I guess I didn't make myself very clear on that. It's not that I don't care when someone dies. I don't run around thinking "I'm glad that fucker died" or anything like that. I do miss the people close to me when they die and I do feel bad about their deaths and that I'll never be able to see them again and all that; but only on a "rational" level. I don't have that same strong emotional response of overwhelming sadness that I would have, for example, if instead of hearing about a certain person's death, I actually saw them on a medical bed too sick to get up or anything along those lines.
I guess you could say it's like my brain is incapable of interpreting the information that someone is dead unless I see them die or something. I don't know, it's not exactly like that but whatever, I hope you at least get my point here, but if not there's not much else I can do.
PS: Also, am I misinterpreting your comment or do you think that being "way too concerned about the dog's well-being" contradicts me being sensitive? Personally (and I think nearly any sane person would agree with me), I think it's the exact opposite. I empathize with people just as with animals. So, the same way you (and I) would be extremely protective of a human baby, because it's completely innocent and defenseless, anyone with genuine empathy would feel the same for any animal, since they're also completely innocent and defenseless. And especially a pet, since he's "trusting" you to take care of him. So that's why when someone hurts my dog (or any pet) I get so crushingly sad. It's like someone went into your home, lured your baby child with a candy, and when the kid went for the candy (think of being pet or playing, in the dog's case), that person, instead, hurts them. It's too messed up.
Is it normal to not feel anything when a close one dies?
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I guess I didn't make myself very clear on that. It's not that I don't care when someone dies. I don't run around thinking "I'm glad that fucker died" or anything like that. I do miss the people close to me when they die and I do feel bad about their deaths and that I'll never be able to see them again and all that; but only on a "rational" level. I don't have that same strong emotional response of overwhelming sadness that I would have, for example, if instead of hearing about a certain person's death, I actually saw them on a medical bed too sick to get up or anything along those lines.
I guess you could say it's like my brain is incapable of interpreting the information that someone is dead unless I see them die or something. I don't know, it's not exactly like that but whatever, I hope you at least get my point here, but if not there's not much else I can do.
PS: Also, am I misinterpreting your comment or do you think that being "way too concerned about the dog's well-being" contradicts me being sensitive? Personally (and I think nearly any sane person would agree with me), I think it's the exact opposite. I empathize with people just as with animals. So, the same way you (and I) would be extremely protective of a human baby, because it's completely innocent and defenseless, anyone with genuine empathy would feel the same for any animal, since they're also completely innocent and defenseless. And especially a pet, since he's "trusting" you to take care of him. So that's why when someone hurts my dog (or any pet) I get so crushingly sad. It's like someone went into your home, lured your baby child with a candy, and when the kid went for the candy (think of being pet or playing, in the dog's case), that person, instead, hurts them. It's too messed up.