Post #2, Dear Reader:

October 10, she wrote: “I am really disappointed with my parents… they refused to helped me. When I needed them the most…I feel really betrayed, I feel really mad… The truth is, I am thinking about hurting myself (not enough to die but enough to get hospitalised) so my parents will have no choice but to come to Korea, and talk about this thing with me in a serious manner. I want them to listen, I want them to HELP me”-

This sharing is important for anyone to read so to see for themselves how talking about suicide, threatening it, making a gesture of it, these may be dishonest and manipulative, aimed to bring about a desired reaction from someone who cares or may care.

And this is the OP’s strategy throughout her months long threads: to abuse others’ empathy. She herself often lacks empathy for others. She takes a dishonest advantage of others’ ability to feel empathy. This is the reason she has been going on and on at times about how she is suffering, or claims to be suffering. This is why she has been using those exaggerated expressions of her suffering. One example of many is: “Maybe If by some kind of a miracle, I died and go to heaven, maybe I will finally be free of this pain…The only thing that beats is my heart, my soul is already dead” (Sept 3).

It is important to note this: there are plenty of people that abuse others’ empathy for their purposes, for their perceived advantage. It is something to be aware of and careful about when interacting with people.

anita