Someone explain the uke to me??? Cause I neither like him nor understand him.
You know sympathy and empathy are different? Empathy means you actually understand someone’s feelings. I can sympathize his pain but if I can’t understand or fathom his experience, lacking empathy in this situation makes complete sense. why he would choose to be self destructive in this way Is something I have nor would I choose for myself. He know full well his actions are counterproductive. granted people can act irrational, so I can sympathize that he’s said about unrequited love but I can empathize with someone who causes his own pain purposely.
The antithesis of love isn't hate. It's indifference. Basically, Sachio feels that no one in his life has ever truly cared about him. So, he set out on a destructive path, hoping someone would care enough about him to stop him. The less he felt people cared about him the more destructive he'd become. And then he found that supreme prick who only ever saw him as a convenient hole. And since Sachio has negative self esteem, he figured f*** it, at least someone wanted him. Even if it hurt, it's still better than nothing. Or something along those lines.
Just because I empathize with a person doesn’t mean that I sympathize with them. It’s the lack of empathy that leads to hate/oppression/wars. Say you’re Christian, you can empathize (understand) with Muslims even if you don’t sympathize (agree) with their beliefs. Instead of saying I don’t understand Muslims. I neither like nor understand them.
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