Is it possible to be the polar opposite of desensitized?!
Question: Many people nowadays seem to possess a switch inside them where they can live happy, fulfilled lives even though they know there are people dying of hunger, of disease, of war, etc.
Meanwhile it constantly bothers me that I can't get over this stuff... I'm already in contact with humanitarian groups and I want to go to Darfur once I finish school. I cry easily, I feel horrible when I read depressing news stories about 3rd graders trying to kill their teacher, or about how some company raked in 12 billion dollars of profit while 90% of their employees were paid so poorly that they were on welfare (um, Walmart, anyone?).
I just feel so overwhelmed and almost hopeless sometimes. I had a normal childhood, I'm attractive, married, a mom, athletic, in my twenties, have served in the Army. I'm educated and extremely well-read.
Is there a word for this type of personality? (Other than "bleeding heart softy")? Why am I like this? What could cause it? Nobody else in my family is this way
Answers: Many people nowadays seem to possess a switch inside them where they can live happy, fulfilled lives even though they know there are people dying of hunger, of disease, of war, etc.
Meanwhile it constantly bothers me that I can't get over this stuff... I'm already in contact with humanitarian groups and I want to go to Darfur once I finish school. I cry easily, I feel horrible when I read depressing news stories about 3rd graders trying to kill their teacher, or about how some company raked in 12 billion dollars of profit while 90% of their employees were paid so poorly that they were on welfare (um, Walmart, anyone?).
I just feel so overwhelmed and almost hopeless sometimes. I had a normal childhood, I'm attractive, married, a mom, athletic, in my twenties, have served in the Army. I'm educated and extremely well-read.
Is there a word for this type of personality? (Other than "bleeding heart softy")? Why am I like this? What could cause it? Nobody else in my family is this way
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