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I know we’re supposed to avoid harbouring sympathy for our abusers, but goddam it, he didn’t stand a chance.
Is it any wonder?
TW - self harm
When he was in his early teens, he confessed to his parents that he had urges to hurt himself. He wanted to take one of his hunting knives and plunge it into his gut.
I’m not a mother, so maybe I don’t know, but if my kid came up to me and told me he was having a hard time not gutting himself, I’m pretty sure we’d be dropping everything and going to the hospital to get some professional help.
They took away his hunting knives. That’s it.
So, I’m worried about the type of person I am becoming.
After my initial twinge of sympathy at his plight with the motorcycle, I felt... nothing. No sympathy, no emotional surge, no vindication.. just nothing. I’m not rubbing my hands together with glee, but
As much as he is not deserving of my compassion, it worries me that I didn’t have any to give him. I don’t want to be that person.
angst
growing up/maturing is realizing you're slowly liking angst more cuz you either love feeling pain, love seeing pain, or you sympathize with the character--
i have a problem w/ the saying “put yourself in their shoes” bc when u tell someone that it is usually in an attempt to get them to sympathize w/ somebody else
but why should i have to understand the nitty gritty details of your life in order to extend my compassion to you
the fact that we all are living the human experience should be reason enough to empathize with one another
idk maybe i’m looking too far into it
Most people got annoyed with me as I freaked out seeing a spider in my class today. The spider was small, I admit, but it was jumping like crazy in a lightning speed. And trust me when I say, it scared me to death.
I'm not joking when I say I'm scared of spiders. Spiders are my worst nightmares.
I was scared of it since I was a child. My mother also used to get annoyed at me. Whenever I complained about a spider in our bathroom, she would force me to go in, instead of removing it. I feared it so much, that I had scary nightmares of it for a long time. I even cried myself to sleep some nights. I would pray to God to remove all kinds of spiders around me.
I got older. But my fear didn't go. Recently I went to stay with one of my aunts from my father's side of the family. There were huge spiders on their walls of the room I was staying in. And guess what? I stayed up most of the night and watched them move along the walls. Since I was very tired, eventually I fell asleep. But the moment I woke up next day, I searched for the location of those little creatures immediately.
An information to you, who get annoyed by any people freaking out at a thing which you may find pretty silly: People don't freak out to get attention.
I swear, I was embarrassed to death when I came to my sense after those brief moments of panic. I could hear my heart beating upto my throat. As an overthinker, I would probably relive those moments the whole day and probably the whole week. It's not like I can make all the choices for my brain.
True love ♥️♥️🦜
To clear up some common misconceptions:
Weird is good. Strange is bad.
Smart is how much you know, intelligent is what you do with it.
Sympathy is having been there; empathy is feeling it without having been there; apathy is not feeling at all.
Bravery is choosing not to be afraid, courage is being afraid and doing it anyway.
This Monday is the upcoming Monday; next Monday is the one after that.
Hearing is sound passing into your ear. Listening is thinking about what the sound means.
Happy Bornday D.O-ssi!🎂🎉 All I wish is your happiness, continuous success as an artist and an actor, also good health!🤍 We, Ls love you so much and hwaiting!🍀🥰 p.s. I actually love how it turned out!💙 #happybirthday #dokyungsoo #do #kyungsoo #exo #weareoneexo #sympathy #rose #fanart #kpop #digitalart #serealnity04 #kyungsooday https://www.instagram.com/p/CYnPG8VPapv/?utm_medium=tumblr
The old German tale says:
In the very beginning of all times, Snow longed for a colour to be whole. In its adoration of all the flowers' coulours, it aspired one of them would share their own colour with the Snow. However, the flowers too proud, finding the Snow cold and harsh, did not like it to be the same colour as themself. After all the failed search, the disappointed Snow was at last seen by a little humble flower. Her hope and sympathy gifted the Snow its significant white colour and in return the Snow swore a place and no harm of its sharp crystals to the kind maiden. Ever since, the Snow and the Snowdrop in their grace, together bring a new beginning.
❄️ pictures are my own, please, don't use without credit
"It is so easy for people to have sympathy with suffering. It is so difficult for them to have sympathy with thought."
𝑶𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒆
Grievous beyond comprehension, utterly disgraceful, and above all dismaying, but a fact nonetheless; people would rather suffer, as it is, regarding any efforts, for many, easier, than the actual action of thinking.
Emily Yvonne
"We are not weird, we are just wired differently."
highly attuned to others emotions
but idk what to do with it
(i feel your emotions like they're my own but i can't do anything about except stumble awkwardly to ask if you're okay)
it’s a knife when they only see your wins and not your loses
This hits me like a train.. 😭😭😭
