What is empathy? What is sympathy? How are they different? To sympathize with someone is to feel sorry for them, almost a pity in my opinion. Empathy, on the other hand, is to feel their pain with them. You aren’t shaming them for their pain; you are compassionate about it. Now, it’s been a few days since I wrote that. I was doing homework, and with my 100 tabs open in my head, I got a popup! …
In my reflections post about everything that’s been going on with me recently regarding personal and school. I feel so defeated… Was there a point in writing a letter to the dean or the chair of my concerns? Was there a point in trying to be heard? They talk about the rights of those with disabilities, but are those for the obvious? I have several mental illnesses. …
I don’t know how many people know how it feels to be treated like they’re stupid. Like they’re a complete idiot their whole life, and when that person is treated that way starts getting pissed about it, they’re invalidated and told they’re crazy. Fucking story of my life, especially with men. I’ve always been treated …
