Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 15:15     Subject: What do you call this?
Give us an example.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 15:14     Subject: What do you call this?
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Anonymous wrote:Family members that have inability to feel joy, also unable to express happiness for anyone, and willfully and intentionally want someone who is experiencing joy to suffer. Depression? Anxiety? Something else?


I call this my mother.


lol lol SAME!


Same. My mother can never express happiness for anyone, especially her own children on otherwise joyous occasions.


OP here. Yes, this - not allowing someone to enjoy their day, or their victory, or similar.


ie: even and especially if it has nothing to do with them. Similar to jealousy, but amped up to outrageous proportions, and definitely not trying to hide it. What makes them fixate on being miserable?
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 15:13     Subject: What do you call this?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Family members that have inability to feel joy, also unable to express happiness for anyone, and willfully and intentionally want someone who is experiencing joy to suffer. Depression? Anxiety? Something else?


I call this my mother.


lol lol SAME!


Same. My mother can never express happiness for anyone, especially her own children on otherwise joyous occasions.


OP here. Yes, this - not allowing someone to enjoy their day, or their victory, or similar.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 15:12     Subject: What do you call this?
Anonymous wrote:Sociopathy if it's real and not just OP being catty.



OP here. It is a man, not a woman, if that matters (it should not).
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 15:06     Subject: Re:What do you call this?
Complex PTSD

Abuse from childhood
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 15:02     Subject: What do you call this?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Family members that have inability to feel joy, also unable to express happiness for anyone, and willfully and intentionally want someone who is experiencing joy to suffer. Depression? Anxiety? Something else?


I call this my mother.


lol lol SAME!


Same. My mother can never express happiness for anyone, especially her own children on otherwise joyous occasions.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 15:00     Subject: What do you call this?
Sociopathy if it's real and not just OP being catty.

Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 14:57     Subject: What do you call this?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Family members that have inability to feel joy, also unable to express happiness for anyone, and willfully and intentionally want someone who is experiencing joy to suffer. Depression? Anxiety? Something else?


I call this my mother.


lol lol SAME!
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 14:49     Subject: What do you call this?
Emotionally stunted? Stoic? Lacking in verve and vitality?
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 14:47     Subject: What do you call this?
Anonymous wrote:Family members that have inability to feel joy, also unable to express happiness for anyone, and willfully and intentionally want someone who is experiencing joy to suffer. Depression? Anxiety? Something else?


I call this my mother.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 14:37     Subject: What do you call this?
Anonymous wrote:It could be anything from anxiety to sociopathy, OP. You can't really diagnose it unless you're a psychiatrist or psychologist.


I am asking for layperson opinion pertaining to personal experiences. If you have nothing to add, that is fine, but don't encroach on other people's posts. You seem to be taking this personally and looking to derail.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 14:27     Subject: What do you call this?
It could be anything from anxiety to sociopathy, OP. You can't really diagnose it unless you're a psychiatrist or psychologist.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 14:25     Subject: What do you call this?
Anonymous wrote:Do you know this for a fact? Your family member told you they want others to suffer? Or are you speculating?


Basing experience on their actions, not words. OP here.
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 14:17     Subject: What do you call this?
Do you know this for a fact? Your family member told you they want others to suffer? Or are you speculating?
Anonymous
Post 04/29/2024 14:16     Subject: What do you call this?
Family members that have inability to feel joy, also unable to express happiness for anyone, and willfully and intentionally want someone who is experiencing joy to suffer. Depression? Anxiety? Something else?