#Prosocial behavior

[willowsearth]

🌟 Discover the transformative power of prosocial behavior in the workplace! Small acts of kindness and support can lead to significant improvements in mental well-being, team dynamics, and overall job satisfaction. Dive into our latest blog post to learn how fostering a culture of prosocial behavior can benefit your organization. #ProsocialBehavior #WorkplaceWellness #TeamDynamics #EmployeeEngagement #ValuedHealthAndLife

[lcatala]

Hey, don't cry, wikipedia article on interspecies friendship

[themontessoriacademyofarlington]

Early Childhood - Collaborative Learning

This Early Childhood student is very focused, helping another student by putting on her sock. This seemingly simple task offers so many learning opportunities. Learning from peers allows one child to act as a mentor, demonstrating the steps involved in this everyday task. It also instills independence and confidence for the student observing, learning as the Practical Life skill is modeled. Finally, the social skills of patience, empathy, and cooperation are experienced during this wonderful interaction.

[arahabakis-vessel]

thinks about how we see Dazai hit the required criteria for ASPD across all the BSD media... but also how so many people blow entirely past the actual evidence and go !!! SOCIOPATH!!! MANIPULATIVE PSYCHOPATH!!!! Not seeing the "he was clearly traumatized in a way that severely affected him to the point it entirely dictates how he interacts with the world now" part of it.

[veritech-bees]

i think there is something fundamentally rotten and spoiled about my soul. and i think everyone can tell but is to nice to tell me to go away because its disgusting

[stimpunks]

Grant Application Questions and Answers

Here are our answers to the questions on a grant we recently applied for. Table of ContentsHistoryRoot CausesAction & Lasting EffectConstituent-LedCommunity-WideOrganizational Structure and Decision MakingMovement BuildingFunding and Community SupportCommunity Feedback3-5 Milestones History When did your group come together and why? Share major accomplishments and tell us about your recent…

[queerpyracy]

finally getting to write a scene i've been looking forward to, which is an encounter with a big scary apex predator which our protagonist handles by throwing rocks and bellowing obscenities at it

[dxxtruction]

"Is Armand a socialist or not?" Armand cannot be a socialist because he's not human, hope this helps.

[doomer-soyjack]

Mocking my near-death experiences wishing they actually culminated in death or calling my hardships karma is not very "above me", is it?

Especially considering you've gone through similar things and experienced loss and grief. Shows how your morals and ideals are conditional and inconsistent, at least I'm honest and keep my integrity without shooting myself in the foot, making up excuses or running away when being confronted.

Rather be hated than be liked for who I'm not.

[transhomicidal]

how you gonna have aspd and be anti mspec. how do those societal rules taste bootlicker?

[wherepond]

Trump unhinged

Explaining the lack of empathy

Empathy is a crucial human ability, because of its importance to prosocial behavior, and for moral development. A deficit in empathic abilities, especially affective empathy, is thought to play an important role in psychopathic personality.

A marked lack of empathy is one of the hallmarks of psychopathy.

Psychopaths do not have the same capacity for human feeling as the rest of us; they do not appear moved by the things that usually deeply affect others, such as seeing fellow human beings suffer or in distress. And this is perhaps why they do not experience genuine remorse for the hurt and misfortune that they inflict.

[willowsearth]

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[delightrolls]

Some Possible Reasons Sonic Fans Tend To Be “Weird”

When people complain about how so many Sonic fans only ever think about Sonic and nothing else I can’t help but wonder if these people take into account that a significant portion of the Sonic fanbase is neurodivergent, most notably autistic. 

Many people say Sonic fans need to play other games or experience other media but when taking into account many Sonic fans are neurodivergent / autistic some well known Sonic fan behaviors start to make sense. People that engage with Sonic so intensely they have few if any other interests is often how Special Interests work for many autistic people and also has some overlap with comfort media for people with anxiety as the things are both consistently enjoyable and safe which is extremely helpful to people who get easily overwhelmed. 

Sonic fans that repeat the same point over and over and over again are reminiscent of the repetitive behaviors that many autistic people fall into and even people who are generally mentally ill can get stuck in this loop because the mind registers these repetitive and predictable behaviors as safer than the unknown that has likely been hostile to them before. 

