When I can't feel....

Humans are inherently sadistic and full of apathy. And rightly so. Because isolation is the only way.

I was under the (wrong) impression that empathy is something that makes people believe they can feel for what would never be their own. But respect and consideration for other people, and all attempts to understand the human condition (in general) and people’s woes (in particular) does not do anything for a person’s evolution as a human being. It adds unnecessary baggage, and a sham of a perspective where it was not meant to be, to begin with, and where it does not belong, for a reason.

The people with the most perspective are the ones that, in short, don’t give a damn. And their observations govern their perspectives. It works. Because most of the time, there is a lot of loss between the triggers and the emotions, and the emotions and their expressions. The inability to articulate, or even comprehend emotions is something that has been difficult to analyse (barring the BS about neuroscience, which I continually find unconvincing), making them highly unreliable for any further use. The only analysis that can even be considered is the one of your own, and even that holds the risk of crass delusion . And before you know it, you’ve done it with your entire life. Get through it, and you’re probably getting somewhere. Otherwise, you are where you started.