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Re:Analysis of chronic fatigue syndrome study casts doubt on... by wott on Thursday September 22, 2016 @12:02AM (#12554240)
My folks are like that too. They never experienced any psychic or physic trouble at any point in their 70 years long life, so they cannot fathom that people may strongly suffer from any of these problems, which are in their opinion not real problems and can be solved with cheering up and making an effort, because that's how they solved their own 5-minute 'problems'.
Re:Analysis of chronic fatigue syndrome study casts doubt on... by BerislavLopac on Thursday September 22, 2016 @03:49AM (#12555227)
> They never experienced any psychic or physic trouble at any point in their 70 years long life

How can you tell?

Re:Analysis of chronic fatigue syndrome study casts doubt on... by wpietri on Thursday September 22, 2016 @11:27AM (#12557494)
I cannot imagine growing up in a context like that. That must have been rough.

I think you're right about the relationship between suffering and empathy, though. There have been some awful things in my life. But given the time to recover from them and really consider the experience, empathy has gotten much easier for me from them.