[Psyclox]

Is it wrong not to care? Is it wrong to see the dead and dying and not care? Is it wrong not to feel for those who suffer? Is it wrong to look upon those who have seen what man can do and not care? Is it wrong to see a mother weep for her dead child and not care? If so then I am in the wrong for I feel nothing for this world and what it is doing to itself. I care not for man or women or child, for there is no pain any more just an empty blackness.

[AlteredState01]

Can't help but feel as you do.

I am just hoping and praying that this is just my body's way of saying ENOUGH!!! CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! So numb is the next step (which, for me, includes not caring anymore nor feeling anything for anyone). I am hoping that I really do care, somewhere deep in my soul, it's just that I cannot, in my reality, take it anymore - much like a disassociation...

Is that where you are?

Altered State

i think sometimes when our own suffering is so overwhelming.....we can not care for others....

[(JD)]

I think you do care, because if you really didn't you wouldn't be questioning.

I don't think the word "wrong" is the best choice here...

if what you see only makes you feel worse, then you need to step back and quit watching what it is upsetting you. Until we are on our own feet and functioning, we are no good to others, and overwhelming ourselves with more impossible situations keeps us down longer, imo. I don't watch much news at all, and keep the remote handy for anything that is too much for me. Things I can do nothing about, that distress me, only make me feel worse and what good is that? I want to feel better. I know when I feel better, then I will tackle some things for others...to help them if I can.