Talk:Apathy

May very well be true. But not relevant. Moved to Wikipedia:BJAODN. Kevyn 14:05, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

It seems from a search I did on Google.com that the word illegal (bar "" ...) should perhaps be added to the middle paragraph: Certain "illegal" drugs are known to cause apcribe marijuana and the like (those that argue that marijuana should be legal wouldn't like this word added), since from the article itself it may be understood that regular medicines, not for pleasure but for cure, are a cause for apathy.

Actually, by reason, I would argue that any strong drug, legal or illegal, would cause apathy since it is numbing et cetera.

As someone taking anti-depressants and feeling strongly apathetic, I suspect that there is a connection. - AC

Not everybody!

Actually not everybody is apathetic about... apathy! Check the disputed article on zamanfou, especially the discussion section.

minatsu

first sentence

can someone please explain that first sentence for me? It doesn't make any sense to me... Nervousbreakdance 03:35, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Apathy is a psychological term for a state of indifference — where an individual is unresponsive or "indifferent" to aspects of emotional, social, or physical life.

this is basically saying that when you have the "i dont give a sh*t" attitude to something. so there could be somthing in your social life that you dont really care about or "couldnt care less about" - that would be apathy.

"Apathy is a common feeling of complete discontent (dissatisfaction, i.e. not satisfied) for one's emotional behavior." - I find this sentence equally puzzling. Someone care to explain? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhyming (talk • contribs) 04:02, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

dissociative disorder

The end of the second sentence links to "Dissociative identity disorder" (multiple personality disorder), but it would seem more appropriate to link to "Depersonalization disorder" which is also considered a dissociative disorder. Anyone have a degree in psychology? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yruablaze (talk • contribs) 04:41, 15 March 2007 (UTC).

Add link to another wikipedia article

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the psychological terminology, but I sometimes find interesting articles on wikipedia.

I remember reading a wikipedia article of some sort of "syndrome" that related to helping other people in distress. I think there was an example where someone was injured, but even tough lot of people noticed the person asking for help, no one did anything because they assumed someone else would.

Perhaps, someone can remember this articles name and possibly link it to "Apathy". I would think they are related.

Depression

What does this have to do with apathy? An apathetic person just doesn't care about anything; a depressed person, on the other hand, cares but feels they can't do anything about it and as such are sad and hopeless.24.118.227.213 05:18, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

history

the history section seems to contradict a comment on apathy found in main entry for stoicism at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism

which states that "apathy was understood in the ancient sense [as] having 'clear judgement'" --Psychlobs (talk) 09:10, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

apathy

I would point out that apathy is NOT an emotion; it is the lack of an emotion...if i cared Kinzukiwi-lphs (talk) 06:39, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

commonly associated with depression. - you're dumb if you think that! If I ignore someone it's not because I'm depressed, it's because he/she is indifferent to me. It's better to ignore than to hate. Just personal opinion. 83.228.89.2 (talk) 21:04, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Apathy and Symphaty

Should be mentioned that these are very opposite? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.233.247.10 (talk) 00:42, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Surely apathy lies between antipathy and sympathy, rather than being directly opposite to either?

Why the outdated link?

The only external link is to some verbose commentary from 2008 largely concerning apathy amongst youth who don't vote. Apathy seems to have taken on a new meaning to describe the absence of voting. Of all the emotions on the "emotions wiki list", the apathy one is the worst, but then what do you expect! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.151.102.163 (talk) 21:42, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect Grammar?

Im reluctant to edit the page as I'm not 100 percent sure but it seems to me a simple grammar error exists in this page. " 80% of people with Alzheimer’s get apathy, about 38% --->go<--- 45% of people with Parkinson’s disease". Should "go" actually be "to"?