Empathy V Sympathy
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WEEK 9
This week we learned the difference between empathy and sympathy.
Sympathy and empathy are both acts of feeling, but with sympathy you feel for the person; you’re sorry for them or pity them, but you don’t specifically understand what they’re feeling. Sometimes we’re left with little choice but to feel sympathetic because we really can’t understand the plight or predicament of someone else. It takes imagination, work, or possibly a similar experience to get to empathy.
Empathy is heartbreaking — you experience other people's pain and joy. Sympathy is easier because you just have to feel sorry for someone. Send a sympathy card if someone's cat died; feel empathy if your cat died, too.
Sympathy is from the greek 'to feel'
Empathy is from the Greek 'passion/suffering'.
"You don't truly know a man unless you have walked a mile in his shoes." That is empathy.
The capacity for empathy is believed to be innate in most humans.
Empathy typically appears in infants who will cry when they hear another baby crying. These stirrings of empathy must be nurtured by the parents in order for it to grow.
We also discussed how we should not hug people and how it is a decision we make with our interests at heart not the person we feel needs the hug. The group were not all in agreement with this.I had never considered it before but I see it makes perfect sense now. I have never liked to be touched when I am upset. Empathy is not communicated by hugging. Reflection would be much more useful. I find it hard though if someone had died , my natural instinct would be to hug the person grieving them as I would feel so bad for them but deep down I feel that somehow I am relieved that they are the ones suffering and not me.
Natasha Shortt WEEK 10
This week we talked about listening and that you listen with your eyes aswell as your ears. You also listen for what you do NOT hear. Listening is an essential part of communication and listening is...
This week we learned the difference between empathy and sympathy.
Sympathy and empathy are both acts of feeling, but with sympathy you feel for the person; you’re sorry for them or pity them, but you don’t specifically understand what they’re feeling. Sometimes we’re left with little choice but to feel sympathetic because we really can’t understand the plight or predicament of someone else. It takes imagination, work, or possibly a similar experience to get to empathy.
Empathy is heartbreaking — you experience other people's pain and joy. Sympathy is easier because you just have to feel sorry for someone. Send a sympathy card if someone's cat died; feel empathy if your cat died, too.
Sympathy is from the greek 'to feel'
Empathy is from the Greek 'passion/suffering'.
"You don't truly know a man unless you have walked a mile in his shoes." That is empathy.
The capacity for empathy is believed to be innate in most humans.
Empathy typically appears in infants who will cry when they hear another baby crying. These stirrings of empathy must be nurtured by the parents in order for it to grow.
We also discussed how we should not hug people and how it is a decision we make with our interests at heart not the person we feel needs the hug. The group were not all in agreement with this.I had never considered it before but I see it makes perfect sense now. I have never liked to be touched when I am upset. Empathy is not communicated by hugging. Reflection would be much more useful. I find it hard though if someone had died , my natural instinct would be to hug the person grieving them as I would feel so bad for them but deep down I feel that somehow I am relieved that they are the ones suffering and not me.
Natasha Shortt WEEK 10
This week we talked about listening and that you listen with your eyes aswell as your ears. You also listen for what you do NOT hear. Listening is an essential part of communication and listening is...