How do you respond to:"I know,but I just don't care though"

[Fluffsnuts]

Some people genuinely don't care. You can't make people care, and often by trying we can make them dig their heels in further. I'm sure there are lots of things you don't really care about, and don't feel are important but are really, really important to someone else.

You have to learn to tell the difference between those who are ready to hear your message and those who aren't and don't waste your precious energy on those who aren't - just model your behaviour, show them love and compassion and revisit at a future date. Spend your time and energy supporting those who will listen.

 

[KLS52]

You can’t make people care. I don’t think it’s so much that they really don’t care, as it is that they just don’t want to change. Change can be hard. And scary, to think that something you’ve been doing for so many years suddenly isn’t acceptable anymore. So they’d rather stay in denial. I think the “I don’t care“ response is just easier than dealing with the real feelings.