I forget people are real

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Sometimes I forget people actually feel like I do. Sometimes I'll say something cold or mean and people will act hurt, I dont usually feel bad about it but I just cant seem to remember people feel just like I do.

As a child I used to think I was the only real human, and the rest were machines or aliens in skin suits. I think these weird thoughts started from a tattoo my mom has. But since I cant tell or hear what people are thinking or feeling I forget they are real, and I never put their thoughts or feelings into perspective when making a decision. I think people are weird and the human body freaks me out. I've felt this way almost all my life, does anyone else think this way about other people or am I just weird?

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  • dimwitted
    4 years ago

    You have to practice being empathetic.

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  • palehorse
    4 years ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_other_minds

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  • IceRed
    4 years ago

    what was the tattoo?

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    • Imtotallysortanormal
      4 years ago

      A green dot on her hand, I thought she was a creature in a skin suit and it was ripping there and she didnt notice

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      • zarabell
        4 years ago

        that's.. an interesting tattoo. props to IceRed for asking. any idea what it meant to your mother?..

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  • DIO
    4 years ago

    You're not weird. Basically we are all just machines. I mean that in term of system. We work like a machine and you could compare emotions and feelings to programms.
    Empathy is also a programm. If yours is not on point, you'll have trouble feeling things for others. But you can always "update" and "upgrade" your programms.

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    • zarabell
      4 years ago

      nice way to look at things. and let's not forget that we are all usually at the whims of our un/subconsciouss processes, and basically live to adhere to the code of our genes. they make us wanna reproduce, becaz sex feels good, for example.
      day's end, we might just be just as real as rocks or trees, which most people would say have no inteligence or even consciousness.. haha

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      • DIO
        4 years ago

        Kind of.
        But the programming of a rock is basically a fixed one and cannot be updated or upgraded, as it can't act on his "own" when using his own programmes.
        Trees and animals can. In this matter, yes, trees are like us.

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        • zarabell
          4 years ago

          haha yes, I was a bit extreme with the Rock. I just can't help feeling that even inorganic mass/beings have a consciousness of sorts. but trees are much closer to what we could be, and many of us are, no doubt!

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  • zarabell
    4 years ago

    nothing is real, or everything is. it depends on what you focus on, brah

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  • keanusneeze
    4 years ago

    I've always felt like this. Like I am in a simulation and my surroundings, including other people, aren't real and don't feel as I do. It's odd, this world is odd. I'm pleased to know someone else feels the same.

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