I think ive become desensitized to all the violence on tv. When I hear statistics about 10000 people dying somewhere I don’t feel anything. Its horrible but theres something wrong with me! Am I a sosciopath/psychopath?
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Mental health? kitzykat answered Tuesday April 10 2007, 4:31 pm: ok, calm down. there is nothing to worry about. it's hard for everyone to feel sad when you hear that someone died if you don't really know them. mostly i know i feel mad when the people are killed, and i feel sorry for them, but not really sad. i just feel sad for our society, who has murderers, and nobody can get their head around the fact that when you shoot, you're going to ge shot back. sorry, i am rambling. but, no, don't worry. it's only a problem when you kill some one and don't care or feel bad. don't kill anyone tho. that's not good. hey, no prob, i just hope i helped [ kitzykat's advice column | Ask kitzykat A Question ]
leLovely answered Tuesday April 10 2007, 12:33 pm: No, it's perfectly normal. Many people don't feel anything or much when they hear about somebody dying on the news. A lot of people just feel bad and get on with their lives. It's not that they're unsympathetic, it's just how it works. They don't know the people personally and it's like they're not even involved. Idk, it's hard to explain. But it's perfectly normal, don't worry. It would actually be weird if you heard about somebody dying that lived across the country. I've read a book before about a lady that her twin sister died and after that, she wasn't 'all there' and when she heard something sad like somebody dying on the news she would cry and cry and cry. So it's perfectly fine that you're unphased by hearing statistics. Blahblah sorry this was really long. [ leLovely's advice column | Ask leLovely A Question ]
Dork answered Tuesday April 10 2007, 1:31 am: it would be much different to see 10000 people dying or for your life to be in danger but to be unphased by hearing a statistic like that is normal to me. [ Dork's advice column | Ask Dork A Question ]
*Kate* answered Monday April 9 2007, 6:15 pm: No, there is nothing wrong with you. Everyone is desensitized now, if you remember when 9/11 happened a lot of older people were very very upset but most children and young adults were not phased by it. We just live in a different time then our grandparents did, which is why they become upset at things like that. We see things like that everyday on the news so to us it is normal, but our grandparents only could watch news reels before movies and listen to the radio. [ *Kate*'s advice column | Ask *Kate* A Question ]
theymos answered Monday April 9 2007, 5:39 pm: No, that's fine. The news distances you from it, so you don't actually understand it. No one does. It would be unusual if you burst into tears when they say that. [ theymos's advice column | Ask theymos A Question ]
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