From Elaine's great "debunking my KiwiFarms thread" post:
Self-medication is still a form of drug abuse, Elaine.
So Elaine thinks that she has no empathy because of trauma that was inflicted on her as a child? And that people can deliberately desensitize themselves so that they're no longer empathic? And some of y'all still think I am the doomposter...
“Trollcow does drugs”
I have only ever taken drugs for medicinal benefits. I have severe OCD that is sometimes aided by non conventional medication. I advocate for legalizing drugs because of this.
2023-03-13 The issues I have with my Kiwi Farms thread by Trollcow aka Elaine Miller aka Elaine Gertler
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Self-medication is still a form of drug abuse, Elaine.
I was socialized to believe that crying was weak, and that winning was the most important thing I could do. I don’t think anyone from the ages of 10 to currently, had ever seen me cry.
Now usually, this isn’t necessarily a negative for women, women raised this way will go through an uncomfortable childhood, but for the most part, for those who don’t get weighed down by perfectionism enough to develop eating disorders, drug addiction or become extremely promiscuous, they will go on to become successful, and competitive in business.
The real issue is not when crying or showing weakness is discouraged, or laughed at, but when it’s punished.
When one is severely punished for something from a young age, they’ll obviously grow to learn it’s wrong, or become averted to it. And this my friends, is how sociopaths are made.
The best explanation I have is this. Empathy is very much something that I believe is heavily dependent on desensitization. Because emotions are a vital part of empathy, if you are raised to believe that showing emotion is a bad thing, you’ll learn how to hide emotion, or how to push it aside in favor of achieving something considered more valuable.
Over time, if you ignore the burden of guilt, or twinge of sadness when you feel sorry for someone, eventually, it goes away. You can literally end up doing exposure therapy on your own empathy. One day you’ll realize that you aren’t just ignoring certain emotions or guilt anymore, but that they disappeared altogether.
2023-08-24 Gender, Resilience Empathy - Psychology #001 by Trollcow aka Elaine Miller
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So Elaine thinks that she has no empathy because of trauma that was inflicted on her as a child? And that people can deliberately desensitize themselves so that they're no longer empathic? And some of y'all still think I am the doomposter...
