Sorting stuff out

Okay, so, first of all, I'd like to apologize for the shit that happened over the last few days, including but possibly not limited to (again, shitty memory when stressed) insulting and suicide-baiting people, threatening suicide myself, and adding Feffie to a 18+ chat without verifying she wasn't underage first (which she was). I'm not going to explicitly say I'm sorry since I'm not exactly sure "sorry" is a thing I can actually feel, it's more "being annoyed/sad at the consequences of my actions on myself and the people I like" because I'm a dick, but what I did was definitely incredibly fucked up.
I know I often do the "Attempt to break an argument by making both sides hate me" thing, but I don't know if, in that case, it was that or "Aggressively defend the people I like from a perceived threat". In this thread, I'm going to attempt to figure it out and find a way for it not to happen again.

 

So just to be clear starting off, you don't feel any remorse for suicide baiting and insulting and lying about ASPD anon and Vivec? Your regret stems only from having to deal with consequences and upsetting your friends?

 

I don't remember any outright lying happening, it was more jumping to conclusions. Anyway, I don't know if I feel remorse about this because I still don't have a clear definition of what remorse is. I feel bad for what happened, but I don't know if that's because it was a bad thing or because of the consequences. I do acknowledge that what I did was incredibly shitty, though.

 

Basically: I simply don't know whether "I'm sorry" is factually true, and if it's not, then I'd be lying and that would probably be a bad thing.

 

I'm asking because if you can't emphasize with the people you targeted, it's much more likely you'll do it again. I think you have a hard time seeing people you get angry with as people, and that excuses any actions in your mind.

If you can't emphasize, then we'll work on figuring out how to manage your anger and remembering how it felt to face consequences. That said, if you don't care about how you affected the people you don't like, your apology is meaningless to them.

 

Even if you don't empathize with the feeling of being sorry and remorseful, you can still say "I'm sorry", and preferably as directly as possible to the people you have hurt. (Mainly Vivec and ASPD Anon)

 

Yeah, that's a good idea. A real apology, without any caveats or excuses, might help clear the air a bit more. Of course, since you've started out already saying you're not really sorry, they might not accept your apology, and that's within their rights.

 

Alix doesn't have the benefit of years and understanding parents like you do, so I'm starting out trying to figure out if she can feel contrition at all and examining more closely what she's feeling and why.

I don't think she's trying to dodge out of taking responsibility, but I do think that coming out of the gate being pedantic might impede progress.

 

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Okay, let's go back. Can you remember at all what you were feeling and thinking before you made the judgement call to make a sock account and suicide bait people?

 

I don't even remember how this started aside from the initial argument about pussy hats, or even my initial posts, and I'm banned from Argument Island.

 

I know autism is a factor. I also know things can get tangled up for pages in a thread over the meanings of words sometimes.

 

Hey seebs, you know how you tell people to take you at face value and assume you're being straightforward? I really think you should extend the same courtesy to Ruevian.

 

It's already been established that vent threads are for venting emotion, illogical or unhelpful as they may be for other threads. I don't understand how it relates to this specific thread.

Alright. I maintain that someone being unable to see external people as people when in the heat of anger is going to make it harder for Alix to break the habit, and I think being honest about that matters too.

 

Okay. I'd noticed before all this went down that you were feeling fear and stress over your parents in your vent thread. Do you think that could have been a contributing factor?

 

Also, seebs, if you have any anecdotes about handling your anger without empathy, that might be useful for Alix.

 

Yeah, that would make sense. Meltdowns and/or aggressive behaviors as a whole are, for me, almost always caused by accumulated stress, not by a single event.