do with nothing. Why are you doing it? How can you keep this up for years and not get bored with it?

Are you posting while wearing a blindfold...?

It has everything to do with this topic. Jomp claims to be a psychopath who has never experienced empathy or sympathy for anyone, yet rushed to help someone in an accident because he was concerned for their welfare (as he himself claimed). My question to him (not you) is: How does that equate to feeling no empathy or sympathy for anyone else?

It's still irrelevant because he didn't post in this thread. If you can include JOMP in a thread he didn't post in/a question he didn't let himself be asked, why can't I include myself in your call out?

cutecactus wrote:It's still irrelevant because he didn't post in this thread.

This thread is about psychopaths not feeling sad (sympathy and empathy would be included in that since that is usually what leads to sadness) over the pain and suffering of others. jomp has claimed to be a psychopath who has never experienced those things. His claims are relevant to this thread whether he posts in here or not.

If you can include JOMP in a thread he didn't post in/a question he didn't let himself be asked, why can't I include myself in your call out?

Because it wasn't directed at you and you're not even a psychopath, so this thread has nothing to do with you at all.

You're turning this into an issue it didn't need to become.