Poll Empathy/compassion - How Much Do You Have & Why?

[shadowchaser]

I need a depends on the day option. Some days probably way to much. I don't like other people to hurt. I've felt enough of it and really don't like seeing others go threw it. And then there are the days that I say flip it. Deal with it on your own I'm done. I know it's so drastically opposite but it's the truth at least for me.

 

[rightkindofme]

Yesterday because I'm just like that, I was talking to a guy who is doing work on my house. Of course he is also an incest survivor. I find them everywhere.

 

[Lucycat]

I found this impossible to answer. I think I have more empathy than many people, but I don't see that as too much.

 

[Nicolette]

@Abstract NO more changes are permitted to this poll - next time please spend the time considering what you want to poll before creating one thank you.

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

I took my response out. Now I have no idea, both in my own head and now the choices of the poll.

 

[Abstract]

I don't see that as too much.

Point taken and my issues showing through. I think the first point would do it regardless though (see wording in first post) even though I shouldn't have worded it like that. It still loosely indicates a lot of empathy and/or sympathy.

Ayesha, the main choices are still the same. The added ones are merely qualifying the first lot (I have clarified this in my first post) but I understand why it is confusing for you considering what you said before. It is a complex issue regardless isn't it?!:rolleyes:

 

[Ghostybear73]

I have yet to develop emotions, which is why my therapist recommended me to find a site that I can start talking about my past and learning how to be more emotionally vulnerable with others who have gone through trauma.

 

[Shulamit]

I find that I often have too much compassion and empathy towards others and that I have to sort of turn it off. It's emotionally draining at times. I also worry that I might intrude if I offer too much support, which maybe is illogical or incorrect. Sometimes when I am irritable or very consumed by own worries/symptoms you wouldn't know I have any ability to be empathetic or compassionate because I just focus too strongly on my own problems. That is probably selfish.

 

[Privateer]

Hmmm. Empathy and compassion. Well, they're in there, but I don't generally let them affect my decision making except in trivial matters. As to 'how much'...I have no idea.

 

[LongStoryShort]

I have loads, if people open up.

 

[Abstract]

Eleanor posted this on another thread and I thought it was worth posted. Sadly I realise how much of this I have killed off and the issues I have with doing it. I did this naturally in the past.

 

[Changing4Best]

I just said that I don't pretend to have a different amount than I do. I tried to think if I have too much or a normal amount, but I really could not determine if I have a normal amount or not, as I don't know who to compare me to! My 1st answer was going to be too much, but then I wasn't sure, so I didn't click that one.