Abbys wrote:
do i have low empathy?
i know that i'm certainly capable of feeling empathy but i wonder if i have lower empathy than the average person.
i don't like admitting to this because this isn't something i do anymore but i have also been incredibly mean to people online just for my own entertainment. i used to stalk someone over 3+ years on a popular streaming website. why? because i thought it was funny at that time. it started out that way anyways then it became an obsession (i'm being VERY generous to myself when describing this).
i also suspect that i have lower empathy when i compare my reaction vs other people reaction to news events. it's very difficult for me to feel bad for or empathize with people i don't know.
how can i improve and become more empathic? the fact that i acknowledge that low empathy is a flaw and i'm genuinely hoping to change proves that i'm not that bad of a person.
and the hard part is that, i want to 'stop myself' from doing harm out of the goodness of my heart and not for selfish reasons. i want to be a good person and not just a "bad person" who doesn't do harm, if that makes sense. any advice for me?
do i have low empathy?
i know that i'm certainly capable of feeling empathy but i wonder if i have lower empathy than the average person.
i don't like admitting to this because this isn't something i do anymore but i have also been incredibly mean to people online just for my own entertainment. i used to stalk someone over 3+ years on a popular streaming website. why? because i thought it was funny at that time. it started out that way anyways then it became an obsession (i'm being VERY generous to myself when describing this).
i also suspect that i have lower empathy when i compare my reaction vs other people reaction to news events. it's very difficult for me to feel bad for or empathize with people i don't know.
how can i improve and become more empathic? the fact that i acknowledge that low empathy is a flaw and i'm genuinely hoping to change proves that i'm not that bad of a person.
and the hard part is that, i want to 'stop myself' from doing harm out of the goodness of my heart and not for selfish reasons. i want to be a good person and not just a "bad person" who doesn't do harm, if that makes sense. any advice for me?