You can’t diagnose Failures of Sentience in other people.
It’s not possible. Since you can’t appreciate someone else’s experience, to try would be a Failure of Sentience in and of itself.
Oh, sweet irony…
But if someone were to ask me for a quick and easy sign they could look for in themselves…?
Exaggeration, especially on an emotionally charged topic, is a sign that your unique human intelligence has broken down for a moment.
Consider all the folks who get disrespected during a mediocre date and then say that person is literally worse than Hitler.
Or anyone saying modern generations are the most entitled and spoiled in human history.
Or that Jan 6 was worse than 9/11.
(Those first two were funny. That last one, though, is disturbing.)
Anyway, it’s a good sign that you’ve lost all perspective for a moment. Dig into that – there’s probably weakness and trauma right under the surface there.
I say probably, because anything could happen when you poke that sore spot.
But it’s worth poking. Precision is a virtue. Do you really want to be so dramatic, reacting to the bruising of your ego as though it were the death of a person? Wouldn’t you rather think, reason and respond appropriately?
Not everyone would. Some folks like the drama.
Hey, I get it. But I wonder if they know how much that craving for the dramatic is undermining their happiness and ability to function in the world.
They’ll never know. Your Story Isn’t About You isn’t snarky enough to hold their attention.
See just how snarky it is – and how to spot other blind spots in your mind – right here: