Is it possible to NOT apply the formatting to the markdown symbols in the editor?

[AzzaAzza69]

eg. ~~strike through~~ would not apply the strike to the ~~ as it obscures the symbols somewhat.
Ideally, the same would apply **bold** would only bold the word and not the asterisks and _italic_ would only italicise the word italic.
(obviously, the symbols aren't shown in the preview so it is only the editor, which has partial WYSIWYG, I am talking about).