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Posted on 12/26/18 at 9:41 pm to georgia
I do a lot of this when I see parents with disabled children. How their normalcy and probably exhaustion level is so different. Sick or disabled kiddos really get to me I guess.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 9:43 pm to 777Tiger
I have a keen sense for sensing the, for lack of a better word, "aura" of other people. I don't mean I'm some psychic or any crazy shite like that, just mean I read people well. Negotiating to purchase a car or house? Nah, I'm horrible. But just kind of sensing the mindset(?) of someone I meet? Absolutely.
Empathy is important. Though, if you have a strong sense of empathy, this world will depress you quickly.
Empathy is important. Though, if you have a strong sense of empathy, this world will depress you quickly.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 9:43 pm to Sao
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Sick or disabled kiddos really get to me I guess.
Do you have a member of your family with a disability?
Posted on 12/26/18 at 9:46 pm to mmmmmbeeer
Yep, we should have compassion but can’t let it consume you
This post was edited on 12/26/18 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 12/26/18 at 9:48 pm to Tester1216
No. I think I've always seen the innocence in special needs situations. The kids don't deserve anything but happiness.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 9:53 pm to Sao
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No. I think I've always seen the innocence in special needs situations. The kids don't deserve anything but happiness.
I have an older sister who’s handicap. So they have a special place in my heart for sure.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 9:58 pm to ten Hoor Hall
I think there’s got to be some level of disconnect, or we’d never get anything done, and I think I’m an empathetic person, but more so with people I come in contact with. It’s probably not often enough that I have that kind of moment with an abstract stranger, but sometimes it happens, especially when I pull over for a funeral procession. Which I will always do, for exactly that reason.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:10 pm to georgia
I thought about this before. I was going through some shite, and I thought someone else is experiencing the complete opposite with good fortune.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:20 pm to georgia
Yeah, my dad had a stroke a couple months ago. He was in bad shape for a few days, and while he won’t make a full recovery, his rehab is going well. But, after putting my personal struggle aside with his situation, and after all of the time I’ve spent walking halls and sitting in lobbies of hospitals and rehab facilities the last couple months, it’s just been unbelievable seeing what others are going through. Families of people on life support being told their loved isn’t going to wake up, cancer ridden children and their parents, other stroke patients with no quality of life. Really puts things into perspective.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:27 pm to prostyleoffensetime
Im sorry about your dad. I hope you all can make the best of it, and staying in perspective helps.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:29 pm to georgia
Nah, all I ever think about is me.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:38 pm to georgia
Thanks. He’s doing relatively well. It’s going to take time, but he’s slowly getting his mobility back... His speech is going to be his long term obstacle, but he’s handling it pretty well. Having to just learn different ways to communicate when it’s more complex than yes or no or short phrases... We’re really fortunate. It could be so much worse. It was pure hell the first couple of weeks.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:52 pm to georgia
The OP brings two things to mind: The 2016 flood and St. Jude families. I didn’t flood in 2016 and I went to help several of my friends as they began the cleanup process. I started to feel guilty that I didn’t flood which made me want to do all I could to help anyone.
Then...St. Jude families. God bless those children who are diagnosed with cancer and God bless their families for putting all other concerns on the back burner and making their child’s recovery the center of their existence. It’s very difficult to not feel an overwhelming degree of empathy for those people and what they’re going through.
Count your blessings.
Then...St. Jude families. God bless those children who are diagnosed with cancer and God bless their families for putting all other concerns on the back burner and making their child’s recovery the center of their existence. It’s very difficult to not feel an overwhelming degree of empathy for those people and what they’re going through.
Count your blessings.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:54 pm to georgia
Somewhere, some lucky bastard is doing two OT 9.5s at the same time. 
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:57 pm to ten Hoor Hall
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The vast, overwhelming majority of Americans lack empathy. It's just the way it is.
That’s not my experience or observation.
We’ve had two major hurricanes in eastern NC in the past two years and and I’ve learned a lot about disaster response and the most effective results are the work of volunteers.
A lot of people cared about the well being of complete strangers.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:01 pm to yaboidarrell
Sorry baw, somebody has to do them 
Posted on 12/26/18 at 11:03 pm to nctiger71
I don’t know. Empathy is a weird thing. There are days where I agree that it is in short supply, but then you look at the response after natural disasters or volunteers at hospitals and nursing homes, or even some of the paid staff... It’s out there, just harder to find some days.
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