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Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0
Quoted for truth. Something I've tried to instil in my daughter.
And I have to say, the number of people that don't understand the difference between empathy and sympathy is mind boggling!
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It's always been a worry to me Sky Pilot, the amount of folk who get empathy and sympathy mixed up, compassion too!
I have always believed since a child that "empathy " was one of the 5 senses that was somehow left out?
So I see it as a sixth sense, empaths like me can feel another's pain, or situation, usually negative, sympaths just feel sorry for you or your situation then go about their daily business, they do not give you a second thought!
And you are born empathic, it cannot be taught or learned, you are born with it, and in saying that you can learn from others suffering, it can make you a more well rounded and useful person!
