Honest Question, Does Empathy come easy for you?
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While I see your point that its harder to find people like this, I can still empathize for people.  I have been hurt alot, starting at five when my dad walked out, and i just dont want to see others hurt like i have been hurt.  I go out of my way to make sure i never hurt anyone.  And i often find that people are more than willing to take advantage of that.  It makes you sad to know that no one looks out for other people anymore, and its all about themselves.  This is definetly not me-i would go without to make someone happy, and if i see someone in pain i will do whatever i can to stop that pain.  I got a forward from someone about the perfect heart that i think you would really appreciate.  I would tell you, but it might be a little long-I know this might seem weird, but if you wanna email me at wyzeone2000@yahoo.com, ill find it and send it to you.
858819
Sometimes.  It depends on who's answering.  There's some people who will be straight up honest with you and then there's smart*sses who just want a good laugh at other people's expense.
205836
Absolutely not. I have had that opportunity before and I passed. I honestly see what's inside of a man's heart...and it's easy to see what's there in their responses, words, eyes, and lifestyle.
519139
No, It's actually easy.  Especially if you are assisting an active teacher.  It's also fun, but it has its perk and downfalls, but I think it's well worth the time.
780967
And this is bad how?\n\nIt is quite possible to empathise with people without having to go through their traumas, why wish more suffering in this world?
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I believe it does, although not always as quickly as we would like.\n\nI had a job for five years working in a school. One woman in particular caused a lot of problems for me. It had to do with her children accusing me of being mean to them, when really the situation was blown way out of proportion. Needless to say, this woman created a lot of headaches for me, and I was quite furious.\n\nAbout a year later she began working in the same area I was in as a fill in for when someone was absent. Lo and behold, some parent accused HER of being mean, and gave her a great deal of grief.\n\nThe most classic part about it, was that she came crying to ME that someone gave her the same exact raw deal she had dished out to me. I was very sympathetic (OK, I tried to be sympathetic) to her plight, then explained to her how the SAME thing happened to me a few months before. She kind of looked at me, I really was very nice to her about it, but I think she realized that she was getting a taste of her own danged medicine.\n\nI was VERY satisfied by watching her go thru the situation, and still I smirk that she got hers!
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Once you learn to ignore things and not give a damn......... I mean really not give a damn what other people think or say it's all a easy.\nYou probably still get embarrassed and stuff like that.\nI could fall down a bust my butt right now it would make me know difference cause I could not care less what other people say or think!
818569
I dont get angry that easily, but that just depends on who you are.
406216
I sometimes choose to help simply because I can, without thinking of future rewards. But usually, when it's something\nonerous, I would think twice before offering help. I know I cannot count much on gratitude, so this point becomes irrelevant. Whatever it is I will do, will be based on the amount of pleasure I am getting, or effort, I  am gaining. If that wasn't my approach, I would soon burn out, expecting\npeople to return the favor, or follow my example by helping others, usually leads to disappointment. I don't need to be disappointed or burnt out, why should I be? So, my approach is really practical, utterly selfish, but may be at times very helpful. I don't suppose I exactly fall into the categories described in the question, so don't know if it satisfied your curiosity or not.
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Yes and No,is easy and eager to understand and handle younger women.\nIs not easy even eager to understand and handle mature women,cause you don't know what are they thinking.\nIs very easy to understand and handle older women,but men are not eager to understand.
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Yes my friend Honesty is very much alive in this selfish world !!\n   A bit difficult to understand this fact....i am not being hyperbolic but to tell u v all live different lives and our lives r so busy and ignorant, we are accustomed to listening to people speak  lies almost every day, yes we sometimes also do speak lies, now at this moment of time, if u meet a person who tells u the truth u always start spying on that person !!I because its all our mindsets that sets us to think that there is no honesty in this world and that no one is honest!!\nwe fail to recognize that person through observation, behavior,speech eye contact, body Language and other such aspects which show the level of honesty in that person!!\nSo ...I think its time to look around I think u should find people who are quite Honest!!
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because you are emotional and you have Empathy for other people and there feelings It is normal for some people like me I have this also.
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Yes. What goes around comes around. When I was a cashier if people were unpleasant to me I would be unpleasent back. But if they were nice I was always nice to them. I always try to be positive and usually people respond by being nice to me.
542815
that is a good question...i really think it is mind over matter...it depends on how well you can cope with the pain...it is different for all types of people...
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Empathy: Rare trait.  However, I am exceedingly empathetical as well as being fairly astutr in psychological matters; interactions and the like.  I'm basically asocial and asexual, while unusually fond of feet: specially female feet.  Therefore not in humor, although it may seem so, if Sam is Samantha and it be a pretty foot she got, I'd value giving you a relaxing feet massage after you've walked your hard mile.  That's some form of empathy in supposing you'd have somewhat sore feet.
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you can feel empathy when you understand, \n\ndictionary version:  Empathy, ability to enter fully into another's feelings, experience\n\nyou can feel sympathy when you have experienced the same,\n\ndictionary version:  Sympathy, feeling for another in pain, sharing of emotion, interest desire.\n\nSo, when you empathize, you understand, but have not experienced what the person is going through, when you sympathize, you understand because you have gone through it too.\n\nThe link below is amazing, it will take you to something that when you type in the word, it will show you a number of dictionarys and you select the one you like best. \n\nGood luck!
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yes, a lot of times. i have felt the need to mask my feelings a lot of times. specially when i know that someone might get hurt if he/she knows how i feel about it, and i don't want to hurt him/her. some people might say it's dishonest of me to do so. but  u have to look at both the sides of the coin.\nalso, i don't show the real side of me, except to a very few people who i think can know me. it's exciting this way. like making someone discover u layer by layer. \nfrankly, i don't know what i'm talking about now! \n\np.s. if i falsely claim that i am a hypocrite, does that make me a hypocrite??