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How much empathy do you have???
About the same as everyone else. 18%  18%  [ 5 ]
Less than everyone else. 46%  46%  [ 13 ]
More than everyone else. 36%  36%  [ 10 ]
Total votes : 28

ChristinaCSB
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24 Sep 2008, 1:33 pm

DentArthurDent wrote:
I thought I had heaps of empathy but since taking all the ASD tests I have discovered that I really do not. What I thought was empathy is just a desire to get involved in causes and not a real understanding of peoples feelings, apparently this is quite a common aspergers trait. As mum put it you have plenty of empathy for yourself.


I wouldn't base your idea of empathy from as ASD test. Maybe your empathy is just different than NT's but that doesn't mean you don't have any.



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24 Sep 2008, 2:13 pm

I see myself more like an unempath dont really react to people getting hurt. If its somebody i dont know personally.