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Wow! Lots of great responses! I'm not sure I can remember everything said in order to respond.
To ocdwifeofsociopath, I don't believe human beings are able to love unconditionally 100% of the time. I know another poster said the same. However, I do believe there are good, kind, caring people in the world.
That belief is a fundamental part of who I am. If I believed that people were inherently evil, mean and cruel I would never get out of bed and face the world. Do I believe that there are cruel, self-centered abusive people in the world? Heck yes! Lived a major part of my life with them. In the depths of depression and PTSD-like symptoms I came to believe most people were self-centered and cruel, but I still believed that there were a few caring people in the world. That was one of the things that helped me heal.
Today I seek out people who are kind and caring. Yes, there are still people out there who seem to enjoy spreading pain. I chose not to expose myself to them for my own selfprotection.
Someone said that if a person says they are kind and caring they are bragging. I would respectfully disagree. Yes, there are people who go around bragging on themselves about how good they are. I agree that some of those folks are hypocrites. But I also believe a person can describe themself as kind and caring and not be bragging. I try to be kind, caring and genuine with people. Am I always successful? Heck no! I'm human. I amke mistakes. I do things I wish I could take back after the fact. A poster emntioned black and white thinking. humans are not all of any one thing thing. We are a mix of both good and not good traits.
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