That must be frustrating. Especially as a scientist.
[ If he finds it frustrating, he imagines she does ten times as much, as it's her life. Maybe he can make up for his misstep by giving her an open invitation to vent. ]
I would, but he quit. Took his own advice. I try to remember it when I get overwhelmed. That there's a reason we do this. If we stop caring, we lose the reason.
[ It's not as much an issue for Reid as some of his other coworkers, admittedly. Reid's problem has always been, despite his fussy, neurotic, academic exterior, caring too much. He feels everything intensely, takes everything hard, and altogether his empathy makes him a great profiler but an easily hurt human being. He thinks of Gideon's advice as a reassurance to himself that his caring makes him more human and less a monster, that it in itself is proof that he hasn't started to lose his mind. Caring is not indicative of schizophrenia; it's him doing his job the most human way possible.
Sometimes it's cold comfort, but so far, most of the time, that perspective has gotten him through it. ]
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[ If he finds it frustrating, he imagines she does ten times as much, as it's her life. Maybe he can make up for his misstep by giving her an open invitation to vent. ]
I would, but he quit. Took his own advice. I try to remember it when I get overwhelmed. That there's a reason we do this. If we stop caring, we lose the reason.
[ It's not as much an issue for Reid as some of his other coworkers, admittedly. Reid's problem has always been, despite his fussy, neurotic, academic exterior, caring too much. He feels everything intensely, takes everything hard, and altogether his empathy makes him a great profiler but an easily hurt human being. He thinks of Gideon's advice as a reassurance to himself that his caring makes him more human and less a monster, that it in itself is proof that he hasn't started to lose his mind. Caring is not indicative of schizophrenia; it's him doing his job the most human way possible.
Sometimes it's cold comfort, but so far, most of the time, that perspective has gotten him through it. ]