I have started watching Dexter, a TV series where the protagonist (Dexter) is a serial killer. Disturbingly, I find myself relating way too much to Dexter. A lot of the things he says are things I have thought before. Not about any of the murders... but about not having emotions and faking social interactions.
Sometimes the show plays what Dexter is thinking over what he is actually saying. For example, to a crying woman, out loud he will say, "yeah that is really sad," but the thought that plays over this will be something like, "Thats what happens when you care too much".
He realizes when something is sad, determines the socially acceptable way to respond to it, and then responds in that manner without feeling anything in particular about it. I think I do this sometimes. Not always.
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