I Don't Care

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why is my reasoning backwards. Are you saying abusive emotionalism increases apathy? Please lay out how my reasoning is backwards or how it could be corrected, if you care to.

Abusive emotionalism doesn't leave rational room for anything but apathy.

Incorrect. Abusive emotionalism leads to more abusive emotionalism. A poorly coping individual might divorce the cause of the abuse and the emotionalism to feel more apathetic. This is simply a defensive mechanism to prevent emotional self harm. It doesn't resolve the underlying abuse or cause of the abuse. Apathy is either a sociopathic tendency from maladjustment or a defensive mechanism. That's why I state that it's good to be more apathetic than emotive. You can bring reasonableness into the loop to help resolve issues without getting to a steady emotional place.

If someone were to personally offends me, it's on me to allow that abuse to make me feel offended. I filter what inputs I take by default (I call it respect). If I don't value that person as an input to my sociology-cultural value system, then their emotional abuse leads usually to a little chuckle then a good story. It doesn't lead to continuing to feel offended or apathy usually.