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About “sorry for being a burden”
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I hiked and talked philosophy for a bit more than an hour. I covered a broad set of topics related to the expression “sorry for being a burden”. An overview: We start feeling like a burden when we are coping with some difficult situation. We think that others are doing well, while we are not. We do not want to bring others to our misery, so we avoid them. Not wanting to externalise our negativity in this way comes from a good starting point: we consider the wellness of others. An explanation of how this apparent altruism is biased both against us and against the others. We think we are worthless while they are impeccable. When we think we are a burden, we develop a sense of egocentrism even though we do not want to. We do it by obsessing about our condition. Our obsession turns into a misplaced sense of exceptionalism as we think we are special in our agony: “I am special because I am the only one who suffers”. There is a “transmission mechanism” by which this ostensible burden can be distributed. Explanation of how this relates to the communicative aspect of the human condition. We cannot opt out of our humanity. To be sorry for being human is pointless. We always communicate. Whe…
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Protesilaos Stavrou
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