Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoA true psychopath self identifyinglemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square133linkfedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down115
arrow-up1365arrow-down1imageA true psychopath self identifyinglemmy.dbzer0.comDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square133linkfedilink
minus-squareGladiusB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoCan you relate to missing a finger or having a plate in your arm? No. You can understand the mechanism of pain but you can’t truly relate. Regardless sympathy works too.
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-212 days agoJust not true. Its not that the arm is missing. Its how they feel. Loss, have you felt loss? Pain, have you felt pain? Despair? Sympathy means you feel bad that they feel despair. Empathy is you feel despair as if it were your despair.
Can you relate to missing a finger or having a plate in your arm? No. You can understand the mechanism of pain but you can’t truly relate.
Regardless sympathy works too.
Just not true.
Its not that the arm is missing. Its how they feel. Loss, have you felt loss? Pain, have you felt pain? Despair?
Sympathy means you feel bad that they feel despair. Empathy is you feel despair as if it were your despair.
Now you get it!