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You now have the ability to access other people's emotions like fear, sadness, happy memories (not only per person but also places) and love, not just being able to read them. You can also turn it off anytime or on forever.
How would you use it to your advantage? How would it help overcome your boredom or reach your goals? |
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I experience empathy as something that connects me to other people
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"Boredom" is the domain of the voids. Which is not AsPD.
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Good ****, what is it with people saying or implying “I’m so painfully bored all the time” as a way to win Internet Sociopath Points? It’s not subtle at all lol. It also says absolutely nothing except that you’re bored.
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While a dearth of complex emotion has its perks, the flipside to that is lack of any meaningful existence. Sure, I could breeze through situations that would traumatize lesser mortals and not miss a wink of sleep over it. But positive experiences don't faze me either, maybe even less so than horrifying ones. If someone were to hug me deeply, express their gratitude toward some kind thing I did for them, tell me how much they loved me and so forth, it wouldn't affect me in the slightest. Half the time, I think they're trying to manipulate me.* Accomplish something great and get praise for it? So what. Get a hobby? I've had several just this last year. The problem isn't lack of things to do. It's that nothing will ever be enough. *To be perfectly clear, this doesn't cause me any anxiety. If anything, I'm almost disappointed that they're not trying to manipulate me, because I find manipulation to be more challenging, and thus, more exciting. |
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I'm impervious to positive experiences, also. I don't see that discussed often. Sure, I'm not crippled by traditionally understood neuroticism, which is all well and good. Then again, the reverse is also the case. Zero effect, nothing. I keep myself busy as hell, but I get what you're saying, it's not enough. On a good day it's almost enough. What annoys me every so often is the whole "I'm so bored" thing has turned into another way for too many to say, "please validate me and call me a sociopath" online. Admittedly, I'm a bit cynical after seeing it so damn often. Lol. I wish people were more manipulative, if anything. |
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I think I would use it sparingly so that I can get a better read on what people actually think about me. I'm apparently a pretty poor judge of that.
Other than that, I don't think I would use it that often. I feel like most emotions can be replaced with a good understanding of game theory now that there are more rigorous systems of formal logic. Maybe that's just me devaluing something I can't really experience, but the few times I've felt empathy it's been incredibly uncomfortable. I don't know how people cope with that. |
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