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eclaire-went-bam · 3 months ago

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low/no empathy is Minorly Othering in terms of interests (in my experience) because almost everyone i know prefers fiction over nonfiction, because it's more interesting and easier to digest,

but prefer the opposite for the same reasons. nonfiction is MUCH easier for me to parse through. i stress myself out a lot whenever i try to imagine a characters thoughts and feelings, and i end up usually just misunderstanding entirely. oftentimes it's so frustrating i just put a book down and never try reading it again. i understand rhetorical devices, messages, themes, symbolism,,, i understand the book on a technical level when it comes to the artistry of how it's written. but i, for the life of me, in the moment, simply cannot fathom a character's thoughts and feelings

comics are only a little easier bcs they have added help of drawn depictions of thoughts and feeling, but even then it can still be hard. i just can't enjoy the same literature many ppl are into just cus i find textbooks n stuff more easy to read

#when i say it stresses me out i mean it REALLY works me up WAYY more than it ever should #makes me wanna tear my hair out and curl up and scream. i'll be like halfway thru a chapter and then i'll realise the atmosphere #& emotions the characters are feeling isn't x but actually y and then i have to read it all over again to attempt to interpret it correctly #while nonfiction texts are fun to read. the language is rarely ever boring. even in textbooks if you get through the first few paragraphs #of introduction to a topic ; the rest of the section's really fun to read #the information presented as fact is just a lot easier for me to understand #sometimes biographies are stuff are a bit harder. bcs they may describe their emotions during a particular time or something and go into #neigh-narrative amt of personal detail. and usually when i read i want to have Full Comprehension™ so i stress myself out understanding #those feelings. ESPECIALLY if they're feelings i don't really experience #no empathy #low empathy #autism #apd #npd #<- tagging bcs contributes to low empathy. not rlly an npd post tho

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