I'm simply a guy who experienced many different percpectives in life and matured a lot sooner because of it. Ask me anything.

Today's topic is for the good hearted people who cared but were thrown into the real world without warning.

Empathy, you might remember it in your younger years when you used to care or maybe you're someone who still does. So the question you are asking is "Why have I lost my empathy?", "Why don't I care about poeple/actions/events/things as much?"

Simply put, it's a survival mechanism and is totally normal.

As an independent adult, you'll soon realize how "corrupt" or messed up the world is. The most noticeable and forgotten example is the drug problem. I mention this because the people who care are the ones that are used and abused the most. By caring for someone, people will take advantage of you by either playing the role of your friend just to sell you drugs or people may play into their sad story resulting in you giving, whatever it is it may be.

The problem is the more you give...the less you have until you have utterly nothing. It becomes more apparent when something negative happens to you, but nobody gives you the time or day to listen as you did for them.

Yes, it's an unfair and depressing thought. I know, but the sooner you accept it and learn to adapt to it, the better you become at filtering through the people that will bring you "down".