Indifference
Introduction
Indifference is a condition where individuals lack interest in themselves or others by not caring about things that happen around them. Indifferent individuals are often cold and emotionless towards others. Yes, people are indifferent, and in the current society, most individuals are not concerned about the well being of others. It has caused ailments such as depression among individuals lacking people to check on their physical or emotional state (Dan, 2017). This review will be covering some of the things that cause indifferent behavior among individuals and some of how unresponsive behavior reflected towards others.
According to Dan (2017), there are various reasons why people act indifferent towards other people’s feelings. For instance, the consumption of drugs such as Marijuana and other narcotics leads to withdrawn behavior. Drugs numb one’s feelings and make people weak conversationalists. This way, one remains unbothered by activities happening in the outside world. Individuals consumed in their drug habits do not ask about the feelings of others not only due to poor conversation skills but also the mental withdrawal from the world that only allows such individuals to only care about their feelings.
Depression among individuals causes one to lose focus on the world around them. They are consumed in their mental struggles that they do not have apathy towards other’s feelings. Such individuals have poor social relationships and are also not developmental, thus being static and unresponsive towards everything. Emotional detachment due to depression causes individuals to become unconcerned about the feelings, improvement, and behaviors of those around them. Also, indifference can occur when one is undergoing personal issues with their families or the community. It often overwhelms one, and they feel powerless and lack control of solving the problems they are facing. Instead of giving it a try, they regularly brush it off and move on (Pozzoli, Gini, & Thornberg, 2017). This behavior is depicted by how one disregards and dismisses the feelings of not only friends but also other community members.
People have also become indifferent to other peoples feeling due to social media pressures. Today’s culture is influenced by the trending and emerging issues which contains information that is easily accessible to us through smartphones. The pressure to keep up with emerging trends and social status depicted from the social platforms often causes emotional and mental shutdown (Yousaf, Popat, & Hunter 2015). Negative and demeaning information spread through these platforms causes individuals to become withdrawn and act indifferent. It can be reflected by individuals being rude towards others on social sites, and this attitude is also projected to close individuals and friends.
No doubt, many individuals are becoming more selfish and narcissistic. Broos et al. (2015) stated that many people are egocentric, and this causes them to put themselves first and disregard other people’s feelings. Self-indulgence makes one overlook everyone around us hence not caring about their feelings. One’s principles and convictions affect how we regard other people’s feelings. Although one is responsible for their own opinions and beliefs, it is advisable to consider how other people feel or how their actions make other people think. Conclusively, it is quite essential to check up on individuals close to us or treat and regard others and their feeling with much contemplation. Indifferent behavior can cause affected individuals to become withdrawn or depressed due to a lack of emotional support and motivation.