Empathy

[Corrin]

Mm, I guess it depends on the situation! If I've been in that place before, I can definitely be empathetic because I know what it's like. Otherwise I can't really relate, but I'll be compassionate.

 

[Auticorn]

I... don't deal with it the same as others. I can sense/feel empathy, but I have a really hard time sharing it. It's not saying that I lack it or anything (this is a common stereotype of people with autism). I just seem to deal with it differently than any normal person does.

 

[moon]

Sometimes too heavily, other times wayy too little. And I hate when it becomes the latter case. I don't want to seem insensitive or selfish :/ Am constantly working on it.

 

[Ninjorf]

I know that I'm not an empathetic person and I'm working on it. It's very hard! I've used logic for a long time to protect my feelings from a history of sadness. Now I need to re-train myself to express my feelings and understand how other people feel.

Be true to your feelings!

 

[Megan]

I've been taken advantage of way too much in the past, making it pretty difficult for me to show some empathy to others. Instead I'm just enjoying their suffering and despair. :)

 

[5qwerty]

Can't feel empathy.
Can feel sympathy, but not the same.

 

[Imafroggy]

I feel like I'm going to sound egotistical here, but I'm not: I feel like empathy is one of my "gifts" in a way.

As far back as I can remember, it has always been easy for my friends to confide their feelings in me. They would just spill everything onto me and I would either sit there and listen or try to offer some advice to help out. But I think, above all, one thing that stood out is that I can relate to a lot of what people are feeling, to a lot of the emotions that a lot of my friends were experiencing at the time, and things like that! Empathy is important because it helps people to understand that they're not alone in feeling how they feel, which improves relationship building skills as a result which is also a super important skill in itself. ^__^

You literally typed what I would have typed. I am the same exact way.
I'm a no judgement zone as well and I'm able to relate very easily and I'm very approachable too.
Relationship building with others is an important skill as well.

 

[Bay]

Sometimes too heavily, other times wayy too little. And I hate when it becomes the latter case. I don't want to seem insensitive or selfish :/ Am constantly working on it.

I'm the same way, and it depends more if I can relate. If I can't relate, I can feel sympathy like a couple other users mentioned, but indeed not the same as empathy. It's hard, heh.

 

[Her]

Sometimes too heavily, other times wayy too little. And I hate when it becomes the latter case. I don't want to seem insensitive or selfish :/ Am constantly working on it.

same in regards to too heavy/too little
but i can't say that i put much effort on changing that - guilt is a powerful motivator, but i wouldn't call it a healthy one. in the end, i'm a good person with a strong set of morals. i'm not going to force anything.