Why do catastrophes and disasters make me happy?
When I hear about catastrophes or mishaps I am filled with cheerfullness.
I find the woes of my friends even, oddly amusing.
Why is this?
Answer:
what sort of associated thoughts do you get with it? how do you tend to act towards someone that has suffered so? and your age (range)? with out that info only the most general conclusions can be arrived at, and even then these conclusions are some what general due ot a lack of overall knowledge of you.
--- thnx for mailin back to say you updated the q :)
First be sure to bear in mind this is my opinion only, I am not a psychologist or anythin like that, I have made my own musings on such subjects but still, only my ideas.
you say a sense of release, as though something has been revealed. mm. a sense of delight, yet shame. in that respective order.
following chain of events, I would suspect that you as an individual are tightly wound. you may not feel that way. Im certain you dont. Im guessing you have been this way for a long time.very. I guess that you probably also pay attention to many details that others dont - not just the sort of detail that many of us feel that we havent been spotted observing.
just a guess there. and Im not sufficently certain of those guess to feel thier worth running with. but still, perhaps you find something in that.
Have you at some point in time experienced (wether real or not) some sort of trauma, one that was suppressed, that would explain the sense of revealing.
a sense of aligning perhaps with that which is external and that which is internal. at that moment of alignment, which helps to create a sense of recognition, perhaps that you arent back there, perhaps identifiying with someone or something that is in memory (or perhaps someone that was imagined at a previous time, but has now become a memory). perhaps in someways it places you on the other side, where you feel that someone took pleasure from your suffering and now to hear of someone elses suffering places you squarely where it is safe. that may explain the feeling that it was denied (even if at this later time by you, back then they or it may have seem such that you couldnt be on the other side).
the sense of shame Im sure you have well observed, and comes literaly moments after the initial moment.
in that moment when all this occurs, there is, the external event (you friend telling you they suffer), the information recieveing event (you taking in the information, and sorting it), then an explosion of connections that happen in what is normally the subconcious mind, as that slows to ward the end of those connections it rise to surface (concious mind). meditation may help you observe or slow down that process so you can see whats happening as you take that information. if you want to follow that be prepared to be totally ook with the feeling uncomfortable with waht ever - doont try push emotional states jsut accept what ever as it is - judge it after.
I have no idea how far off or how accurate any of that - that I have jsut writ may be. not to much of that would I be willing to say was solid - just food for thought - and I hope that something of it helps.
other than that - if oyu find because of this way of perciving oyu tend to ahve a very cool head in a severe crisis - you may find it would help you to help others in a severe crisis - just another thought.
uhm....ure special...
What is wrong with you. You should pray for someone when they are going through. You really need to reevaluate yourself. It won't be funny when a disaster hits home. I pray that you overcome this (i don't know what to call it). But it isn't good. Try encouraging people when they bring bad news to you or imagine yourself in their shoes. God be with you..Lord knows you need him.
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE NERVOUS
Cos when these things happen to others you realise how lucky you are.
It's called schadenfreude
You suffer from catastrophilia
You are a manager.
what the German's would call Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude (help·info) is a German word meaning 'pleasure taken from someone else's misfortune'. It has been borrowed by the English language[1] and is sometimes also used as a loanword by other languages.
It derives from Schaden (damage, harm) and Freude (joy); Schaden derives from the Middle High German schade, from the Old High German scado, and freude comes from the Middle High German vreude, from the Old High German frewida, from frō, (happy). In German, the word always carries a negative connotation. A distinction exists between "secret schadenfreude" (a private feeling) and "open schadenfreude" (Hohn).
Usually, it is believed that Schadenfreude has no direct English equivalent. For example, Harper Collins German-English Dictionary translates schadenfreude as "malicious glee or gloating." An apparent English equivalent is epicaricacy, derived from the Greek word επιχαιρεκακία, epichaerecacia. This word does not appear in most modern dictionaries, but does appear in Nathaniel Bailey's Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1727) under a slightly different spelling (epicharikaky), which gives its etymology as a compound of epi (upon), chara (joy), and kakon (evil). A more common English equivalent than 'epicaricacy' might be the expression 'Roman holiday', which means pleasure derived from watching someone else's suffering, and is derived from the delight of Roman citizens' at the gladiatorial spectacles in the Colosseum.
In English, the word sometimes is capitalized, because of the German grammatical convention of capitalizing all common nouns in addition to proper nouns; however, as a loanword in English, it is typically left uncapitalized, following the rules of English orthography.
The Buddhist concept of mudita, "sympathetic joy" or "happiness in another's good fortune," is often cited as an example of the opposite of schadenfreude
really? maybe you just want people 2 think you're happy.
or maybe you're just really strange...
While it's normal for a pre-teen child to get excited about catastrophes and disasters (eg: "wow, the ground just eaten a house, cool!") Most older people realise that people could have been hurt or killed & simperthise/empathise with what the survivors will be going through. Most people realise that next time, it could be themselves or their son,daughter, mum ,dad, partner, best friend under the rubble.
The answer is quite simple.
It`s because you are happy that it hasn`t or doesn`t or will not happen to you, and you are grateful that is hasn`t.
That`s about it really!
Too little information. But...
Possibilities:
1. you feel lucky you're not involved in these incidents
2. you're bored with life and are excited by these "real, big" things
3. it's natural to enjoy gossip.
you have known the secret of life!
Have a star ... i feel like that too.
Sometimes i think once everyone on this planet has had suffered the same level of trauma there will be time to let peace rule.
Have you had a traumatic life?
