i mean if you had cancer, AIDS, stroke, tb, is it only when you relise the very suffering of it when u have it cause's the brain to work in that sitution?
Some people have empathy and can imagine things without going through them personally. Some people cannot imagine things.
There are some things you cannot truly know exactly what it's like if you have not gone through them, but you can often have a general idea what it must be like.
LuckyFreshMentos: Some people have empathy and can imagine things without going through them personally. Some people cannot imagine things.
There are some things you cannot truly know exactly what it's like if you have not gone through them, but you can often have a general idea what it must be like.
I'd Imagine the people who have empathy already have experienced some kind of trauma so can relate .
I think you really have to experience something like that for it to really hit home
TEASE: I'd Imagine the people who have empathy already have experienced some kind of trauma so can relate .
I think you really have to experience something like that for it to really hit home
Empathy is possible without having experienced trauma or the same experience. And those who have experienced the same thing are guided by their experience, thoughts and feelings, which can block them from understanding anothers experience, as we all experience things differently, emotionally, physically and mentally. Unless of course they have worked through their own experience and can consciously separate their experience, freeing them to take on another's experience. Now with that I am off to mop my floors.
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