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Me, too.

i agree with your skepticism, but i feel like i can switch my empathy off when i feel like it. so it could be legit.

I can switch my cognitive empathy on or off, but I very rarely experience affective empathy- if that is even what I'm feeling. I tend to think of it more as sympathy, because although I can feel bad for someone, it is never as a result of a shared emotional state, that is somehow contagious. That I can shut off, but not on.

I think a lot of people can switch their empathy, emotions, lust and intelligence on and off.

No big Whoop!

exactly!

Lol I just read this sober. You're fuckin retarded. In a good way ~

It's a good thing you used all bold.  It let's people know you're serious.

Is that a rare occurrence for you?

I think empathy can be "trained", but more in the sense of ignoring it. I consider myself empathic, but have learned to detach myself a lot when necessary. If I see a kid fall down and hurt himself, I really don't like it and feel sorry for him. But then there's the part of my life when I really aim to hurt others, and not only I don't feel bad about it, I really enjoy it. I look forward to hurting my adversary, I look for his weak spots and go after them, the worse he gets hurt the better. If I see his nose is bleeding, or his thigh really hurts, I'll try to aim there again and again. Sometimes I cringe when I look back on certain episodes, but in the middle of action I really don't feel bad for the dude.

What about all the injured kids you see on TV? If you laugh when a kid falls, gets hit by something, etc. on tape how come you don't want to do the same while seing a similar event occur on live stage? Is it because you feel like in one situation it's appropriate and in another isn't?