Quote: with W minimizing "Oh, it's not that bad. At least he doesn't have just a 5% chance."
You know - that seems to be one pretty consistent thing about this WAS disease - the loss of empathy, even in people who were formerly quite caring. I have a half-baked theory about it - I noticed that one of the side-effects of my D14 taking high-dose Prozac for her bulimia was a similar loss of empathy (and she used to be SO empathic!). High dose Prozac raises the serotonin but can cause a fall in dopamine - resulting in attention problems, lack of motivation - and, apparently, loss of empathy in my D's case! So, I think whatever neurotransmitter imbalance the WASs are experiencing does seem to rob them of their ability to empathize with the pain of others.
