I understand your frustration and -- perhaps -- a feeling of having no agency in the situation. But at the same time I find this sentence fascinating and scary:
> It's her life so I leave her alone, not my place to tell her what to do, and the emotional upheaval from her isn't worth it either.
Inverting the order of your explanations (to examine the weighting), we have:
estimated low return for investment/effort
avoidance of drama (the other's emotional upheaval)
relinquishment of participatory role in guiding the other
relinquishment of influence/interest in the other's life
If you were a parent talking about your child, people would certainly admonish you. Yet because she is a young adult and you
are merely siblings, many more people might agree with your complete detachment.
Can a person who obviously needs guidance/intervention not be worth the time ? Even though the person is in one's family ?
The narcissocial media actively create an illusion that gratifies loneliness and isolation. Modern urban life had already become a reality of denaturing, competition, isolation, and indifference. The antipatterns run deep.
But then you add...
> But it's crazy that a person can get this lost in life and become completely devoid of purpose and meaning.
Your family member seems to be in need of help. It takes a family/village, as they say. We too often omit to remind ourselves that a person becomes a person through other people. [1]
[1] _ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy
> It's her life so I leave her alone, not my place to tell her what to do, and the emotional upheaval from her isn't worth it either.
Inverting the order of your explanations (to examine the weighting), we have:
If you were a parent talking about your child, people would certainly admonish you. Yet because she is a young adult and you are merely siblings, many more people might agree with your complete detachment.Can a person who obviously needs guidance/intervention not be worth the time ? Even though the person is in one's family ?
The narcissocial media actively create an illusion that gratifies loneliness and isolation. Modern urban life had already become a reality of denaturing, competition, isolation, and indifference. The antipatterns run deep.
But then you add...
> But it's crazy that a person can get this lost in life and become completely devoid of purpose and meaning.
Your family member seems to be in need of help. It takes a family/village, as they say. We too often omit to remind ourselves that a person becomes a person through other people. [1]
[1] _ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy