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Re:Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built by BurningFrog on Saturday November 14, 2020 @10:48AM (#25092989)
From https://www.grammarly.com/blog/empathy-sympathy/

- Empathy is a term we use for the ability to understand other people’s feelings as if we were having them ourselves.

- Sympathy refers to the ability to take part in someone else’s feelings, mostly by feeling sorrowful about their misfortune.

I think you may have confused the terms.

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Re:Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built by kgarten on Saturday November 14, 2020 @08:29PM (#25097292)
The article underlines my understanding of empathy.

I think Empathy can be counterproductive ... because if you feel like the person (I mean feel like the person ...) you might be less likely to be able to help them.

"By becoming “the wounded person,” he vicariously experiences their suffering. "

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