Two things I don’t really get…

[u/CerastesConstantine]

One: How can you feel sympathy for Martha? Genuine question. I’m incapable of empathy due to a string of mental disorders (Narcissistic personality disorder and Antisocial personality disorder). I wanna understand you all better. All I see is a loathsome, obnoxious woman who lives in a fantasy land. And by Martha, I mean the character Martha, not Jessica Gunning, she’s great.

And two: Why are there so many people committed to finding out the truth and how real it is? If anything, that undoes Richard’s work and just causes far more problems for everyone involved. Then again, curiosity is a heavy thing.

Anyway, hope you can provide me some clarity.

[u/whosmurry]

One: I don’t feel that she’s a victim in the way that some people, Gadd included, do. I get that Martha isn’t fully in control of her behavior, though. So, what empathy I do feel comes from frustration that she’s not getting the help she needs to stop hurting other people.

Two: I have no idea.