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      I'm thought of as an empathetic person to others, being able to "feel" their pain.  In reality, I'm just very good at reading people and knowing what they're feeling.

     Because of this, I often automatically become very "empathetic" when something requesting this emotion has happened.  Do I feel empathetic though? Ehh, maybe.  Although I think I'm just telling myself to feel empathetic, but not because I'm actually empathetic.  Because in the eyes of others, people who are empathetic are "good people".  "good people" are given all the support in the world by everyone else.

    Just like a donating example I came across recently.  What's the point in donating?  There isn't one.  The only real reason would be if you had "accidentally" left a letter to the African kid you're supporting out on the table and a girl had found it.

     In fact, I remember when I was somewhere between 7-12 (I can never connect events to my age, unless it's from 15ish+) I had read an article about a boy who donated all his birthday money to some charity.  I then asked all my friends to give me dog toys and dog food for my birthday.  I donated it all, but not because I wanted to help the humane society, but because I wanted to be in a magazine and have everyone look up to me.

 I have cognitive empathy. I can fake emotional empathy quite well. I've had to.

 Grand.

I think a better question to ask would be:

when, where and how do sociopaths not experience empathy?

And to top the cake with a cherry, I would ask:

Why?

by Venator of Verum

I think a better question to ask would be:

when, where and how do sociopaths not experience empathy?

And to top the cake with a cherry, I would ask:

Why?

 

 These days mostly in my psychiatrists office. Having seen my medical records, I can no longer really lie to myself about it. I'm good at selfdeceit, but I'm not that good at it. I just don't want to get the diagnosis again, I'm glad it was deferred. They think you're at fault for everything if you have an ASPD diagnosis, just like when I had a diagnosis of CD and ODD. Nevermind I might have a rational reason to think you're full of shit, nah... its just my ODD....

Perhaps your gut feeling is right in this case.

I am yanking a chain after all.

Emotions come and go at different times and rates for different people, but they still come.

I believe substance abuse numbs you. But with a lot of things it is a "Chicken or Egg" question. 

Do you abuse because of your lack of empathy or do you have a lack of empathy because you abuse?

 Part of me still hopes they come,  and that it'll allow me to relate to people. At least enough to where I don't clash with them. I still don't want to be like them. The things that offend them... they're too high stung on emotions. I don't want to be that