Re: I feel uneasy at my lack of empathy » Deneb

Posted by NikkiT2 on May 27, 2006, at 2:15:49

In reply to I feel uneasy at my lack of empathy, posted by Deneb on May 26, 2006, at 17:27:03

My brother has aspergers.. which means he truly feels no natural empathy (I'm not suggesting you have aspergers by the way), but over time, by watching other peoples responses and learning from them, he has developed some.
But then, I have a friend with aspergers who has no desire to learn empathy, or actually try and make his life easier (its much easier for him to use it as an excuse to not do *anything*)..
but, crying over other peoples posts doesn't show a greater level of empathy. I am a very empathetic person (much too much sometimes), but I don't cry over other peoples posts.. YOu can be empathetic (ie, understand and feel sorry or what ever for them) without having to take their pain on board
Does that make any sense?
Nikki

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