Ryn wrote:
My empathy levels seem to vary. The only way I truely feel empathy is if I've undergone the same/similar experience, and I get a kinda similar feeling if I try to understand how the person's experience would feel to me if I underwent it. If I don't try to do that I usually don't feel anything, though there have been exceptions.
Ouch, me too, but I end up feeling like a phony if I just act like I
think I should instead of how I'm really feeling, which can can lead to disappointment in the other party.
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22 Apr 2008, 3:07 pm
