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Originally Posted by leomama
Oh boy, yeah my family mocks me for being emotionally sensitive.
My d seems to be on a downward spiral.
I'm going to call a psych to get her an eval this week.
My dad and I were talking about empathy on Friday and he said he's empathetic when he can relate i.e. had the experience. I think that's sane. He reports my mom attacks him for not having empathy. She's the psychopath. I'm glad he's narcissistic , it protects him from her insanity. We talked about that too. I think he has a healthy sense of self esteem.
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My mother is in all likelihood a psychopath as well. Interesting that both of our parents are the ASPD/NPD combination.
As far as empathy goes, I've never "felt" it. But I have a lot of "cognitive empathy", so yes I can typically understand someone's situation, but I just don't care. The emotional connection just isn't present for me and never has been. I think that's part of why I'm so objective, it's because I don't emotionally connect so I can sit here and be very understanding but I'll never get caught up in the emotional intensity of it.
Your mother reminds me of mine, I've lost count of how many times she's verbally skinned my father alive for lacking empathy.
Having any kind of self-esteem when you're around a psychopath all the time is not an easy task. I tip my hat to him.