The word to describe a person's interest in a process related to a certain situation but does not necessarily convey their interest in the situation itself.
To provide context: Over the last 4 years I have dealt with the unrelated and untimely death of three close family members. And while I have no morbid fascination or obsession with 'death', having dealt with it on three seperate occasions I have developed an 'interest', a 'curiosity', a '???' in the grieving process in general, the various methods and processes others use to cope and eventually heal from their loss. I think the above words come across as slightly ghoulish or creepy.
I've read a suggestion provided on this site to a similar question (but not the same, so I hope this isn't a re-question issue) of "benevolent curiosity", but that term would seem to warrant it's own explanation to the reader. Something like...
Me: "I have a benevolent curiosity about grieving and the grieving process."
Listener: "I'm sorry, but can you explain what you mean by that?"
So what would be the best (and hopefully least creepy) word to use?
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