No, you have sympathy for him, not empathy. If you have empathy, that means you share his exact feelings. If he is mad about something and you empathize with him, that means you’re also mad. If he is jealous of something and you empathize with him, that means you also share that same feeling of jealousy.
You don’t empathize with him for being what you perceive is an asshole nor do you empathize with the reasons you believe make him act like an asshole in your eyes. You sympathize with him - feel sorry for him - for being like that.
God, you’re such a simpleton. Your vs. your: empathize vs. sympathize. You just aren’t a bright guy, yet you have the audacity to call somebody else an “idiot.”[/QUOTE]
Man, you call someone else a "simpleton"? You want to try your definitions again?
Unfortunately, "empathy" isn't really "feeling" the exact same as the other person. Empathy is UNDERSTANDING what the others feelings, words, actions are.
After reading Greed's posts on here for years, I completely understand why he is the way he is. Its easy to understand why he is an asshole, (and why I actually have zero sympathy for him). However, maybe I should actually feel sympathy for you, attempting to join this thread and not fully understanding the concept you are desperately trying to discuss...and looking like THE idiot.
Before calling someone else a "simpleton" try performing the simple task of at least looking up the definitions. Here are a couple quick examples.
"Empathy is the experience of understanding another person's thoughts, feelings,
and condition from his or her point of view, rather than from one's own."
To sum it all up …
The differences between the most commonly used meanings of these two terms is:
- sympathy is feeling compassion, sorrow, or pity for the hardships that another person encounters
- empathy is putting yourself in the shoes of another, which is why actors often talk about it.
