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Originally Posted by stopdog
I guess I start with why do they need to acknowledge it at all? How is that useful to me? For what it is worth, although the point of the thread is not me, but responses to empathy in general, for me - I don't really do it much or well when friends try either.
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Not speaking specifically to you, but people in general.....
maybe the acknowledgement piece of the puzzle is so that T can send the message that they are listening to what you said
and......
the empathy part of the puzzle in necessary so people know they've been heard.
Does that make sense?