That's also fine: there are many things that I am unable to understand/empathise with, as well. It all comes back to our personal experiences with the world, and how opening certain doors inadvertantly closes some others (and vice versa).
Besides, to look at it another way, this inability to *truly* relate could also potentially be a blessing in disguise: people who experienced "Stomachache" IRL are certainly able to relate to Io to a much greater extent than those who didn't, but would you *truly* want to go that far just for the sake of "empathy"? I share Ami's (and Akira's) sentiment that there is a certain beauty to things that are irreversibly broken, but it doesn't mean that I support people trying to break themselves on purpose – it's one thing when life deals you a bad hand and forces you to make the best of it, and another thing entirely when you're intentionally sabotaging yourself for some "noble goal". Perhaps it's for the best that you "lack that socket", to borrow your own term... who knows?
