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luck :
I used to think I was an "empath", turns out I just experience high amounts of emotional empathy and low amounts of cognitive empathy
2026-06-28 19:11:43
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❔Unknown❔ :
Emotional Empathy is when you feel what they feel sympathy is where you feel bad for them and cognitive empathy is you understand what they feel but don’t feel it yourself
2026-06-29 17:30:44
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STRESS :
yeah i’m not allowed to cry in my house anymore cause it activates my roommates nervous system lol
2026-06-28 21:45:31
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Will :
Many people also say they are empathetic but it often turns out they only empathize with those who have went through exact things as them and put no effort to try to imagine an experience they haven’t experienced at all yet. I feel like this makes nature of highly empathetic people also be imaginative to an extent.
2026-08-02 21:07:59
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Rhodesrolls.jpeg :
Everytime I say I haven't talked to my mom in 7 years and they're like "oh but she's your mom and you only have one". Then I have to comfort them on their relationship with their mom.
2026-06-28 17:42:02
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The Emerald Priestess 💚🐍 :
A real empath knows how to divine between their own energy and others.
2026-06-29 11:51:33
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Intern / Cody :
im not an empath, im hypoempathic but I do hav sympathy & I agree 😭
2026-06-28 17:19:52
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The dayman ☀️ :
I think there’s a misunderstanding with the term empathy. It has turned into a morally loaded term where the lack of/existence of empathy is of inherent moral value but it’s the way that we respond and sympathy we express that is what makes our actions good or bad actions
2026-06-30 10:07:10
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Sapphire :
Also empathy is reflecting someone’s inner world back at them. Simply if someone is going on about their exhausting day, you tell them how exhausting that sounds. If they say “I’m frustrated” you say “yeah that sounds frustrating/I’d be frustrated too” (even if it isn’t true)
2026-06-28 17:55:42
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꒰✧˚🦋˚Ori˚🦋˚✧꒱ :
I was told I was an empath by my therapist when I was 11 because i had autistic meltdowns whenever I felt like i was failing at making people happy
2026-06-28 19:56:21
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Aminah Louise :
this is why I don't say the word empath. it's overused and misrepresented
2026-06-29 16:10:13
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Vee🥺 :
Being an empath is much different then being sympathetic and understanding.
2026-06-30 15:29:52
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😾 :
wait so youre telling me ive beej getting the meaning of sympathy and empathy mixed up this whole time?😭
2026-06-29 05:51:37
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Alicia :
tbh the most unempathatic people I have come across, bragged about being an empath, most empaths I've come across aren't out here bragging. 🙏 but I am sure there may be some out there who do brag. this is just my experience 🥰
2026-06-29 17:34:58
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lara :
I'm leaving this here because I have the weird feeling that many weren't taught this in highschool
2026-06-30 09:59:46
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Peyton Gutierrez :
I think "real" empaths know there's a time and place to show it and doesn't make it about themselves. in front of your friend who's pouring their heart out? no. in your car in private after? that's fine
2026-06-30 13:06:27
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Sapphire :
I thought I was an empath when I was in high school but I was mostly hyper vigilant.
2026-06-28 17:28:39
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somegirlboything :
I'm sympathetic, not empathetic. In others word, that does suck, but I can't relate, so I have NO idea how to comfort you-
2026-06-29 06:40:52
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Issac :
this is literally why i dont talk about my shit. it always ends up with me comforting them
2026-07-01 04:27:59
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Madi Blake :
I’ve lost friendships that were super important to me simply because I would “compare our struggles”. In one instance, it was my best friend and by the time she said anything, she told me she felt invalidated by me and then she hardly talked to me again. I’m so used to it by now that I just don’t say anything unless I’m asked my opinion directly which is rare 😂
2026-07-01 11:19:27
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༒кιηg αѕѕвυтт༒ :
You are so right. Even if I do have a similar story to someone’s issue, I had to learn to like… keep it to myself. It’s not about me. Unless my story CAN help (like ‘here’s how I got through this’) but even though that’s a little iffy, depends on what the person needs. It took practice and I still don’t always get it right
2026-06-30 06:03:22
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Sānita ॐ | Lingvo 🇱🇻 :
I think empathy exists on a spectrum. So reducing it to a single definition is a huge oversimplification
2026-06-29 20:46:01
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nikkismonnsterz :
I'm an empath, and one of the biggest issues of that is maintaining friendships, because you can always point out how a situation could've been handled better, while simultaneously understanding their reaction, and being so calm about it it looks like you dont care.
2026-06-28 18:42:05
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sxphie_ :
I always took “I’m an empath” as “it’s my responsibility to maintain my regulation when others get upset because I overempathise and get flooded, so in order to help them I need to recognise this about myself and respond appropriately”
2026-06-29 11:06:39
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