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Old May 28, 2017, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by junkDNA View Post
I've learned to mimic empathy from watching movies and people irl. I'm still not very good at it in person. People have told me I am intimidating when we first meet. Quiet.. Blunt.. Not very warm. I try to be better.
I just don't want peoplehere to think I don't care
Junk - we know you care. You once took the time to ask how I was after I'd had a rough couple days. You didn't have to do that, and that's not the sort of caring imitation teaches.

(That goes for you too AY.)

As with narcissists don't know they're narcissists, in my experience people who say "I care" or "I am a caring person," often are the ones who seem unempathic to me.
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