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21 Nov 2016, 7:10 am

Your Empathy Quotient score was 27 out of a possible 80.

Scores of 30 or less indicate a lack of empathy common in people with Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome.

https://psychology-tools.com/empathy-quotient/

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21 Nov 2016, 7:17 am

My score was 48. I still think this test is kind of bullcrap. You can't measure autism by seeing how much a person cares for one another, that is simply not related to the condition. What Autism is about is finding it hard to understand social cues, it doesn't simply cut your capacity to feel. And it is counter-productive if we see it that way.

This test is also bad as it is ignoring the fact we live in our own reality. A narcissist for instance may score really high since some believe they have superior intuition but that as we know is not the case, as it is just their perception.

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21 Nov 2016, 7:25 am

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I got a 13. My Old Therapist gave it to me.

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21 Nov 2016, 7:28 am

Pieplup wrote:

firemonkey wrote:

I got a 13. My Old Therapist gave it to me.

Just asking but why?

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21 Nov 2016, 7:46 am

Shahunshah wrote:

What Autism is about is finding it hard to understand social cues, it doesn't simply cut your capacity to feel.

I agree about social cues. However I don't think empathy and capacity to feel are necessarily interrelated . You can feel a lot and yet find it hard to put yourself in someone else's shoes.

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21 Nov 2016, 7:51 am

Shahunshah wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

firemonkey wrote:

I got a 13. My Old Therapist gave it to me.

Just asking but why?

I was curious what my score would be, So I asked her to administer it to me. Other than that we already knew I'd score badly.

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21 Nov 2016, 8:08 am

firemonkey wrote:

Shahunshah wrote:

What Autism is about is finding it hard to understand social cues, it doesn't simply cut your capacity to feel.

I agree about social cues. However I don't think empathy and capacity to feel are necessarily interrelated . You can feel a lot and yet find it hard to put yourself in someone else's shoes.

Well empathy by definition is the ability someone has to feel and understand another doesn't that kind of show that empathy and the capacity to feel are sort of related.

The thing is now that I am really sick of people on the autism spectrum measuring their emotional capacity based on this test. Their is more to empathy than social cues. Its about listening, appreciating, identifying feelings then relating to them, social cues is just one aspect. If you say have had a similar feeling to someone with depression or anxiety than I think someone with Asperger's would be able to empathize, comfort and relate well, from my own experience at least. I have become particularly close to a group of say 4 autistic people, the thing that I have learnt from them is that cues are not everything, we are able to understand/relate to one another through our interactions and the fact we have had similar experiences.

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21 Nov 2016, 8:11 am

Pieplup wrote:

Shahunshah wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

firemonkey wrote:

I got a 13. My Old Therapist gave it to me.

Just asking but why?

I was curious what my score would be, So I asked her to administer it to me. Other than that we already knew I'd score badly.

What do you think of the test, just out of interest?

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21 Nov 2016, 9:26 am

Shahunshah wrote:

Well empathy by definition is the ability someone has to feel and understand another doesn't that kind of show that empathy and the capacity to feel are sort of related.

I can certainly feel to the degree that I'm more than a little thin skinned , and can be quite emotionally reactive. Therefore I have an ability to feel. Where I struggle is putting myself in other people's shoes . If someone has had bad news I'll show concern, though I'll struggle to know what to do on a practical level.
However in a debate situation I'll struggle to take on board the other person's point of view. It's very much a case of "I know you think that way but why would you?"

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21 Nov 2016, 10:03 am

Shahunshah wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

Shahunshah wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

firemonkey wrote:

I got a 13. My Old Therapist gave it to me.

Just asking but why?

I was curious what my score would be, So I asked her to administer it to me. Other than that we already knew I'd score badly.

What do you think of the test, just out of interest?

I think it's a tool that can measure how well you read and interpret facial expressions. That's mostly what was in it. I also think that as it is not a professional tool it shouldn't be treated as such. Plus, it is obvious that they have problems. It really isn't that useful unless they're trying to hide that they do.

firemonkey wrote:

Shahunshah wrote:

Well empathy by definition is the ability someone has to feel and understand another doesn't that kind of show that empathy and the capacity to feel are sort of related.

I struggle to interpret my emotions. It is unclear rather it is depersonalization though. It probably is. Just saying.

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21 Nov 2016, 1:51 pm

Your Empathy Quotient score was 72 out of a possible 80.

I'm not surprised by my score, as I do have really high empathy levels.

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21 Nov 2016, 2:15 pm

Your Empathy Quotient score was 11 out of a possible 80.

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21 Nov 2016, 2:22 pm

I scored 16/80 I'm actually shocked! Probably because my view point on "empathy" is completely different to the quiz.

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21 Nov 2016, 2:58 pm

Your Empathy Quotient score was 51 out of a possible 80.

I don't understand why it's "out of 80", when there's only 60 questions?

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21 Nov 2016, 4:40 pm

Campin_Cat wrote:

Your Empathy Quotient score was 51 out of a possible 80.

I don't understand why it's "out of 80", when there's only 60 questions?

Well some questions are more important than others.

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21 Nov 2016, 5:01 pm

firemonkey wrote:

Shahunshah wrote:

Well empathy by definition is the ability someone has to feel and understand another doesn't that kind of show that empathy and the capacity to feel are sort of related.

Debate situations are complicated. Many Neurotypicals also struggle to understand the other sides point of view. My aunt and mother for instance do not understand where Donald Trump's support comes from other than he is being supported by a heap of racists. And they are neurotypicals.

What is a scenario where you feel you struggle to understand another person on a practical level?

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