Wow so much drama, I'm kind of surprised at the honesty of people on this thread considering the scrutiny you can come under around here. Rather then be a heckler I suppose I'll add my story to the mix.
Without going deeper then I want to on the subject we'll just say as a kid I was clueless about other peoples emotions, needs etc. When it did hit me however, thanks to a lot of 'discipline' shall we say and rumours pressuring my parents into thinking they were doing a bad job it hit me hard. From then as long as I could tell someone was genuine I would put other people before me, pretty much nice guy syndrome to Christian extremist levels at the time.
The only problem with that kind of new empathy is since before that I was a clueless bully the backlash by my school peers was enormous, like the merciless overthrowing of some fallen tyrant, but hey my school was happy! No more problem child! A lot of high/secondary school is full of crap imo but it doesn't stop it effecting you, my over thinking, angst, empathetic side won over most of the rest of my personality, my confidence suffered a lot from the joys of being a doormat and I've been trying to undo it ever since.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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