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empathy's complexity

empathy's complexity

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Empathy is complex. Anyone can sympathize with another’s problems, not everyone can empathize. Empathy requires having the experience of some negative experience that made you feel in ways you’ve never felt before. Without having been through something terrible, it is hard to empathize with those that have been through a lot worse than you. 

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