Can you truly say you know how you'd react in a situation if you haven't experienced it(or something very similar) yourself?

The list of things I said I wouldn't do as a parent or partner that I have......the lived reality often changes your narrative.

I hit the wrong one scrolling lol I can empathize but I would never tell someone to do something only give advice if I can relate or if it’s a dangerous situation sometimes I don’t even want to comment on certain things like when someone is having an issue with their husband I wouldn’t be as bothered if it happened to me like looking at another woman as long as he’s not staring or being an ass I don’t care but sometimes you’ll have a whole comment section like leave him he’s trash he’s going to cheat and so on and I’m just like whoa I make eye contact with a lot of people when I’m out attractive or not you can’t simply know the whole situation by one persons side of it

A lot of people like to think that they wouldn’t have been influenced by propaganda during major horrific historical events like the holocaust or American slavery but I really hate to break it to you…. You’re most likely going to be with the majority, and spoiler alert it’s not the “right side” of history :P

I have to say that isn't the same thing lol

I swore up and down I’d never have a “tablet baby”, now she’s currently on her tablet my MIL bought her while I make her some muffins bc earlier she took off her poop diaper and had poop all over the floor, and I just needed a few moments for her to sit down while I clean up and finish making breakfast.

I definitely think it’s easy to say/think about what you’d do, but won’t know until you’re in it.

she has a point though, fear makes people act crazy people, to avoid death the majority would conform. Sadly

Why did ppl start hoarding toilet roll in a pandemic of all things and diarrhoea was not symptomatic of COVID because they followed others 🫣🫣🫣FOMO in the nanny state

Ehhh I’m pretty confident in my actions! I’d say I’m actually better at knowing what -I’d- do than I am at empathizing. And I think those things are related!

With any situation you could imagine how you'd react and you can empathize with others even if you have no actual experience, you could come up with the best way to deal with it that you can think of with what knowledge you have, but until you actually go through it you don't know if you'll react the way you think you would.
My mum expected to be able to keep it together and do all the expected steps with ease after my dad died, but that's not how it happened.
I have experienced a lot of people try to empathize with things going on in my life and how I have handled it is quite shocking to people as they think they would react very differently.
Most people think that when your child is diagnosed with cancer you'll fall apart and be sad all the time, and this is a common thing with cancer parents where they do get depressed, but I have remained positive and don't avoid talking about it.

I think on here it is the anonymity of the internet, people double down on their beliefs without any experience of a situation, it does happen in person too though!

For example, when I started TTC with my husband I was sure I wasn't that bothered what happened. Then with every passing month and negative pregnancy test it meant more and more to me to have a baby. We ended up going through a lot, ending up happily conceiving via IVF. It taught me a lot about myself. Today someone on here was saying how they wouldn't be that bothered if they couldn't conceive and I tried to explain that they(as a person who has stated they had no trouble getting pregnant) couldn't 100% guarantee that they wouldn't be bothered because they hadn't lived the experience. Honestly it wound me up 😂😂 they were so so defensive of hypothetical feelings and dismissive of mine! But it reminded me I don't get to say "I WOULD DO/FEEL this" about situations I haven't experienced which I think is always good to be reminded of 😊

A bit more of an extreme example than I had in mind but I do agree. People love to think they'd be on the right side of history but the reality is different - literally the reality is different, plenty of good people did and still do nothing

I was thinking more along lines of if I or someone i was with got attacked, how would I react… my martial arts teachers had some great stories of their former students fighting back. n my friends think i could do self defence, but in reality i think i would freeze , not fight or flight… hopefully i never have to find out in life 🙏

I think that people can know how they would respond in some circumstances they've never experienced, if they are really in the with their emotions and have strong moral concepts. I don't think that anyone can know what they'd do in EVERY situation, though.

i personally think so. ever since i was little ive been incredibly in tune with my own moral compass, i’ve never given into peer pressure (had lots of friends who went to high school parties, drank etc) and i’d do to just take care of them when they got blackout drunk but never had a sip myself or did anything i’d regret later. all the things i told myself and others about what i’d do as a parent has come true, i said ill never do screen time, meals from scratch only, no food coloring etc and i’ve stuck to it and never had struggles with parenthood, compared to a lot of parents i’d say my journey in motherhood has been incredibly easy because i already did my research, created my own standards and stuck to them. every time ive said “if i were in that situation i would..” and if it did happen to me i always stuck by what i originally said. ive never changed my mind once ive decided on something

I can empathize with people but it’s hard to tell how I would react, even if I’ve lived through it. We are all different. I can easily say that I would do this and that but when it comes to it I don’t.
I have been in tough situations and it’s not until later when I have calmed down that I think of something better that I should have done and said, but it’s hard especially when it’s something out of no where.
I also think that I am pretty good at being calm in situations, it’s just that at times I wish I could have handled things better.
When my niece fainted, it was just me around, I remained calmed and did not freak out one bit. I told myself that I need to be calm right now and handle this situation as best as I possibly can , and I did. I was freaking out on the inside, but on the outside I showed how calm I was lol.