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[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Empathy isn’t a feeling that happens to you, it’s a skill you practice.

Everyone knows about common human emotions. What you don’t know about a stranger is when they have those emotions and when they don’t. What most people think they’re doing when they say they’re being empathetic is engaging in projection. They’re imagining themselves in that situation and assuming the other person is feeling the same way they are.

Do I even have to tell you how often that’s wrong? Many, many people think another person is angry when they are angry and they project their anger onto the other person. It totally baffles them!

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Did I ever claim something different?

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