"Sympathy is a concern for the wellbeing of another person. It can exist in the absence of the empathic act of sharing an emotional state with that person. It often arises from empathy, but it doesn’t have to.
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When I say I have an empathy deficiency, I mean that I struggle with taking the view of another person spontaneously and instinctively. I lack cognitive empathy."
@shoutcacophony good post, some friends and i were just discussing empathy and lack thereof (a lot of us are autistic, a few of us are schizoid, etc.) and how lack of empathy is often stigmatized, so this link is super relevant
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@shoutcacophony good post, some friends and i were just discussing empathy and lack thereof (a lot of us are autistic, a few of us are schizoid, etc.) and how lack of empathy is often stigmatized, so this link is super relevant