Why a person say they don't want your sympathy
15 Answers to "Why a person say they don't want your sympathy"
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When real tragedy strikes, you don't have emotional energy for people that won't understand you.
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I'd guess because they feel if they accept sympathy then they admit they deserve being felt sorry for?
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they don't like the fact that you don't understand their pain.. because they know you didn't feel it before! and makes them feel you're just sorry for them.. and it doesn't feel good!
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Several reasons. May not like sympathy, want to forget about the issue, don't want attention, etc.
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What?
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Sympathy can take different forms. I think the way you're asking means "feel sorry for". I don't want your sympathy - or - don't feel sorry for me. For whatever reason. "I don't want your sympathy", to me, is a ... harsh usage... a dismissal... "feeling sorry for" someone isn't always a positive thing. They don't want to be condescended to in that way, to be put in a weaker position.
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They don't think your sympathy is sincere, or their pride prevents them from accepting it, or they think they deserve what ever happened, or ...
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Often, sympathy feels a lot like pity. And pity is just patronizing. Who wants to be patronized? But some people are too proud to beg. (Okay, more than some.)
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I would say because they still won't let their guard down.
I actually said that to my wife last summer after I hurt my foot, leg, and back. I was just pissed off at the world and taking it out on the wrong people for the wrong reason.Like (1)
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They want to wallow in their own misery, respect it.
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Because the don't want to feel like a victim. They want understanding.
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If you are a female.....then.....it is to show their manliness
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I've never been told that, but then, I don't have any...
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for me personally I feel like someone is seeing me at a weak point and I don't like the feeling
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Best Answer (Chosen by Voting):
Posted by MyNamesNotFrench Mar 18th, 2013 at 2:10PM
They don't have any use for it. Maybe they take it as disrespect and the sympathetic person looking down on them, or maybe they'd just rather have solutions offered.
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