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Originally Posted by SilverTrees
For me, empathy is a force or sensory input in my body and mind which I often wish I could switch off.
....it is more likely to compel me to do things....even when I am exhausted and don't want to do anything.
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Interesting. I've always heard of empathy as vicariously feeling others' feelings or something. I hadn't thought of it as a compulsion to act. Thanks for the insight.
