One of the hardest tasks for the human mind is convincing yourself you no longer care, Agree or Disagree with this?

[PrincessPie]

Why?

[IcyLemonade]

I couldn't agree more. True apathy is never going to happen for something you are conscience of. If you can truly compartmentalize your feelings and shut them away, they will still be there. To change to where you no longer care... I dont know if its humanly possible knowing how deep our emotions can run. But, in all honesty, when you care about something, or someone, the flood of chemicals is so profound, I don't believe anyone would want to train their brain not to do that.

We like to feel good. Love is like nature's narcotic. It's why we have so many dating books, chat sites, etc. We love how our brain feels while in love.

I always say our brain works by analyzing patterns. We learn through interpreting patterns. If you start to be apathetic toward one thing, others will follow. And I'm not a big fan of apathy at all. I think we should always exercise creative judgement.

[JimRSmith]

Yes, I'd agree with that.

[JimRSmith]

Thanks for MHO :)

[PrincessPie]

Welcome! 😊

[Anonymous]

i agree cuz if i tell myself "i dont care about _______ anymore", i immediately get that feeling of "should i really have said that?". this shows you do care cuz if you didn't, you wouldn't feel any emotions at all afterwards except anger

[TheLuckyPizzaDog]

Is it? It's harder to force myself to care about things for a prolonged period of time rather than stop caring. It also depends on what I'm caring about. If it's something social or interpersonal, then it's easy for me to not care.

[anmari2001]

I think its harder to lie to yourself that you don't care, I mean its easy to lie, even to yourself but its harder to solve your problem when you are not clear with yourself

[britpop]

Disagree I think it's harder to convince yourself your worthwhile

[CheekyPaws]

Yes, that's hard too, I think you are though :)

[VegetaSSB]

Yes, that is indeed so, and i don´t know why, well you care about what you consider important to you, if you didn´t consider a thing particularly important, you wouldn´t care as much for it and if the circumstance called for it, nothing at all, so in short i think that convincing yurself you no longer care is hard because whatever you care for you consider to be of importance and significance for you.

[glitchyaf]

Well based on the way you phrased the question if you need convincing that means you have a previously understood or maintained opinion so if you're convincing yourself to either care or not care then you are trying to convince yourself to not feel something with you feel which is always going to be more difficult than simply making a decision.

[ReallyPierre]

I think it's a common mistake to want to forget or think you don't care.
The best work you can do is to learn how to accept and let the time and your experiences teach it to you.
Not caring is denial, being aware of your denial is indeed pretty hard on your mind.

[GracefulCharm]

I can not care if I choose too. But I have to really hate you for me to reach that point. Some people are just disgusting and I honestly wouldn't care if they died. But that's just the demon in me. Some things for me are un forgivable. And I forgive a lot.

[FatherJack]

In general... I DON'T care , more as in I do not give a rats arse if people like me or not , also , having a detached nature , I don't get too attached to people... as a single dad , I could not afford to , as my 2 children are my focus... I DO care about being a decent father , and also developing myself too.. focused more on the financial side due to necessity.

[Anonymous]

Wtf..
I am having a break up and wanted to get over her... and this is the last post that i needed to see😂😂😂😂

[PrincessPie]

oh..

[Princessmuse]

Look at it positively ! We r here to help u get over her 😬

[Opinion Owner]

I appreciate your help... but may be i just gotta accept the fact that no. atter how much i love her... if she doesn't... it doesn't matter!
I need to get over her!

[Princessmuse]

I think you shouldn’t deny ur feelings or force urself to get over it! Embrace ur love for her and congratulate urself for being able to love someone! The more u fight with ur inner self to get over her or not care the more the resistance become n u get more frustrated. Accept that u love her and be ok with urself in love and instead of focusing on moving on keep urself busy with something else.. u need time and only time can get u out of this situation! U can only make the process easier but diverting ur attention to doing something else ( something new) or spending time with people who love u n u enjoy their company...

[Opinion Owner]

Really really thank you...
I will try that but i feel a little left out from the world for now... i guess i need some time and distance for a while and i will be okay...
I appreciate your reply.. Thank you!

[Cammy137]

"Psychology says..." where exactly does psychology say this? "Studies show that 99.9% of claims that start with "Psychology says" are bs"

[bluebellxpp]

Completely agree. You’re only human, shutting off negative things is far from easy.

[jcclifton]

I concur. All animals care naturally. I would imagine it's even harder for women, with the whole baby thing.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Yes i believe if we tell ourselves that we don't care that's how it can turn out to be , we need to keep telling ourselves that we do care.

[DaNeZ]

Yes & no, I do & do not agree. If we're taking about you consciously making the decision of convincing yourself not to care , then I agree it's very difficult.

[Cosytoasty]

I think if you have to convince yourself (or justify it), it means you still care.

[Silver158]

Bit of both. I can stop caring about something pretty quickly but at the same time other things it's hard... I mean HARD to stop caring even when I know I should.

[hasrett]

Agree. You can't just all of a sudden decide you don't care.

[NatePsychologyMajor]

Agree. You maybe able to fool/lie to others but you can't fool/lie to yourself.

[Coconut_Man]

I agree because you can't control your emotions and feelings, so trying to convince yourself you no longer care is near impossible.

[CaptainClueless]

If you can't let it go, then it's not worth holding onto.

[CheekyPaws]

Agree, it's damn hard but when you succeed, a massive weight feels lifted off your shoulders

[jcclifton]

I know being helpful. Doing something for someone. Helping a cripuel or a retard can really make you feel like you now why were here. g I've you a new reason to be here.

[jcclifton]

Okay everybody keep a sense of humor about them.👉😳🎆

[TheStaleMarshmellow]

It's even harder to find a reason to care. But that's just me.

[CoffeeWC]

I agree. If you're trying to convince you don't care, you still think about it. If you're still thinking about it, you still care.

[clampfan101]

I’ve never needed to, but it certainly sounds extremely difficult.

[butvolca]

Totally! But we can convince it by changing our habits

[anon08]

Just replace it with something else and its easy to not care.

[cancan73]

Disagree
I find it embarrassingly easy,
Does this mean my mind is on a higher plane lol

[Razal]

Don’t know why but it’s true. I have been trying to convince something to myself for last 4 months and so far I am not successful!!

[wadiyatalkinabeet]

I think the hardest thing is being able to think. Look how many still follow religion.

[JSmuve]

I find it easy not to care. Caring takes work and I'm too lazy for that. Also, people don't make it easy to care about them.

[karahiri]

i agree. why must it be so hard. lol.

[Flower-petal]

Yes. Dealing with this right now

[CheekyPaws]

Sorry to hear 🌸 x

[Joe12]

Disagree, it might linger but easy to wipe out

[disgustingweebtrash]

Disagree

[PrincessPie]

whats hardest thing?

[disgustingweebtrash]

Life itself

[2opaz]

Not for me

I'm all out of fucks to give

[Rick912]

True, most people have a conscience.

[Whatthefluff]

True

[lazermazer]

💯 agreed.

[Oliviamason443]

Lol no.

[xZoeyx]

Agree

[Blake0048]

Na comes naturally

[AlphaStyles]

Disagree

[Tohhru]

Seems like it

[FieryIceDragon]

Disagree

[orlici]

maybe. true lol