Does the capacity to have empathy come to you very easily and to an unusual extent, so called "normal"/average extent, or with difficulty? Compassion is when we care but are not necessarily personally feeling the same feelings the other person is feeling in the way one does with empathy but I think we will include it here. Emotional numbing obviously puts a spanner in the works and I don't want to exclude those who are emotionally numb hence including compassion. How are you generally?
If anyone wants to discuss why they think they are like they are then they can. Also how they feel it has affected their lives. Has it played a part in putting you at risk or protecting you? Do you distrust it and avoid it, pretend you have less than you really have, pretend you have more? In other words - what is your relationship with empathy and compassion and to what extent do you exhibit them?
The first three choices are the main answers.
The second group of three are merely qualifying the first lot. Just answer the first lot, or both - your choice!
Minor edits for clarity.
If anyone wants to discuss why they think they are like they are then they can. Also how they feel it has affected their lives. Has it played a part in putting you at risk or protecting you? Do you distrust it and avoid it, pretend you have less than you really have, pretend you have more? In other words - what is your relationship with empathy and compassion and to what extent do you exhibit them?
The first three choices are the main answers.
The second group of three are merely qualifying the first lot. Just answer the first lot, or both - your choice!
Minor edits for clarity.
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