2007-01-12 02:36:49 · 9 answers · asked by herob1933 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
THe ability to understand why somebody is in emotional pain, also the ability to share that pain.
2007-01-12 02:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by Philip Kiriakis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Empathy is understanding an emotion in someone else because you have experienced that same situation. It's different from sympathy in that sympathy feels bad that YOU feel bad, without having had those experiences.
2007-01-12 02:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by themom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been reading a lot of misconceptions. It seems that sympathy is what you guys have been answering to.
Unlike empathy is the attunement of emotional orchestration two human feelings experience in the brain. It is is closely linked to emotional intelligence.
2007-01-12 03:09:57 · answer #3 · answered by aretha 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Empathy is when you feel sorry but have gone throught what the person had
Sympathyis when you feel sorry for someone but havnt gone through the same thing
2007-01-12 11:20:02 · answer #4 · answered by Kat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Understanding and entering into another's feelings"
Empathy is commonly defined as one's ability to recognize, perceive and directly experientially feel the emotion of another.
Look wikipedia lol. u may get may more answers.
2007-01-12 02:41:09 · answer #5 · answered by Dilip kumar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vicarious emotion, insight, understanding; pity, compassionate feeling, charity, soft-heartiness, tenderness, goodness, compunction, mercy, forbearance, warmheartedness, kindliness, brotherly love, unselfishness, benevolence, favor, condolence, philanthropy, commiseration, clemency, humanity, helpful, generosity, sympathetic, etc....
2007-01-12 03:00:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you feel the pain of what someone else is going through because you went through the same sort of pain.
2007-01-12 02:39:46 · answer #7 · answered by stringhead3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ability to feel and perceive another person's pain, situation, feelings, etc. basically what the others said.
2007-01-12 02:45:04 · answer #8 · answered by Rebekah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
em·pa·thy (mp-th) KEY
NOUN:
Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives.
2007-01-12 02:40:52 · answer #9 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