You are in need of urgent psychiatric help..... either that or you're a sick, twisted bastard
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I find the woes of my friends even, oddly amusing.
Why is this?
Answer:
what sort of associated thoughts do you get with it? how do you tend to act towards someone that has suffered so? and your age (range)? with out that info only the most general conclusions can be arrived at, and even then these conclusions are some what general due ot a lack of overall knowledge of you.
--- thnx for mailin back to say you updated the q :)
First be sure to bear in mind this is my opinion only, I am not a psychologist or anythin like that, I have made my own musings on such subjects but still, only my ideas.
you say a sense of release, as though something has been revealed. mm. a sense of delight, yet shame. in that respective order.
following chain of events, I would suspect that you as an individual are tightly wound. you may not feel that way. Im certain you dont. Im guessing you have been this way for a long time.very. I guess that you probably also pay attention to many details that others dont - not just the sort of detail that many of us feel that we havent been spotted observing.
just a guess there. and Im not sufficently certain of those guess to feel thier worth running with. but still, perhaps you find something in that.
Have you at some point in time experienced (wether real or not) some sort of trauma, one that was suppressed, that would explain the sense of revealing.
a sense of aligning perhaps with that which is external and that which is internal. at that moment of alignment, which helps to create a sense of recognition, perhaps that you arent back there, perhaps identifiying with someone or something that is in memory (or perhaps someone that was imagined at a previous time, but has now become a memory). perhaps in someways it places you on the other side, where you feel that someone took pleasure from your suffering and now to hear of someone elses suffering places you squarely where it is safe. that may explain the feeling that it was denied (even if at this later time by you, back then they or it may have seem such that you couldnt be on the other side).
the sense of shame Im sure you have well observed, and comes literaly moments after the initial moment.
in that moment when all this occurs, there is, the external event (you friend telling you they suffer), the information recieveing event (you taking in the information, and sorting it), then an explosion of connections that happen in what is normally the subconcious mind, as that slows to ward the end of those connections it rise to surface (concious mind). meditation may help you observe or slow down that process so you can see whats happening as you take that information. if you want to follow that be prepared to be totally ook with the feeling uncomfortable with waht ever - doont try push emotional states jsut accept what ever as it is - judge it after.
I have no idea how far off or how accurate any of that - that I have jsut writ may be. not to much of that would I be willing to say was solid - just food for thought - and I hope that something of it helps.
other than that - if oyu find because of this way of perciving oyu tend to ahve a very cool head in a severe crisis - you may find it would help you to help others in a severe crisis - just another thought.
uhm....ure special...
What is wrong with you. You should pray for someone when they are going through. You really need to reevaluate yourself. It won't be funny when a disaster hits home. I pray that you overcome this (i don't know what to call it). But it isn't good. Try encouraging people when they bring bad news to you or imagine yourself in their shoes. God be with you..Lord knows you need him.
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE NERVOUS
Cos when these things happen to others you realise how lucky you are.
It's called schadenfreude
You suffer from catastrophilia
You are a manager.
what the German's would call Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude (help·info) is a German word meaning 'pleasure taken from someone else's misfortune'. It has been borrowed by the English language[1] and is sometimes also used as a loanword by other languages.
It derives from Schaden (damage, harm) and Freude (joy); Schaden derives from the Middle High German schade, from the Old High German scado, and freude comes from the Middle High German vreude, from the Old High German frewida, from frō, (happy). In German, the word always carries a negative connotation. A distinction exists between "secret schadenfreude" (a private feeling) and "open schadenfreude" (Hohn).
Usually, it is believed that Schadenfreude has no direct English equivalent. For example, Harper Collins German-English Dictionary translates schadenfreude as "malicious glee or gloating." An apparent English equivalent is epicaricacy, derived from the Greek word επιχαιρεκακία, epichaerecacia. This word does not appear in most modern dictionaries, but does appear in Nathaniel Bailey's Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1727) under a slightly different spelling (epicharikaky), which gives its etymology as a compound of epi (upon), chara (joy), and kakon (evil). A more common English equivalent than 'epicaricacy' might be the expression 'Roman holiday', which means pleasure derived from watching someone else's suffering, and is derived from the delight of Roman citizens' at the gladiatorial spectacles in the Colosseum.
In English, the word sometimes is capitalized, because of the German grammatical convention of capitalizing all common nouns in addition to proper nouns; however, as a loanword in English, it is typically left uncapitalized, following the rules of English orthography.
The Buddhist concept of mudita, "sympathetic joy" or "happiness in another's good fortune," is often cited as an example of the opposite of schadenfreude
really? maybe you just want people 2 think you're happy.
or maybe you're just really strange...
While it's normal for a pre-teen child to get excited about catastrophes and disasters (eg: "wow, the ground just eaten a house, cool!") Most older people realise that people could have been hurt or killed & simperthise/empathise with what the survivors will be going through. Most people realise that next time, it could be themselves or their son,daughter, mum ,dad, partner, best friend under the rubble.
The answer is quite simple.
It`s because you are happy that it hasn`t or doesn`t or will not happen to you, and you are grateful that is hasn`t.
That`s about it really!
Too little information. But...
Possibilities:
1. you feel lucky you're not involved in these incidents
2. you're bored with life and are excited by these "real, big" things
3. it's natural to enjoy gossip.
you have known the secret of life!
Have a star ... i feel like that too.
Sometimes i think once everyone on this planet has had suffered the same level of trauma there will be time to let peace rule.
Have you had a traumatic life?
You are in need of urgent psychiatric help..... either that or you're a sick, twisted bastard
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