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Re:Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built by kgarten on Saturday November 14, 2020 @08:49PM (#25097431)
again ... I'm not trying to get rid of emotions. That's not what I'm proposing. I just think the idea/concept of feeling the same as somebody else is strange and has its own dangers.

Understand the others feelings, try to understand their point of view (also emotionally) that's great.

Having exactly the same feelings probably not. "Empathy :: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings" from meridian webster.

Example: you meet a person who has a panic attack ... how is going to experience the feelings vicariously helping you?

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Re:Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built by BlueTemplar on Sunday November 15, 2020 @06:12AM (#25100222)
Ah, yes, compassion vs empathy.

But both are needed, depending on the situation.

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