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Originally Posted by Atypical_Disaster
I was thinking about this very thing not too long ago.
I wonder if it’s not that psychopaths lack empathy entirely, but it’s more of a matter of there are far fewer people like themselves to empathize with.
If you can’t understand something that someone is going through then it’s far more difficult to give a ****. That’s just the way it is, whether “normal” people want to admit it or not.
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I don't know. Normal people seem to care even if they've never experienced a similar situation. And on occasion, them having experienced something similar makes them less caring, not more. You know, the whole "If I got through it, so can you" mentality, especially in regards to something like high school or some sort of training.
Also, those who are abnormal in other aspects are still capable of empathizing with other people. Usually. It isn't like people with anxiety disorders can only care about other highly anxious people.
I seem to be refuting my own hypothesis. But I guess that's the point of discussion, isn't it?
It probably doesn't help that I still don't really understand what empathy is.