Sonic fans that make connections to seemingly unrelated thing are likely to occur when the people in question are neurodivergent since the one or few things they constantly reference is are the only things they feel safe engaging with and do so frequently which can be bolstered by the low empathy many autistic people have which leads to mentalities like “I like this thing so everyone else will definitely like this thing.” because some autistic people struggle with understanding the needs of others to varying degrees. 

Sonic fans that respond inappropriately to situations with memes and references are liable to stem from the innate difficulties autistic people have in social situations which can lead to trying to refer to familiar material in an attempt to remedy this and can even appear in fully neurotypical who just have the bulk of the social practice and experiences online where making references is rewarded and commented. 

Sonic fans getting angry or just generally stressed out by seemingly minor things is also a regular occurrence in autistic people due to autism as well as other forms of neurodivergence often causing aversion to change as well as emotional dysregulation leading to strong reactions over seemingly minute things because to many, this is a minor inconvenience at worse but to someone who is easily stressed and has difficulty managing emotions this can easily feel like the end of world. 

Sonic fans being terminally online is potentially another side of effect of being neurodivergent since online social interaction can often be safer than in person interaction for many minorities, neurodivergent people included, as online interaction often allows for things like taking your time and thinking things through and being extremely thorough when discussing a topic and are commonly rewarded, where is in person social interaction often punishes this behavior. 

Another point of contention is that some Sonic fans have legitimately been bullied to conformity or isolation for being Sonic fans due to reviewers labeling both all Sonic games and all Sonic fans as bad in the 2010s which worse when you realize many autistic people like Sonic characters be they tend to display neurodivergent traits meaning things they like, relate to, and are one of the few things that can bring them comfort in a hostile and unknowable world are worthy of mistreatment, mockery, and isolation, which in some cases cause them to retreat further into their interest and become exceptionally defensive of it since it's now their one and only point of safety, so Sonic fans being enraged over reviews that happened long ago may be a genuine point of trauma for them. 

Another sometimes neglected aspect is the Sonic series is marketed towards children thus they likely also make up a significant portion of the fan base and may also share similar issues due the fact that they are inexperienced and still developing social and emotional skills which likely be exacerbated if they are both neurodivergent and a minor.

An additional point to be made that can magnify this issue is that the world is unfortunately very hostile to autistic people. People with different needs in any capacity tend to get brushed off and neurodivergent suffer from this, as do many others. This leads to things like others telling neurodivergent people to try new things, go outside, get out of your comfort zone without realizing that many neurodivergent people, autistic people especially, have a very small comfort zone and are easily overwhelmed by things they just aren't so, when someone forces themself to engage with something new (which can be terrifying due to unpredictability), go outside (which can overloading for autistic people who commonly have sensory processing disorders or people with anxiety who are often on edge and thus easily stressed), and get outside of their comfort zone (something that has likely been the only the can keep them stable and happy when everything else is overwhelming) they can often struggle or fail and even if they succeed it's still often stressful to the point they will often need time to recover and when neurodivergent people express their needs others often respond with dismissiveness or hostility because they assume neurodivergent people like this overreacting and just need to get over themself because to neurotypical people these things are nothing but to many neurodivergent people these things are Herculean Tasks that are now being rewarded with dismissiveness and hostility which furthers negative reinforcement leading these people to get stressed or burnt out and driving them to continue avoid anything and everything that overwhelms them.

Tell people like this “Go outside, do something else.” DOES NOT HELP

Too Long, Didn't Read. A significant number of Sonic fans are neurodivergent, mentally ill, children, or some combination of the 3 leading to underdeveloped social skills, low distress tolerance, and a tendency to “Be weird online,” and dismissively telling them that they “Overreacting”, “Annoying”, “Need to grow up” is likely to be very distressing to them to the point it helps no one.

I don't use other social media at the moment so if you wish to spread to other platforms you may, all I ask is that you link to this original post.

[holyscream]

This is the most stressful game, man, and it’s not even timed. FYI I am currently running the slowest moderation team on the planet but at least I got them a counsellor. #YapperOfficecore

[innerchildabortionclinic]

my last take of the day is if you're diagnosed evil (cluster b) ditch therapy for exposure to prosocial behavior in real life. even if you don't really trust anyone, give people chances to prove they care about you, and eventually the positive experiences have an impact. I still don't trust well but I have finally accepted that genuine kindness exists, and that was a game changer.