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> Don't numb it, master it and let it lead under control Numbing it was never a conscious decision, it was an automatic learned response to pain after years /
by Trasmatta 5y ago
> Don't numb it, master it and let it lead under control
Numbing it was never a conscious decision, it was an automatic learned response to pain after years / decades. Now that I'm more conscious of what's happening, I can begin to work with it, but personality traits like this are generally highly stable and resistant to change. Which isn't to say there's nothing that can be done about it, just that's challenging (and in the process, you may be losing some of the benefits of that learned behavior).
- nonrandomstring 5y ago> personality traits like this are generally highly stable and resistant to change. Yes. Impossible to change some would say. So my message was wear it with pride. There's a philosopher called Kierkegaard who would say that you can't be "cured" of what you are. And since empathy is a gift, instead make it a superpower. That happens when you control it instead of it controlling you. Good luck, and I hope your gift brings you great things.
- wolverine876 5y ago> personality traits like this are generally highly stable and resistant to change From one person's experience with other personality traits, it's both hard but just lots of hard work and determination. > and in the process, you may be losing some of the benefits of that learned behavior You will gain so much more, you can't even imagine now. You will look back and laugh at worrying about what you were going to lose. It's like forgetting how to run a super-marathon while learning that you have wings and how to fly.