Re:How to Avoid Empathy Burnout
by danieltillett on Saturday April 09, 2016 @10:12PM
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I love bug reports. I really hate when I find out months later that one of my customers knew about the bug and never bothered to report it. Every bug reported is one I can fix.
Oh yes, I understand. Sort of not being overly sensitive to assholes. Quite useful. I would add being kind and nice as a response to those sort of situations. It helps bring down emotions from the altered party.
The natural response of the human brain is to get angry at the person reporting the bug. Obviously this isn't very useful or logical. A better solution is to think about the problems reported, and decide whether it is a valid complaint or not. Many people automatically feel anger in situations like this, but you can train yourself out of it. It's essentially a kind of mindfulness: you just look at the situation intellectually and watch your emotions, rather than letting your emotions take control.
I would say the only logical time for feeling anger is when someone does something like raping or murdering a member of your family. Even then, anger is only useful in helping you formulate a plan of retaliation.