Mass shooting in Prague (no motive)

[BlueOak]

2 hours ago, Yimpa said:

The problem is you’ll only be helping from your own relative perspective. A person who never had the thought of wanting to engage in a mass shooting will never be able to fully comprehend what it’s like to actually be a mass shooter. So really, any kind of help will fundamentally be coming from a place of ignorance.

We only see ourselves in how we relate to anything. Otherwise there is nothing to see.

1, The six human needs are a universal way to model behavior regardless of our perspective. I didn't write them. Teal swan has used them also for example. Are they perfect no, no model is perfect. Do they help in bridging perspectives, yes. - https://tealswan.com/resources/articles/relationships-and-the-six-human-needs

2, I  wrote that i've been in a suicidal damn-the-world headspace before, and I used to be in it quite a lot in my youth. It's led me to make some terrible mistakes, but at the time I didn't care. I still have a dose of nihilism, from time to time.

3, With your reasoning, no communication has value. We are not islands. We are interconnected representations of ourselves. Things are on a gradient, for how much understanding we can have for another's lived experience. Part of that comes from your own life experience, your communication with others over your lifetime, your willingness to listen to them (trust, vulnerability), how you represent them to yourself, and your ability to model reality. Also factors like your connection to your inner self and how much you can draw on that intuition or reference in conversation.

Edited December 23, 2023 by BlueOak

[Yimpa]

@BlueOak thank you for clarifying, I wasn’t aware of point number 2. You are definitely an asset with your direct life experience. And I like how you also expand that with point 1. My ego is resisting point 3, but it’s important to have diverse perspectives and insights!

[Schizophonia]

7 hours ago, FourCrossedWands said:

The last two replies are completely irrelevant.

The murderer was seriously mentally ill. He was hearing voices and wanted to rip his ears out.

He wasn't some kind of typical problematic kid with no future ahead. He was having lectures at the university,

You don't need to reach these levels of psychosis to want to kill people and generally have very poor mental health.

The majority of Schizophrenics will never be interested in such things.

[BlueOak]

31 minutes ago, Yimpa said:

@BlueOak thank you for clarifying, I wasn’t aware of point number 2. You are definitely an asset with your direct life experience. And I like how you also expand that with point 1. My ego is resisting point 3, but it’s important to have diverse perspectives and insights!

Thank you for getting me to focus on stopping generalizing as much, as it makes empathy impossible