There’s a lack of empathy in my family. Because I needed it, I was damaged. But they just had none to give. You can’t put thoughts in someone’s head. I perplexes me as to why a group of people would lack empathy to the point I think it’s way beyond the norm. It’s definitely way beyond the way I see people treat others IRL or in media. I wish this hadn’t bothered me so much. I suffered great emotional damage. It may not have been their intentional abuse (which is questionable), rather they simply didn’t have the capacity to give.