>And if that first reaction weren't there, it would mean I wasn't connected with other people or the world at all...
I wonder whether that is necessary. I'll grant that I am frequently less connected with other people than you might wish to be, but I think I do okay, despite not having that first reaction much.
I'm not sure, either. I've trained myself over the last several years to be very aware of my emotional reactions to things, because they often give me useful clues to what's going on with me or others. So it's possible I'm just picking up on subtler things?
But I'd love to hear more about how you've had less reaction than you used to, because that sounds like it might be really useful and cool.
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I wonder whether that is necessary. I'll grant that I am frequently less connected with other people than you might wish to be, but I think I do okay, despite not having that first reaction much.
I'm not sure, either. I've trained myself over the last several years to be very aware of my emotional reactions to things, because they often give me useful clues to what's going on with me or others. So it's possible I'm just picking up on subtler things?
But I'd love to hear more about how you've had less reaction than you used to, because that sounds like it might be really useful and cool.