I need help understanding different personality types!

[Amariel34]

I have to admit. I'm still confused! What's the difference between one person's kids, or one person's health issues? Aren't those both personal issues? I mean, kids are a big part of someone's life. They're not just a fluff topic like the weather. Is there a possible disconnect between discerning where the line is between fluff and personal?

There could very well be a disconnect. I admit I don't know all the nuances of the condition. Just what I know about myself.

[JackHatchet]

There could very well be a disconnect. I admit I don't know all the nuances of the condition. Just what I know about myself.

Fair enough! But from my stand-point. Those are two things that I would compare to be equals. They're both personal, every-day things.

But for me. That's kind of a logical thing. I'd think of it more logically than the nuanced emotion. Both things affect people on a personal level. And both things are daily occurrences. So sometimes what confuses me is that I like to look at things from an extremely rational stand-point. Which is why I was talking about all the 'give and take' stuff in another post. I don't always catch nuance, and I'm a firm believer that sarcasm doesn't work on the internet. So I don't always catch sarcasm, but I can catch the context enough to comprehend that sarcasm would make sense in some situations.

I'm still not quite getting where people would feel ostracized from communities though. However, I could see if someone's kids were refereed to as 'small talk' being offensive to some folks. But I know it's not a purposely dimissial about the importance of one's child. Just how one person might not relate or understand.

I guess that's probably fair when it comes to mental-illness. Which kinda goes full circle with mental-illness. People without mental-illness often don't have a desire to learn about certain conditions--because it literally doesn't affect their lives in any way.

Maybe it's all a big circle of give and take. But the lines are always super gray on that stuff. =/