🔼: [[⭐️ Emotions]] ##### Schadenfreude[^1] An emotion meaning pleasure or joy derived from someone else’s suffering or misfortune. Schadenfreude is often the result of a fragile ego around certain things. [[💡 Shame|shame]] makes us feel alone. Fighting for self-worth makes others’ failures feel good. ###### Collective Schadenfreude We delight as a collective. This is common enemy intimacy. **Nothing that celebrates the humiliation or pain of another person builds lasting connection**. Hating the same people. A shared pleasure in someone else’s pain is a red flag. Its opposite is [[💡 Sympathetic Joy]]. [^1]: [[📖 ✅ Atlas of the Heart (Show)]] Episode 3