You know it sucks sometimes having empathy. Especially when there is absolutely nothing you can do to comfort someone except through words. And I am not great at that.
When not in the presence of someone in pain or feeling bad, I find it difficult to express my sympathy or to try to alleviate their pain through humor or through compassion. I am a very passionate person and being limited by my media is painful.
My friend EmGee is going through some issues and all I can convey is "hang in there" or "try not to think about it" or "don't worry it is not as bad as you think", etc.
And my friend shellrocks was in a car accident this weekend and I have not even been able to figure out what to say over this terrible medium (the internet).
All I can hope to convey is that I care about them, I think about them when not online, and I hope they are doing alright and hope they get better soon.
I am also a touchy person so I would usually give my energy to them through hugs.
So virtual hugs are all I got, but I will give every effort to give energies through the air or over the net.
*hugs*
Hope that helps... :/
2 comments:
well, having empathy means your human, in fact they recently found the 'empathy centers' of the brain. probably the lack of words is because you cannot think of any words that you yourself would like to hear, in the same situation.
don't be empathic try happiness
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