[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

If people on here care that much, take a tramp home to live with You.
I have a good heart and I feel for genuine cases but I have not got time for those that wont help themselves.

I did that once, when younger and before I had kids actually. She was very young..maybe about 17 ish. Dirty, freezing. I let her kip on my sofa and have a bath and get all cleaned up. I even bought her some new clothes the next day and gave her 20 quid to go to a shelter.

I obviously couldn't do stuff like that now though, as I wouldn't have strangers in the house with my children.

Not all (or many) homeless people are there by choice. Its usually a string of terrible luck. This girl was thrown out by her alcoholic mother and had nowhere to go as she had no friends in the area having just moved there. She had been beaten and sexually assaulted in the 5 days she had slept rough.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I did that once, when younger and before I had kids actually. She was very young..maybe about 17 ish. Dirty, freezing. I let her kip on my sofa and have a bath and get all cleaned up. I even bought her some new clothes the next day and gave her 20 quid to go to a shelter.

I obviously couldn't do stuff like that now though, as I wouldn't have strangers in the house with my children.

Oh look at Miss "I have no empathy"

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Oh look at Miss "I have no empathy"

I know I know. Its odd. I seem to0 go through phases It was my shrink person who told me that I was a sociopath though. I don't believe it but I dont seem as in tune with my feelings as everyone else is

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I know I know. Its odd. I seem to0 go through phases It was my shrink person who told me that I was a sociopath though. I don't believe it but I dont seem as in tune with my feelings as everyone else is

hhhmmm shrinks are only people too, maybe he/she is the sociopath and was just being a ****?

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

hhhmmm shrinks are only people too, maybe he/she is the sociopath and was just being a ****?

Good point. A surprising number of shrinks and therapists are high functioning sociopaths. I guess its because they can fit in and adapt to nearly any situation and because they are good at focussing on others, whilst feeling nothing.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

Good point. A surprising number of shrinks and therapists are high functioning sociopaths. I guess its because they can fit in and adapt to nearly any situation and because they are good at focussing on others, whilst feeling nothing.

Just because someone is an particular job that should hold certain standards doesn't mean they do. I mean I have come across plenty of Teachers who seem to hate kids and don't even get me started on Priests and Nuns who are supposed to represent "a loving God"...............

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Just because someone is an particular job that should hold certain standards doesn't mean they do. I mean I have come across plenty of Teachers who seem to hate kids and don't even get me started on Priests and Nuns who are supposed to represent "a loving God"...............

Yep, you can imagine certain types of jobs/careers would attract none empathic types. Surgeons, coroners and those who work in the killing rooms of abattoirs. But psychiatrists and therapists must surely be empathic?

Its kind of a known thing in the industry Niamh. My dads a consultant psychiatrist and I grew up with conversations around the dinner table about how peoples minds work or how depressed he was because everyone patient he's seen that week are less mental than he is! He has told me on numerous occasions that sociopaths, especially those going to medical school, have a keen fascination with the human mind and so often go into the mental health sector.

For the record, there are many high functioning sociopaths who go through life without any problems. They tend to have keen minds and climb to the top of their chosen career ladder because they simply don't have emotions to hold them back.

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I know I know. Its odd. I seem to0 go through phases It was my shrink person who told me that I was a sociopath though. I don't believe it but I dont seem as in tune with my feelings as everyone else is

Wow, I'm gob smacked. You certainly don't come over as a person who lacks empathy. You appear to have some deep set moral values. I think your shrink needs a shrink.