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Am I a psychopath?

9 replies

SharkSip · 13/06/2023 19:41

A neighbour from my family home town died. He was an old man. He was well into his 80s. He was sick. It was old age. He died. I hardly ever saw him because that was the person he was. He was sick. He stayed in a lot. He was in and out from hospital.

When he died it didn't hit me. I just don't care. He was an old man. I had no sympathy whatsoever. I saw my mother and all my neighbours falling over themselves rushing to his funeral. In my country funerals are held within days of someone dying. I saw my mother stressed. He was a man without a family too. He had his siblings and they are all old and sick too.

The person's didn't didn't phase me at all. I actually just don't care.

If it was someone younger or with a family or maybe if I saw someone more regularly like a nicer neighbour, I think I would have sympathy. I usually do have sympathy. I was too busy to even think about attending his funeral mass. I just didn't care.

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ChequeredPastel · 13/06/2023 19:43

Psychopaths don’t care about not caring. You’re just not close to this person, who (it’s sounds) lived a long life. It’s sad when someone like that dies but it’s not a tragedy and it will have no impact on your day to day life.

cigarettesNalcohol · 13/06/2023 19:43

No, you're not

Moltenpink · 13/06/2023 19:49

Your reaction sounds normal to me.

cinderellaman · 13/06/2023 19:50

The fact alone that you are asking if you are a psychopath shows you are not a psychopath

CatherinedeBourgh · 13/06/2023 19:51

Why did you think you should care? Millions die every day in much more tragic circumstances and yet we carry on with our lives.

You had no relationship with him, death was a natural occurrence at his time of life, why would it affect you?

catsnhats11 · 13/06/2023 19:52

Humans can't get upset about everyone who dies, we'd never survive as a species if we were that sensitive.

Surely you have known other people die (friends or relatives) and felt so emotion then?

catsnhats11 · 13/06/2023 19:53

*some not so emotion

Aintshesweet · 13/06/2023 19:56

You’re not a psychopath. However, you touch on something that’s always puzzled me- why do some people care so much about attending the funeral of someone that they didn’t visit while they were alive and could have really displayed humanity?

is it a virtual signalling thing?

notokaywiththetropes · 13/06/2023 19:57

I'm guessing you're Irish?

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