I think D.H. Lawrence Was Right!
Self-Pity
I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself
2007-05-08 15:54:57 · 8 answers · asked by stargazerlilly79 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I believe sympathy to be a form of pity!
2007-05-08 17:01:04 · update #1
Self pity is a destructive, pointless, worthless and genuinely problematic state of mind.
Sympathy without action is the same...
Sympathy with a marked attempt to help someone (eg: taking them out to take their mind off it) is a different action, which may have merit!
However always think twice before quoting D.H. Lawrence......haha!
2007-05-09 01:53:24 · answer #1 · answered by jazzed4judas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He did not mention the large spectrum of what a small bird will never feel.
Selective perception isn't an option??
If self-pity is a stand-in for all the joys and sorrows of life, then I think it is better to perceive...
2007-05-08 16:15:08 · answer #2 · answered by and_y_knot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self-pity should be outlawed. It is one of the most destructive types of thinking that anyone can engage in.
Sympathy is the same. When we feel sympathy for someone this is merely a milder form of pity.
2007-05-08 16:28:06 · answer #3 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Identification for anxiety is empathy for other and is named pity. Pity directed at self is identification for self's anxiety in absence of anger. It is a sickness of the deceived and bedeviled, a product of mind control in malpractice be it purposeful or of stupidity of an other. The other possibility is absence of gladness for destitution to life value destruction, i.e. lost hope.
2007-05-08 16:11:08 · answer #4 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to me sympanthy is an emotion that is elicited by a sad situation, either yours or some one eleses. Self pity is a controable emotion in which you can wallow which might have substance or not.
2007-05-08 16:02:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As excuse!
Self-pity is excuse for the weak willed
Sympathy is excuse for the weak willed to seek same company
Do something in actions!
2007-05-08 17:31:34 · answer #6 · answered by lolitakali 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is a wonderful thing to think about and you can perceive it many ways, it depends on how much ur mind controls ur life or ur heart.
2007-05-08 16:02:32 · answer #7 · answered by impression722 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I perceive.
2007-05-08 15:59:53 · answer #8 · answered by mar m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