Ok, this may sound odd, but I just don't know if I am normal.
I've just been reading a thread on another forum where someone asked if the disaster in Japan is going to effect the prices of camera equipment and everyone jumped on him for being insensitive.
I've watched the footage, if I was offered the chance to go over there and help I would, but I don't feel anything about it, just indifference.
Princess Diane, people crying in the street and all over the tv. Jade Goody dying, same thing. 9/11, watched it on the TV while relaying news to my wife at work, but didn't feel anything.
Is it odd, or is it just that no one dare speak out that they feel the same? I can say it must be horrific for people going through it or losing someone to it but it doesn't result in an emotional response from me.
I've got lots a **** in my background that has royally messed me up, for instance, Forrest Gump, the scene where he finds out he has a son and is worried he's stupid always makes me feel crappy due to issues with my own dad. If anything happened to my wife I'd be devastated.
She wants kids and I am worried I won't feel anything for them, I mean WTF is that about?
So, is it normal not to feel sad for people you've never met and who have had no direct impact on your life? Or am I just odd?
I've just been reading a thread on another forum where someone asked if the disaster in Japan is going to effect the prices of camera equipment and everyone jumped on him for being insensitive.
I've watched the footage, if I was offered the chance to go over there and help I would, but I don't feel anything about it, just indifference.
Princess Diane, people crying in the street and all over the tv. Jade Goody dying, same thing. 9/11, watched it on the TV while relaying news to my wife at work, but didn't feel anything.
Is it odd, or is it just that no one dare speak out that they feel the same? I can say it must be horrific for people going through it or losing someone to it but it doesn't result in an emotional response from me.
I've got lots a **** in my background that has royally messed me up, for instance, Forrest Gump, the scene where he finds out he has a son and is worried he's stupid always makes me feel crappy due to issues with my own dad. If anything happened to my wife I'd be devastated.
She wants kids and I am worried I won't feel anything for them, I mean WTF is that about?
So, is it normal not to feel sad for people you've never met and who have had no direct impact on your life? Or am I just odd?
