Sympathy fatigue

[SizeZero]

Missing Chef

Is anyone else getting a little tired with this? They are trying to use Madeleine style tactics to keep the missing chef woman (white/fairer than average) in the public's memory.

Whereas Madeleine was a small child who had no control over her fate, etc, I can't help but feel absolutely nothing for a 35 year old woman with potentially dubious lovelife. It's not that I don't have empathy for her parents - but I just flick past this now. She may have wanted to disappear, as many adults do.

I guess it irritates me that I'm suffering from sympathy-fatigue and I might not have any compassion left when the next story is stuffed in our faces, even if that is another innocent child.

[Menelaus]

Missing Chef

Is anyone else getting a little tired with this? They are trying to use Madeleine style tactics to keep the missing chef woman (white/fairer than average) in the public's memory.

Whereas Madeleine was a small child who had no control over her fate, etc, I can't help but feel absolutely nothing for a 35 year old woman with potentially dubious lovelife. It's not that I don't have empathy for her parents - but I just flick past this now. She may have wanted to disappear, as many adults do.

I guess it irritates me that I'm suffering from sympathy-fatigue and I might not have any compassion left when the next story is stuffed in our faces, even if that is another innocent child.

Unless its a Silence Of The Lambs "it rubs the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again" kind of thing?

[TykeMerc]

I developed Sympathy Fatigue years ago. There have been far too many over publicised events that have attracted "celebrity" backing to the bandwagons and I just ignore all of the stories in the press.

I feel the same about the annual telethon events too.

Bah humbug, but bollards to it!!!!

[NotAllThere]

I'm not tired of it at all. I gave up caring years ago. I feel so much better for it.