I understand where you’re coming from and it’s refreshing seeing someone have the empathy you do for people suffering with NPD.
Having any type of mental illness though isn’t an excuse or good enough reason to treat people the way he does, or to damage or harm others like a lot of NPDs do.
It’s unfortunate their mental illness can screw up and damage the lives of so many other people around them.
I find it difficult to sympathize with them.
It’s definitely no excuse, which is why I said him having such power and influence is terrifying. If anything, it’s a terrifying reflection of a subset of society who are completely willing to overlook all the horrible things he does, where even one single uncouth allegation or statement would have brought down previous candidates. It’s a huge and upsetting shift in societal norms
“It isn’t your fault, but it is your responsibility.”
Unfortunately, he was never taught responsibility in a way that took, presuming he’s capable of it in a meaningful sense.
Sympathizing with them is not actually compulsory; I intentionally do so as an exercise because I believe that stretching myself that way will lead to better outcomes in situations where I have power over people, but it’s not at all a requirement.
I understand where you’re coming from and it’s refreshing seeing someone have the empathy you do for people suffering with NPD. Having any type of mental illness though isn’t an excuse or good enough reason to treat people the way he does, or to damage or harm others like a lot of NPDs do. It’s unfortunate their mental illness can screw up and damage the lives of so many other people around them. I find it difficult to sympathize with them.
It’s definitely no excuse, which is why I said him having such power and influence is terrifying. If anything, it’s a terrifying reflection of a subset of society who are completely willing to overlook all the horrible things he does, where even one single uncouth allegation or statement would have brought down previous candidates. It’s a huge and upsetting shift in societal norms
“It isn’t your fault, but it is your responsibility.”
Unfortunately, he was never taught responsibility in a way that took, presuming he’s capable of it in a meaningful sense.
Sympathizing with them is not actually compulsory; I intentionally do so as an exercise because I believe that stretching myself that way will lead to better outcomes in situations where I have power over people, but it’s not at all a requirement.