Catholic guilt The child connection
After some reflection today, I realized that my interest in subjects have consistently been with the social harm of the day.
Interest in the Japanese tsunami occupied hours or my time.
So did the Ebola virus disease.
I still periodically check HIV transmission rates.
Rupert Madolf hit my radar.
Certainly I knew about problems with the extremists, however it wasn't until it became more personal in my world that I began to pay attention.
I did a google search for Train Wreck Syndrome.
Sure enough it has been recognized and there is a book.
Eric G. Wilson's smart, probing new book
Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We
Can't Look Away
In the NPR article of the book there is a quote that seems most appropriate to me:
In its noblest form, morbid curiosity is an expression of
empathy. "Our attraction to the macabre is on
some level a desire to experience someone else's
suffering."
Suffering is something I remind myself of all the time. These are not just statistics or events. These are people. People whose lives have been destroyed or figuratively by removing all hope and aspirations.
One author wrote:
For many of us who experienced Catholic childhood religious indoctrination, Catholic guilt is a pernicious and inescapable burden with serious lifelong repercussions.
I love to make faces, do silly stuff, and draw a smile from a child.
Interest in the Japanese tsunami occupied hours or my time.
So did the Ebola virus disease.
I still periodically check HIV transmission rates.
Rupert Madolf hit my radar.
Certainly I knew about problems with the extremists, however it wasn't until it became more personal in my world that I began to pay attention.
I did a google search for Train Wreck Syndrome.
Sure enough it has been recognized and there is a book.
Eric G. Wilson's smart, probing new book
Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We
Can't Look Away
In the NPR article of the book there is a quote that seems most appropriate to me:
In its noblest form, morbid curiosity is an expression of
empathy. "Our attraction to the macabre is on
some level a desire to experience someone else's
suffering."
Suffering is something I remind myself of all the time. These are not just statistics or events. These are people. People whose lives have been destroyed or figuratively by removing all hope and aspirations.
One author wrote:
For many of us who experienced Catholic childhood religious indoctrination, Catholic guilt is a pernicious and inescapable burden with serious lifelong repercussions.
I love to make faces, do silly stuff, and draw a smile from a child.
