Are You Capable of Empathy / Sympathy? (please read post bef

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I'm actually good at sympathy, because I can feel what another person's feeling deeply and shallowly, but empathy isn't my strong point. I just don't really get where people are coming from with their emotions unless they tell me clearly.

if someone were to start crying in front of me then i would respond by asking "what's wrong?" this is if i know the person well. if i don't know the person too well then i just sit there and look around for someone else to comfort that person. i would eventually ask them the question but it would be awkward. beyond "what's wrong?" i may say something sympathetic. i'm just not able to compute those emotions well. i understand them but it's not easy to react to them. i can show both empathy and sympathy but not extremely well. if i do show the emotions to the best of my abilities then they still feel a bit alien like. it feels like a right handed person writing with their left hand.