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[quote=Anonymous]Hmm. I did have an unfortunate home life, including a deceased mother and a dad who was busy with his new girlfriend. But I was also a popular jock, and the bullying/meanness that I engaged in was mostly a response to a) boredom, or b) enforcing the social hierarchy. By high school, I mostly helped maintain the social hierarchy without resorting to outright bullying, and I no longer put on a show of being mean to someone just to quell boredom. FWIW, I grew up to be a nice, successful person raising nice kids. Maybe I lacked empathy then, but I don’t think so. I was always a very empathetic animal person. I think I had trained myself to shut down most feelings where people were concerned, and it made me sort of indifferent or oblivious to how others felt. Opening myself back up to other people was a process through the whole of my 20s, but I’m pretty normal now. [/quote]
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