Has someone you love ever been in serious pain, and you felt completely helpless watching them? I've been there. Here's what I wish I had understood sooner — and three practical ways to show up when you can't take the pain away.
#presence #empathy #caregiving #supportinglovedones #emotionalsupport
https://www.originalmacguy.com/what-to-do-when-someone-you-love-is-hurting/
"By reflexively scrolling, seeing but not absorbing, so many of us have been dulled by the sheer glut of life. As well as the flood of takes, shit-posting, AI slop fake footage and a million talking heads and podcasters on YouTube and streaming sites.
I have lost track of the number of “breaking news” posts and videos on the war on social media that upon closer inspection were entirely made up by authoritative-looking accounts farming for engagement. When the true and false jostle constantly in the content slipstream, nothing feels real.
....It is enormously difficult amid such swirling forces to hold on to a sense of empathy, to follow a moral compass, to understand that thousands of innocent people are dying, their homes destroyed, their nations destabilised for a generation."
This is not a side effect but by design as well as a war on the country and people of Iran this is a war on empathy.
We are not the picture that was painted, the image that was sold, the misunderstandings that became codified.
We are empathetic, we are creative, we are moral and ethical (often uncompromisingly so), and we can be happy.
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#autism #empathy #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #neurodiversity
Just in case you thought #Trump had any sense of human-kindness or humanity...
"‘I’m glad he’s dead’: Trump reacts to death of ex-FBI chief Robert Mueller, 81"
#News #Empathy #Hate #USA #EU #Europe #UN #NATO #Christian #Human #Religion
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the investigation into alleged Russian interference in US President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign, has died aged 81. The veteran prosecutor, long seen as a bipartisan figure, drew a sharply divisive response from Trump, who said he was “glad he’s dead” in a post on social media.
Every day in a hundred small ways our children ask, "Do you hear me?" "Do you see me?" "Do I matter?" Their behavior often reflects our response. By L.R. Knost
#kindnessmatters #compassion #empathy #youthmentalhealth #communitycare #bekind #parenting #studentwellbeing #ymhc
Your Brain on Street Art
Legend about Giants by Natalia Rak in Białystok, Poland 1. Stepping into the Multicolored Matrix: Your Brain on Street Art When we walk the city streets, there’s an immense amount of stimuli that our brains need to process. From the cacophony of urban sounds to the mélange of sights, navigating an urban environment can be an overwhelming sensory experience. Among these stimuli, there’s one that stands out, adding a splash of color and creativity to the urban landscape – street […]https://streetartutopia.com/2023/05/21/your-brain-on-street-art/
Legend about Giants by Natalia Rak in Białystok, Poland 1. Stepping into the Multicolored Matrix: Your Brain on Street Art When we walk the city streets, there’s an immense amount of stimuli that our brains need to process. From the cacophony of urban sounds to the mélange of sights, navigating an urban environment can be […]
Maybe the world is not full of evil people… maybe something totally different is slowly turning people into what we feared they were.
Read more: https://stean.art/no-evil-people/
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#awareness #consciousness #empathy #understanding #breakthewheel #selfreflection
@KatyElphinstone Reduction-to-the-function would fail to recognize any #empathy that is not political signaling.
Ironically, of course, true empathy isn't. It can't be. I very much appreciate how you talk about this in your article.
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