The Consequences of Indifference

  Indifference is a neutral affective state. We tend to define an indifferent person as someone who ‘neither feels nor suffers’. It’s a feeling that keeps them on the sidelines. However, when someone exhibits indifference toward you, you feel quite badly wounded. When you think of an indifferent person, you think of insensitivity, detachment, and coldness. They’re qualities that are contrary to the usual human condition and our abilities to relate to each other. “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.” -JK Rowling- Being indifferent implies that ‘nothing matters.’ It means you don’t really feel anything….