Definitely overthinking but there are quite a few people in my life who either stayed away from me when I was going through a hard time or who were just generally insensitive to the whole situation. Obviously people have other stuff going on in their lives but I do think default empathy levels differ from person to person and probably don’t change unless that person takes a step back at some point to self-reflect.
Anyway, I’m just wondering if people who aren’t naturally empathetic are less likely to expect empathy when they’re in a difficult situation? Are these the types to just pull their socks up and get on with it and not expect everyone to be busy trying to empathise with them, send them flowers etc etc. Sounds like a silly question just typing it out but I’m generally curious.